Definition for Altercate:

• To contend in words.

Synonyms for Altercate:

• n.

  •altercate (noun)
  • argufy,
  • scrap.
  •argue (noun)
  • discuss.

• v.

  •argue (verb)
  • pettifog,
  • cross swords,
  • jump,
  • sass,
  • cross,
  • quibble,
  • gang up on,
  • break with,
  • lock horns,
  • hassle,
  • rehash,
  • bandy,
  • row,
  • hash,
  • hammer,
  • battle,
  • buck,
  • hammer away,
  • squabble.
  •bicker (verb)
  • cavil,
  • scrape,
  • pick at,
  • spar,
  • caterwaul,
  • spat,
  • dig,
  • tiff.
  •brawl (verb)
  • raise Cain,
  • scuffle,
  • wrestle.
  •communication (verb)
  • altercate.
  •conflict (verb)
  • blast,
  • antagonize,
  • riot,
  • clash,
  • dissent,
  • clamor,
  • collide,
  • broil,
  • differ.
  •contest (verb)
  • rival,
  • traverse,
  • defend,
  • sock,
  • attack,
  • lay out,
  • vie,
  • repel,
  • take on,
  • rumpus,
  • strike,
  • compete,
  • withstand,
  • tilt,
  • struggle.
  •debate (verb)
  • oppose,
  • consider,
  • confab,
  • agitate,
  • cogitate,
  • reason,
  • prove,
  • canvass,
  • refute,
  • answer,
  • deliberate,
  • question,
  • rebut,
  • confute,
  • demonstrate,
  • disprove,
  • controvert.
  •disagree (verb)
  • lay into,
  • sue,
  • war,
  • take issue,
  • rip,
  • discord,
  • logomachize,
  • let have it,
  • controversialize,
  • zap,
  • divide,
  • object,
  • go for the jugular,
  • have words,
  • palter,
  • haggle,
  • bring action,
  • disaccord.
  •discuss (verb)
  • descant,
  • examine,
  • weigh,
  • explain,
  • figure,
  • confer,
  • go into,
  • sift,
  • confabulate,
  • converse,
  • review,
  • take up,
  • jaw.
  •dispute (verb)
  • contradict,
  • gainsay,
  • doubt,
  • impugn,
  • challenge,
  • negate,
  • deny,
  • Disaffirm.
  •fall out (verb)
  • fell out.
  •fight (verb)
  • grapple,
  • protect,
  • assault,
  • joust,
  • oppugn,
  • box,
  • tug,
  • meet,
  • strive,
  • resist,
  • rowdy.
  •pettifog (verb)
  • pick to pieces,
  • niggle,
  • nitpick.
  •quarrel (verb)
  • carp,
  • bump,
  • vary,
  • disapprove,
  • tangle,
  • complain,
  • embroil,
  • charge,
  • find fault.
  •quibble (verb)
  • shift,
  • nit-pick,
  • prevaricate,
  • blow hot and cold,
  • evade,
  • waffle,
  • catch at straws,
  • criticize,
  • put up an argument,
  • pretend,
  • Paralogize,
  • avoid,
  • hypercriticize,
  • hem and haw,
  • flip-flop,
  • chicane,
  • equivocate,
  • make a big thing about,
  • argue over.
  •skirmish (verb)
  • combat,
  • engage.

• Other synonyms:

  •disagree
  • discording,
  • Warred,
  • go for jugular,
  • discorded.
  •quibble
  • chicanes,
  • flipflop,
  • chicaning,
  • flip-flopping,
  • chicaned,
  • nit-picking.

Antonyms for Altercate:

• v.

  • argue
    abstain, make peace, keep quiet, comply, give in, concur, agree, harmonize, ignore, overlook.
  • bicker
    concede, discuss.
  • contest
    assist, surrender, yield, allow, desert, aid, support, leave, abandon, resign, help, give up.
  • debate
    prove, endorse, go along.
  • disagree
    acquiesce, join, accept, consent, approve, coincide.
  • discuss
    be quiet, neglect.
  • dispute
    corroborate.
  • fight
    believe, uphold.
  • quarrel
    sanction, keep, retreat.
  • quibble
    tell truth, face, meet.
  • skirmish
    let go, release.
  • Other antonyms:
    get along, assent, coexist.

Homophones for Altercate:

• altruist.

Hypernym for Altercate:

• v.

  • communication
    fall out, polemise, polemicize, polemize, brawl, spat, polemicise, wrangle.

Hyponym for Altercate:

• v.

  • communication
    contend, argue, fence, debate.