Quibble

/ˈkwɪbəl/

Synonyms for "quibble" (180 found)

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Closest matches (36)

Noun(7 words)

cavil bandying block carp carping cavilling cavils

Verb(8 words)

squabble bicker bickered bickers brabble carped caviled cavilled

adverse criticismanimadversion argue argufyaround the bushaspersionbad noticesbad pressbandy wordsbeat aboutbeat around the bushbeg the questionbickerblow hot and coldboggle captiousness carp carpingcatch at strawscavil

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caviling

Strong matches (54)

censoriousness chicanechop logicchoplogic contend contest criticism criticizecross swordscut and thrustcut updiscept dispute dodge equivocate equivocation evadeevade the issueevasion exception

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fallacy fault-find faultfinding fencefind faultflakgive and takehaggle hair-splitting hairsplitting hasslehave it outhedge hithome thrusthostile criticismhypercriticalness hypercriticism imputation jesuitismjoin issue

Noun(10 words)

chicanery criticism crotchets delay dickers disputeformal objectionfuss haggles haggling

Verb(3 words)

dicker dickered haggle

Related words (90)

knocklock hornslogomachize loophole moot mystify nagging nicety niggle niggling nitnit pickingnit-picking nitpick obloquy obscure overcriticalness palter paltering parry

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pestering pettifog pettifoggingpick holespick nitspick to piecesplead polemicize polemize prevaricate priggishnesspull apartpull to piecespussyfoot quibbling quiddity quillet quip quirk quodlibet rap reflection reproachfulness shift shuffle shy sidestep slam sophism sophistry sparsplit hairssquabble stricture subtlety swipetake exceptiontake sidestaking exceptiontear aparttear to piecestergiversatethrash outtrichoschistismtry conclusionswrangle

Noun(18 words)

linguistic nuanceniggles nitpick nitpicking nitpicks objection obstruct pedantry pettifogs pettinessprocedural pointquarrels quiddity semantics squabbles stall technicality wording

Adjective(1 words)

minor disagreement

Verb(5 words)

niggle niggled nitpicked pettifog pettifogged

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5 relation types

More general

26 entries

argue behavior circumvent contend criticism debate dispute dodge duck elude equivocation evade evasion fence fudge hedge

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More specific

12 entries

contractual technicalitydefinition disputedefinition quibbleformatting quibblelegal technicalitynitpicknotation quibblepedantrypetty objectiontechnicalityterminology disputewording quibble

Collocations

9 entries

academic quibbleminor quibblenitpickpedantic quibblepetty quibblesemantic quibbletechnical quibbletrivial quibblewordy quibble

Inflections

3 entries

quibbled quibbles quibbling

Derivations

1 entries

quibbling

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

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Let's not quibble over trivial matters.

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I just have one quibble with this product.

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Don't quibble.

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This is no time to quibble over terminology.

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