contend - Similar and Opposite Words

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Verb

maintain or assert

Synonyms

• contend
• postulate

More generic

• claim

Verb

have an argument about something

Synonyms

• argue
• contend
• debate
• fence

More generic

• converse
• discourse

More specific

• altercate
• argufy
• bicker
• brabble
• dispute
• niggle
• oppose
• pettifog
• quarrel
• quibble
• scrap
• spar
• squabble
• stickle

Related

• differ
• disagree
• dissent
• take issue

Verb

to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation

Synonyms

• contend
• contest
• repugn

More generic

• oppose

More specific

• challenge
• dispute
• gainsay

Verb

compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others

Synonyms

• compete
• contend
• vie

More specific

• emulate
• equal
• go for
• match
• play
• race
• rival
• run
• run off
• touch
• try for

Verb

be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight

Synonyms

• contend
• fight
• struggle

More specific

• assail
• attack
• bandy
• battle
• bear down
• box
• chicken-fight
• chickenfight
• combat
• defend
• duel
• engage
• fence
• feud
• fight
• fight back
• fight down
• fistfight
• get back
• join battle
• joust
• oppose
• scuffle
• settle
• skirmish
• spar
• tourney
• tug
• tussle
• wage
• war
• wrestle

Related

• compete
• contend
• vie

Verb

succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available

Synonyms

• contend
• cope
• deal
• get by
• grapple
• make do
• make out
• manage

More generic

• act
• move

More specific

• cut
• extemporize
• fend
• hack
• improvise
• rub along
• scrape along
• scrape by
• scratch along
• squeak by
• squeeze by

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