Synonyms for Contend:

• adj.

  •content (adjective)
  • comfortable,
  • easy,
  • serene,
  • complacent,
  • satisfied,
  • at ease,
  • snug.

• n.

  •
  • confirm,
  • show,
  • vouch for,
  • make/prove your/a point,
  • point to.
  •
  • battle,
  • hold on,
  • war,
  • tilt,
  • take on.
  •
  • words.
  •
  • tiff,
  • spat.
  •argue (noun)
  • argue.
  •compete (noun)
  • compete.
  •contend (noun)
  • fence,
  • cope,
  • deal,
  • make out,
  • grapple,
  • repugn,
  • manage,
  • contest,
  • make do,
  • get by.

• v.

  •advocate, support (verb)
  • champion.
  •affirm (verb)
  • testify,
  • approve,
  • pledge,
  • certify,
  • proclaim,
  • propound,
  • acknowledge,
  • state,
  • corroborate,
  • adjure,
  • assert,
  • ratify,
  • sustain,
  • assure,
  • maintain,
  • support,
  • warrant,
  • avouch,
  • express,
  • affirm,
  • verify,
  • validate,
  • promise,
  • declare,
  • aver,
  • set down,
  • pronounce,
  • attest,
  • profess,
  • admit,
  • claim,
  • accept,
  • submit,
  • endorse.
  •argue (verb)
  • prescribe,
  • debate,
  • defend,
  • jump on,
  • vindicate,
  • come at,
  • tell,
  • report,
  • have bone to pick,
  • light into,
  • go at,
  • zap,
  • cross,
  • fly in face of,
  • let have it,
  • dictate,
  • sock it to one,
  • gang up on,
  • blast,
  • lock horns with,
  • rip,
  • urge,
  • mix it up,
  • stick it to,
  • set to,
  • lace into,
  • charge,
  • put up argument,
  • justify,
  • mix,
  • enjoin,
  • lay into.
  •argue, persuade (verb)
  • reason.
  •argue; hold differing opinion (verb)
  • disagree.
  •assert (verb)
  • pro claiming,
  • shoots one's wad,
  • shooting one mouth,
  • shoots off one's mouth,
  • up-held,
  • pro fess,
  • shot off one mouth,
  • pro claims,
  • shot one wad,
  • up held,
  • shot one mouth,
  • shooting one's wad,
  • stood for,
  • pro-claims,
  • shoot off mouth,
  • shoot off ones mouth,
  • up hold,
  • shot mouth,
  • shot off ones mouth,
  • asservating,
  • stands up for,
  • shot ones wad,
  • pro-fesses,
  • pop off,
  • shooting ones wad,
  • popped off,
  • popping off,
  • shooting ones mouth,
  • up-holding,
  • shoots wad,
  • shoot ones mouth,
  • pro claim,
  • shoots one wad,
  • shoots ones mouth,
  • shooting one's mouth,
  • stress,
  • shoot off one's mouth,
  • shot one's wad,
  • pro-fess,
  • shooting off mouth,
  • up-hold,
  • asservates,
  • up holding,
  • shoot one's wad,
  • shoot ones wad,
  • shooting off ones mouth,
  • pro claimed,
  • shoots one mouth,
  • shooting off one mouth,
  • shot off mouth,
  • puts forward,
  • shot ones mouth,
  • shoot mouth,
  • shooting one wad,
  • up holds,
  • shot one's mouth,
  • shot wad,
  • shoots ones wad,
  • pro-claiming,
  • shoot off one mouth,
  • predicate,
  • shoots one's mouth,
  • up-holds,
  • stood up for,
  • shot off one's mouth,
  • shoot one mouth,
  • shooting off one's mouth,
  • shooting mouth,
  • pops off,
  • shoot wad,
  • pro-claim,
  • putting forward,
  • shoots mouth,
  • shooting wad,
  • shoots off one mouth,
  • standing up for,
  • shoots off ones mouth,
  • pro fesses,
  • asservate,
  • shoot one's mouth,
  • proclaims,
  • pro-claimed,
  • asservated,
  • shoot one wad,
  • shoots off mouth.
  •be at odds (verb)
  • conflict.
  •champion (verb)
  • put in a good word for,
  • put a good word for,
  • siding with,
  • go bat for,
  • thumps for,
  • puts a good word for,
  • pleads for,
  • puts good word for,
  • fought for,
  • put in good word for,
  • puts in a good word for,
  • rides shotgun for,
  • rode shotgun for,
  • putting in good word for,
  • standing behind,
  • putting a good word for,
  • put good word for,
  • puts in good word for,
  • pro-moting,
  • stood behind,
  • sides with,
  • putting good word for,
  • riding shotgun for,
  • plead for,
  • pro moting,
  • pled for,
  • pro-motes,
  • thump for,
  • ride shotgun for,
  • fighting for,
  • fights for,
  • pro-mote,
  • stands behind,
  • thumping for,
  • sided with,
  • pleaded for,
  • pleading for,
  • rid shotgun for,
  • putting in a good word for,
  • thumped for.
  •clash (verb)
  • grate,
  • bang heads,
  • bangs heads,
  • banging heads,
  • banged heads.
  •clash, disharmonize (verb)
  • jar.
  •clash; hold opposing views (verb)
  • differ.
  •combat (verb)
  • does battle with,
  • doeth battle with,
  • doth battle with,
  • dueled,
  • do battle with,
  • shoot it out,
  • shoots out,
  • shooting out,
  • didst battle with,
  • goes against,
  • with standing,
  • dost battle with,
  • go up against,
  • duelled,
  • goes up against,
  • went against,
  • with-stand,
  • going up against,
  • with-stands,
  • with stood,
  • shoots it out,
  • doing battle with,
  • with stand,
  • shoot out,
  • Dueling,
  • crosses swords with,
  • went up against,
  • shot out,
  • going against,
  • with-standing,
  • shooting it out,
  • cross swords with,
  • crossing swords with,
  • with-stood,
  • duelling,
  • doest battle with,
  • crossed swords with,
  • go against,
  • did battle with,
  • with stands,
  • shot it out.
  •come to grips with (verb)
  • goes mat,
  • go to the mat,
  • go the mat,
  • goes the mat,
  • going mat,
  • come grips with,
  • going to mat,
  • go to mat,
  • goes to mat,
  • goes to the mat,
  • go mat,
  • bite bullet,
  • went to mat,
  • going the mat,
  • went to the mat,
  • went mat,
  • going to the mat,
  • went the mat.
  •come up against a situation (verb)
  • face.
  •communication (verb)
  • postulate,
  • contend.
  •compete (verb)
  • going for gold,
  • match strength,
  • art in the running,
  • wast running,
  • participate in,
  • copes with,
  • be in running,
  • art running,
  • vie,
  • pits against,
  • wast the running,
  • art in running,
  • seek prize,
  • matches wits,
  • wert in the running,
  • scrambling for,
  • fencing,
  • jockeying for position,
  • ins hunt,
  • was the running,
  • sought prize,
  • go after,
  • coped with,
  • pits oneself against,
  • go for the gold,
  • matches strength,
  • went after,
  • matching wits,
  • jockeyed for position,
  • scrambled for,
  • art the running,
  • in hunt,
  • be running,
  • going for the gold,
  • were the running,
  • matched wits,
  • is running,
  • tussle,
  • scrambles for,
  • goes for broke,
  • is in the running,
  • wast in the running,
  • participating in,
  • pitting against,
  • ins the hunt,
  • was in the running,
  • pitting oneself against,
  • be the running,
  • were running,
  • took part,
  • match wits,
  • goes for the gold,
  • go for gold,
  • runs for,
  • were in the running,
  • going after,
  • run for,
  • went for the gold,
  • went for broke,
  • being the running,
  • go for broke,
  • am the running,
  • in the hunt,
  • matching strength,
  • is the running,
  • wert running,
  • jockeys for position,
  • take part,
  • were in running,
  • matched strength,
  • wast in running,
  • goes for gold,
  • pitted against,
  • goes after,
  • takes part,
  • seeking prize,
  • inning hunt,
  • running for,
  • inned the hunt,
  • jockey for position,
  • pitted oneself against,
  • cope with,
  • is in running,
  • scramble for,
  • was running,
  • are running,
  • wert the running,
  • jousted,
  • inned hunt,
  • are in the running,
  • are in running,
  • coping with,
  • pit oneself against,
  • was in running,
  • participates in,
  • be in the running,
  • jousting,
  • being running,
  • inning the hunt,
  • being in running,
  • went for gold,
  • being in the running,
  • participated in,
  • wert in running,
  • seeks prize,
  • going for broke,
  • ran for,
  • are the running,
  • am running.
  •compete in sport (verb)
  • play.
  •complain, disapprove; argue against (verb)
  • protest.
  •conflict (verb)
  • riot,
  • spar,
  • row,
  • broil,
  • altercate,
  • clamor,
  • feud,
  • collide,
  • clash,
  • squabble,
  • bicker,
  • dissent,
  • antagonize,
  • brawl.
  •contest (verb)
  • put gloves,
  • fought over,
  • squared off,
  • fighting over,
  • lays finger on,
  • puts dukes,
  • knuckled with,
  • knuckles with,
  • putting up dukes,
  • put up dukes,
  • laying finger on,
  • lays out,
  • squaring off,
  • fight over,
  • knuckle with,
  • puts gloves,
  • laid a finger on,
  • rumpusing,
  • rumpused,
  • laying a finger on,
  • puts on gloves,
  • put dukes,
  • puts up dukes,
  • lay finger on,
  • fights over,
  • squares off,
  • lays a finger on,
  • putting gloves,
  • knuckling with,
  • rumpusses,
  • lay a finger on,
  • laid finger on,
  • put on gloves,
  • square off,
  • putting dukes,
  • putting on gloves.
  •cross swords (verb)
  • bandying words,
  • chop logic,
  • to fight,
  • chopped logic,
  • cut thrust,
  • bandied words,
  • cuts thrust,
  • bandies words,
  • chopping logic,
  • chops logic,
  • cut and thrust,
  • bandy words,
  • to fights,
  • cuts and thrust,
  • to fought,
  • cutting thrust,
  • cutting and thrust,
  • to fighting.
  •deal with (verb)
  • come to grips with.
  •debate (verb)
  • chewing the fat,
  • chewed fat,
  • thrashes out,
  • kicking around,
  • re butted,
  • de-liberates,
  • re-butting,
  • tosses around,
  • chews fat,
  • dis-proved,
  • picked a bone,
  • dis proved,
  • de bating,
  • discepted,
  • de bated,
  • tost around,
  • moot,
  • Discept,
  • chew fat,
  • chews the fat,
  • re butting,
  • Mooting,
  • de-bated,
  • picking bone,
  • talks game,
  • hammers away at,
  • talked game,
  • discepting,
  • puts up argument,
  • moots,
  • de-liberating,
  • dis prove,
  • picking a bone,
  • dis-prove,
  • hammering away at,
  • kick around,
  • talking game,
  • pick bone,
  • picks bone,
  • discepts,
  • de liberated,
  • toss around,
  • dis-proving,
  • hammered away at,
  • de-liberated,
  • de-liberate,
  • kicked around,
  • re-butted,
  • de bates,
  • de-bating,
  • de-bate,
  • dis proves,
  • tossing around,
  • dis proving,
  • dis-cept,
  • de-bates,
  • thrashing out,
  • thrash out,
  • dis-proves,
  • talk game,
  • kicks around,
  • dis cept,
  • thrashed out,
  • hammer away at,
  • chew the fat,
  • tossed around,
  • puts argument,
  • de liberates,
  • de liberate,
  • picks a bone,
  • put argument,
  • de bate,
  • chewed the fat,
  • putting argument,
  • Mooted,
  • picked bone,
  • pick a bone,
  • de liberating,
  • chewing fat,
  • putting up argument.
  •declare (verb)
  • dis closed,
  • re veals,
  • art positive,
  • in forming,
  • wert positive,
  • re-veal,
  • re-assert,
  • in form,
  • be positive,
  • allegates,
  • re-affirms,
  • dis close,
  • were positive,
  • re affirms,
  • dis-closes,
  • re-affirm,
  • reaffirmed,
  • reaffirm,
  • dis-closed,
  • reasserted,
  • re-affirming,
  • reaffirms,
  • dis-closing,
  • re-asserting,
  • sets forth,
  • in-forms,
  • de-clare,
  • re-peats,
  • in-forming,
  • allegate,
  • re affirmed,
  • re asserted,
  • re-affirmed,
  • de clare,
  • dis-close,
  • re asserting,
  • re asserts,
  • re assert,
  • was positive,
  • dis closing,
  • re affirming,
  • reassert,
  • are positive,
  • re-asserts,
  • reasserts,
  • is positive,
  • re-peat,
  • re-asserted,
  • de-clares,
  • allegated,
  • reaffirming,
  • being positive,
  • bringing forward,
  • in forms,
  • re peat,
  • wast positive,
  • de clares,
  • brings forward,
  • dis closes,
  • allegating,
  • reasserting,
  • re affirm,
  • am positive,
  • re-veals,
  • re peats.
  •defend (verb)
  • holding bay,
  • beats off,
  • guarded against,
  • pre-serves,
  • repels danger,
  • keeps safe,
  • pre serving,
  • pre serve,
  • providing sanctuary,
  • pre vents,
  • pre served,
  • watches over,
  • guards against,
  • re tains,
  • re-tain,
  • pre-served,
  • repelled danger,
  • pre venting,
  • de fended,
  • re-tains,
  • pre-vented,
  • beating off,
  • de-fends,
  • pre-serving,
  • repelling danger,
  • pre-venting,
  • keeping safe,
  • panoplying,
  • hold bay,
  • de-fending,
  • held at bay,
  • pre-serve,
  • de fending,
  • guarding against,
  • pre-vent,
  • de-fended,
  • provides sanctuary,
  • pre-vents,
  • de fend,
  • de-fend,
  • holding at bay,
  • de fends,
  • in sure,
  • holds at bay,
  • holds bay,
  • re tain,
  • pre serves,
  • provided sanctuary,
  • fended off,
  • kept safe,
  • held bay,
  • in-sure,
  • pre vent.
  •differ (verb)
  • hits a sour note,
  • dis-sents,
  • went after each other,
  • dis sents,
  • hit clinker,
  • hitting a clinker,
  • go at it,
  • go it,
  • protests against,
  • hits sour note,
  • hit a clinker,
  • hit sour note,
  • went it,
  • dis sent,
  • go after each other,
  • hitting a sour note,
  • goes at it,
  • taking issue,
  • takes issue,
  • going it,
  • hitting clinker,
  • hits a clinker,
  • hitting sour note,
  • going at it,
  • dis-sent,
  • went at it,
  • hit a sour note,
  • protested against,
  • goes after each other,
  • took issue,
  • going after each other,
  • goes it,
  • hits clinker,
  • take issue,
  • protest against,
  • protesting against.
  •discuss (verb)
  • de-scants,
  • dis cussed,
  • dissertated,
  • dissertating,
  • puts heads together,
  • discourse about,
  • ventilate,
  • dis-cussed,
  • dis-sert,
  • groupthinks,
  • kicked about,
  • Dissert,
  • kick about,
  • bounces off,
  • de-scant,
  • discoursing about,
  • dissertate,
  • de scanting,
  • discoursed about,
  • groupthinked,
  • compared notes,
  • dis-cussing,
  • consulting with,
  • putting heads together,
  • groupthink,
  • dissertates,
  • reasoned about,
  • reason about,
  • dis-cusses,
  • re-viewed,
  • discourses about,
  • comparing notes,
  • compares notes,
  • bouncing off,
  • re-views,
  • de scants,
  • dis cusses,
  • holds forth,
  • consult with,
  • holding forth,
  • dis sert,
  • disserts,
  • reasons about,
  • dis cussing,
  • kicks about,
  • re viewing,
  • exchange views on,
  • go in to,
  • de scant,
  • de-scanted,
  • bounce off,
  • compare notes,
  • re views,
  • reasoning about,
  • bounced off,
  • re viewed,
  • re view,
  • get together,
  • held forth,
  • hold forth,
  • consulted with,
  • exchanging views on,
  • groupthinking,
  • put heads together,
  • disserted,
  • de scanted,
  • kicking about,
  • re-view,
  • consults with,
  • de-scanting,
  • disserting,
  • dis-cuss,
  • exchanges views on,
  • exchanged views on,
  • dis cuss.
  •dispute (verb)
  • jumped one case,
  • having at,
  • jumping on one's case,
  • dis-affirm,
  • jump on one's case,
  • jumping one's case,
  • jumping one case,
  • jumping case,
  • jumped ones case,
  • jumped one's case,
  • jump on case,
  • jumping on case,
  • jumped on one's case,
  • jumped on one case,
  • dis-affirmed,
  • hath at,
  • jumping on one case,
  • has at,
  • jumps case,
  • jump one's case,
  • jumps on ones case,
  • jumping ones case,
  • dis affirming,
  • hadst at,
  • jump case,
  • jump on ones case,
  • had at,
  • jump on one case,
  • dis affirms,
  • jumps one's case,
  • jumps one case,
  • jumps ones case,
  • jumped on case,
  • jumps on one's case,
  • dis affirm,
  • jumped on ones case,
  • jumping on ones case,
  • dis-affirms,
  • jump ones case,
  • jumps on one case,
  • dis affirmed,
  • jumped case,
  • hast at,
  • jumps on case,
  • haddest at,
  • jump one case,
  • dis-affirming.
  •emulate (verb)
  • follow example of,
  • rivalizing,
  • patterns after,
  • did like,
  • doing like,
  • goes like,
  • following example of,
  • contended with,
  • going like,
  • follow the example of,
  • doeth like,
  • outvied,
  • follow footsteps,
  • outvie,
  • following footsteps,
  • followed the example of,
  • followed footsteps,
  • competed with,
  • follows footsteps,
  • follows example of,
  • dittoing,
  • patterned after,
  • followed example of,
  • following in footsteps,
  • doest like,
  • makes like,
  • rivalizes,
  • contends with,
  • follows in footsteps,
  • Emulated,
  • vie with,
  • made like,
  • rivalize,
  • go like,
  • make like,
  • followed in footsteps,
  • out-vies,
  • outvying,
  • patterning after,
  • out vie,
  • following the example of,
  • does like,
  • out-vie,
  • out-vied,
  • competing with,
  • do like,
  • outvies,
  • vied with,
  • follows the example of,
  • doth like,
  • pattern after,
  • rivalized,
  • follow in footsteps,
  • dost like,
  • didst like,
  • vying with,
  • out-vying,
  • out vies,
  • following suit,
  • contending with,
  • competes with,
  • making like,
  • went like,
  • compete with,
  • dittoed,
  • vies with,
  • out vying,
  • contend with,
  • out vied.
  •encounter (verb)
  • did battle,
  • do battle,
  • doest battle,
  • does battle,
  • clashing with,
  • clashes with,
  • clashed with,
  • clash with,
  • didst battle,
  • dost battle,
  • doth battle,
  • doing battle,
  • doeth battle.
  •engage in physical encounter (verb)
  • fight.
  •face (verb)
  • bitting bullet,
  • made stand,
  • bits bullet,
  • wert confronted by,
  • bits the bullet,
  • ran into,
  • flies in face of,
  • takes bull by the horns,
  • fly face of,
  • make a stand,
  • eyeballing,
  • are confronted by,
  • making a stand,
  • all-owing,
  • taking the bull by the horns,
  • were confronted by,
  • Experiencing,
  • making stand,
  • bitting the bullet,
  • take the bull by the horns,
  • running in to,
  • eyeballs,
  • taking bull by horns,
  • art confronted by,
  • takes bull by horns,
  • run in to,
  • take bull by the horns,
  • all owed,
  • took the bull by the horns,
  • bitted the bullet,
  • runs into,
  • takes the bull by the horns,
  • run into,
  • took the bull by horns,
  • being confronted by,
  • made a stand,
  • took bull by the horns,
  • all owing,
  • grappling with,
  • flew face of,
  • take bull by horns,
  • eyeballed,
  • grapples with,
  • running into,
  • took bull by horns,
  • taking the bull by horns,
  • flying face of,
  • be confronted by,
  • grappled with,
  • am confronted by,
  • taking bull by the horns,
  • takes the bull by horns,
  • grapple with,
  • wast confronted by,
  • flying in face of,
  • makes a stand,
  • flew in face of,
  • eyeball,
  • makes stand,
  • ran in to,
  • is confronted by,
  • runs in to,
  • was confronted by,
  • take the bull by horns,
  • all-owed,
  • make stand,
  • bitted bullet,
  • flies face of.
  •feud (verb)
  • art daggers with,
  • are daggers with,
  • be daggers with,
  • is at odds,
  • are at odds,
  • were at odds,
  • wert at odds,
  • wert daggers with,
  • am at daggers with,
  • is odds,
  • am odds,
  • were at daggers with,
  • art at odds,
  • am daggers with,
  • be odds,
  • was daggers with,
  • being odds,
  • being daggers with,
  • wert odds,
  • being at daggers with,
  • are at daggers with,
  • being at odds,
  • were daggers with,
  • were odds,
  • was odds,
  • wast odds,
  • wast at daggers with,
  • wert at daggers with,
  • is at daggers with,
  • art at daggers with,
  • am at odds,
  • was at daggers with,
  • wast at odds,
  • art odds,
  • be at odds,
  • be at daggers with,
  • was at odds,
  • is daggers with,
  • wast daggers with.
  •fight (verb)
  • flaring up,
  • exchanges blows,
  • carry war,
  • Tiffing,
  • bandies with,
  • brushed with,
  • taking up gauntlet,
  • goes to war,
  • takes gauntlet,
  • take gauntlet,
  • plied weapons,
  • takes the field,
  • takes comers,
  • took field,
  • take up gauntlet,
  • bandy with,
  • took all comers,
  • bandying with,
  • going war,
  • plying weapons,
  • take field,
  • take up the gauntlet,
  • taking field,
  • flared up,
  • rowdying,
  • carrying on war,
  • exchange blows,
  • go war,
  • brush with,
  • flares up,
  • bandied with,
  • took up the gauntlet,
  • taking the field,
  • went to war,
  • brushing with,
  • took comers,
  • take the field,
  • taking the gauntlet,
  • carries war,
  • scuffle,
  • take the gauntlet,
  • go to war,
  • goes war,
  • taking gauntlet,
  • takes field,
  • take all comers,
  • exchanging blows,
  • taking comers,
  • ply weapons,
  • took up gauntlet,
  • take comers,
  • plies weapons,
  • taking up the gauntlet,
  • went war,
  • waged war,
  • carries on war,
  • takes up gauntlet,
  • carried on war,
  • wages war,
  • took the gauntlet,
  • takes the gauntlet,
  • rowdied,
  • exchanged blows,
  • carry on war,
  • wage war,
  • took the field,
  • takes all comers,
  • takes up the gauntlet,
  • carrying war,
  • taking all comers,
  • going to war,
  • Tiffed,
  • carried war,
  • flare up,
  • brushes with,
  • took gauntlet,
  • waging war.
  •fight, argue (verb)
  • wrangle.
  •fight, wrestle (verb)
  • struggle.
  •fight with (verb)
  • lock horns.
  •insist (verb)
  • being firm,
  • re quests,
  • lay down law,
  • re quiring,
  • re-quires,
  • re-quiring,
  • re iterated,
  • took a stand,
  • are firm,
  • taking stand,
  • re-quired,
  • takes stand,
  • wert firm,
  • re quire,
  • re iterating,
  • re quires,
  • taking a stand,
  • re-iterated,
  • is firm,
  • re quested,
  • re-iterates,
  • art firm,
  • re iterates,
  • take stand,
  • laid down the law,
  • re-iterating,
  • re-quests,
  • re-quire,
  • took stand,
  • were firm,
  • re-iterate,
  • was firm,
  • laid down law,
  • wast firm,
  • takes a stand,
  • re iterate,
  • laying down the law,
  • re quired,
  • re questing,
  • re-questing,
  • lays down the law,
  • laying down law,
  • lays down law.
  •jar (verb)
  • dis compose,
  • dis-composes,
  • dis-composed,
  • dis-composing,
  • jarring,
  • out-rage,
  • out-raged,
  • dis composed,
  • dis composing,
  • out raged,
  • dis-compose,
  • out-rages,
  • dis composes,
  • out-raging,
  • out rages.
  •justify (verb)
  • didst justice to,
  • make allowances,
  • argues for,
  • are answerable for,
  • showed cause,
  • spoke in favor,
  • being answerable for,
  • argued for,
  • shows cause,
  • apologize for,
  • doeth justice to,
  • is answerable for,
  • speaks favor,
  • speak in favor,
  • am answerable for,
  • did justice to,
  • speaks in favor,
  • be answerable for,
  • makes allowances,
  • Justifying,
  • apologizes for,
  • speaking favor,
  • spake in favor,
  • show cause,
  • apologizing for,
  • showing cause,
  • doest justice to,
  • argue for,
  • spoke favor,
  • was answerable for,
  • wert answerable for,
  • apologized for,
  • making good,
  • doth justice to,
  • speaking in favor,
  • speak favor,
  • makes good,
  • wast answerable for,
  • made allowances,
  • cop plea,
  • making allowances,
  • doing justice to,
  • were answerable for,
  • spake favor,
  • alibied,
  • alibiing,
  • does justice to,
  • art answerable for,
  • made good,
  • dost justice to.
  •keep up (verb)
  • keeps step,
  • holding on,
  • kept pace,
  • keeping step,
  • kept step,
  • runs with,
  • held on,
  • keeps pace,
  • running with.
  •lock horns (verb)
  • met headon,
  • came to grips,
  • meeting headon,
  • meets head on,
  • come to grips,
  • comes to grips,
  • come grips,
  • met head on,
  • met head-on,
  • meet headon,
  • came grips,
  • meeting head-on,
  • meet head on,
  • coming grips,
  • comes grips,
  • meets headon,
  • meet head-on,
  • coming to grips,
  • meeting head on,
  • meets head-on.
  •maintain (verb)
  • re ported,
  • re-ported,
  • re-porting,
  • stands by,
  • stood by,
  • re porting.
  •maintain, sustain (verb)
  • keep up.
  •oppose, play off (verb)
  • pit.
  •pit (verb)
  • put opposition,
  • puts opposition,
  • putting in opposition,
  • putting opposition,
  • sets against,
  • puts in opposition.
  •play (verb)
  • be team,
  • dis-porting,
  • are team,
  • are a team,
  • wert team,
  • were on a team,
  • be a team,
  • are on team,
  • is team,
  • Disported,
  • being on team,
  • dis porting,
  • wast on team,
  • was team,
  • am a team,
  • be on team,
  • wast team,
  • art team,
  • engaged in,
  • re-create,
  • am on team,
  • wast a team,
  • was on a team,
  • is on a team,
  • am team,
  • is on team,
  • being on a team,
  • are on a team,
  • were a team,
  • were on team,
  • wert on a team,
  • am on a team,
  • is a team,
  • dis ported,
  • wast on a team,
  • was on team,
  • engages in,
  • were team,
  • dis-ported,
  • be on a team,
  • engaging in,
  • being team,
  • wert a team,
  • was a team,
  • engage in,
  • recreate,
  • being a team,
  • art a team,
  • Disporting,
  • wert on team.
  •propose (verb)
  • lays line,
  • lays the line,
  • propones,
  • kibitz,
  • speaks one piece,
  • made pitch,
  • pro pone,
  • co unselling,
  • pro positions,
  • spake one's piece,
  • pro pose,
  • proponing,
  • re commending,
  • spitballed,
  • kibitzes,
  • lay on the line,
  • pro posing,
  • making a motion,
  • pro position,
  • move for,
  • laying on the line,
  • in vite,
  • makes a pitch,
  • moving for,
  • laid the line,
  • made motion,
  • making motion,
  • laid on line,
  • speak ones piece,
  • made a pitch,
  • laying the line,
  • intro-duce,
  • speaks piece,
  • spake piece,
  • lays on line,
  • pro pones,
  • spoke piece,
  • re commend,
  • pro-pone,
  • spitballs,
  • lay the line,
  • speaking one's piece,
  • tenders,
  • lay on line,
  • pro-positioning,
  • spitballing,
  • pro-pose,
  • proponed,
  • Volunteering,
  • re-commended,
  • speak piece,
  • spoke one piece,
  • pro posed,
  • come with,
  • intro-duces,
  • makes a motion,
  • lays on the line,
  • make motion,
  • re-commend,
  • re-commending,
  • hitting on,
  • pro-positioned,
  • pro-positions,
  • makes motion,
  • speaking piece,
  • make a pitch,
  • make pitch,
  • moved for,
  • re-commends,
  • put to,
  • lay before,
  • co-unselling,
  • spoke ones piece,
  • making a pitch,
  • pro-pones,
  • laid line,
  • Propone,
  • lay line,
  • re commended,
  • speaks ones piece,
  • kibitzed,
  • Tendering,
  • speak one's piece,
  • spake ones piece,
  • laying before,
  • made a motion,
  • speaking ones piece,
  • kibitzing,
  • speaking one piece,
  • pro-posed,
  • lays before,
  • laid on the line,
  • laid before,
  • laying on line,
  • putting to,
  • puts to,
  • speak one piece,
  • intro duces,
  • speaks one's piece,
  • making pitch,
  • moves for,
  • spoke one's piece,
  • pro positioned,
  • re commends,
  • makes pitch,
  • laying line,
  • pro-posing,
  • Tendered,
  • spitball,
  • hits on,
  • intro duce,
  • make a motion,
  • spake one piece,
  • pro positioning.
  •propound (verb)
  • pro-pounds,
  • pro-pounded,
  • pro pounds,
  • pro pounded,
  • pro-pounding,
  • pro-pound,
  • pro pound,
  • pro pounding.
  •protest (verb)
  • backtalking,
  • back-talking,
  • inveighs against,
  • inveighing against,
  • back talked,
  • am displeased by,
  • are against,
  • ex-cept,
  • making stink,
  • is displeased by,
  • backtalked,
  • thumbses down,
  • am against,
  • inveighed against,
  • sounding off,
  • back talking,
  • takes exception,
  • ex-postulate,
  • pro-tested,
  • makes a stink,
  • ex-postulated,
  • wert against,
  • constates,
  • back-talks,
  • pro-testing,
  • was against,
  • sounded off,
  • were displeased by,
  • ex cept,
  • pro testing,
  • ex-postulating,
  • re volt,
  • made a stink,
  • said no,
  • wast displeased by,
  • re-volts,
  • sounds off,
  • art against,
  • thumbsing down,
  • ex-postulates,
  • thumbsed down,
  • ex postulate,
  • re volts,
  • re-volt,
  • wert displeased by,
  • were against,
  • wast against,
  • saying no,
  • making a stink,
  • being against,
  • took exception,
  • back-talked,
  • pro tested,
  • ex postulating,
  • makes stink,
  • ex postulated,
  • constated,
  • made stink,
  • are displeased by,
  • being displeased by,
  • constating,
  • ex postulates,
  • make stink,
  • was displeased by.
  •prove false; discredit (verb)
  • refute.
  •quarrel (verb)
  • dis-approving,
  • gets tough with,
  • have it out,
  • has out,
  • was loggerheads,
  • hath out,
  • wert loggerheads,
  • dis approved,
  • objecting to,
  • be loggerheads,
  • were loggerheads,
  • are at loggerheads,
  • being loggerheads,
  • got tough with,
  • found fault,
  • dis-approved,
  • am loggerheads,
  • gat tough with,
  • finds fault,
  • wert at loggerheads,
  • dis approve,
  • hadst out,
  • being at loggerheads,
  • be at loggerheads,
  • wast at loggerheads,
  • gotten tough with,
  • dis-approve,
  • dis approving,
  • dis approves,
  • hast out,
  • art at loggerheads,
  • object to,
  • had it out,
  • having out,
  • had out,
  • is loggerheads,
  • are loggerheads,
  • hath it out,
  • am at loggerheads,
  • objected to,
  • getting tough with,
  • hadst it out,
  • objects to,
  • get tough with,
  • has it out,
  • is at loggerheads,
  • have out,
  • Quarrelled,
  • haddest it out,
  • wast loggerheads,
  • having it out,
  • haddest out,
  • were at loggerheads,
  • hast it out,
  • was at loggerheads,
  • art loggerheads,
  • dis-approves.
  •race; get into position clumsily (verb)
  • scramble.
  •reason (verb)
  • dis-courses,
  • dis course,
  • dis-course,
  • showing error of ways,
  • shows error of ways,
  • showed error of ways,
  • shows error ways,
  • dis courses,
  • showed error ways,
  • dis coursed,
  • showing error ways,
  • show error ways,
  • dis-coursed,
  • dis coursing,
  • dis-coursing,
  • talks out of,
  • talked out of.
  •recreate (verb)
  • re create.
  •refute (verb)
  • dis-claim,
  • evert,
  • in validating,
  • ex-posing,
  • disconfirm,
  • canceled out,
  • burned down,
  • dis-confirmed,
  • argued against,
  • cancels out,
  • shoot full of holes,
  • ex-pose,
  • giving lie to,
  • gives the lie to,
  • over throw,
  • reply to,
  • gave lie to,
  • dis claimed,
  • burns down,
  • take a stand against,
  • in-validating,
  • takes a stand against,
  • took a stand against,
  • taking a stand against,
  • EVERTS,
  • over-throwing,
  • dis confirms,
  • disconfirmed,
  • takes stand against,
  • dis confirm,
  • dis confirmed,
  • argues against,
  • dis-confirms,
  • blew sky high,
  • replying to,
  • disconfirms,
  • dis-claims,
  • disconfirming,
  • give thumbs down to,
  • take stand against,
  • in validate,
  • replies to,
  • taking stand against,
  • gives thumbs down to,
  • in-validated,
  • dis-confirming,
  • shoots down,
  • dis confirming,
  • dis claim,
  • dis-confirm,
  • shoots full of holes,
  • dis claims,
  • shooting down,
  • in validated,
  • dis-claiming,
  • in validates,
  • replied to,
  • ex posed,
  • in-validate,
  • cancel out,
  • over-throw,
  • gave the lie to,
  • took stand against,
  • over-thrown,
  • everting,
  • shooting full of holes,
  • argue against,
  • shoot down,
  • blows sky high,
  • over-throws,
  • ex-posed,
  • in-validates,
  • burning down,
  • Everted,
  • cancelled out,
  • burnt down,
  • cancelling out,
  • over thrown,
  • canceling out,
  • burn down,
  • over throwing,
  • shot down,
  • ex pose,
  • dis-claimed,
  • gave thumbs down to,
  • blow sky high,
  • gives lie to,
  • giving the lie to,
  • shoot full holes,
  • blowing sky high,
  • shot full of holes,
  • shot full holes,
  • over throws,
  • dis claiming,
  • giving thumbs down to,
  • shooting full holes,
  • shoots full holes.
  •resist (verb)
  • re fusing,
  • dies hard,
  • counter-act,
  • dying hard,
  • re-fused,
  • counter-vailed,
  • holding out against,
  • re-main,
  • counter-acting,
  • remained firm,
  • counter-vails,
  • counter acts,
  • leaving alone,
  • abstaining from,
  • re mained,
  • re fused,
  • abstained from,
  • stands up to,
  • struggles against,
  • re fuse,
  • keeps from,
  • counter act,
  • counter vailing,
  • keeping from,
  • re fuses,
  • kept from,
  • counter-acts,
  • counter vail,
  • counter-vail,
  • counter acting,
  • re main,
  • re mains,
  • dieing hard,
  • remaining firm,
  • counter vailed,
  • stood to,
  • leaved alone,
  • counter acted,
  • re maining,
  • struggled against,
  • remains firm,
  • stands to,
  • counter-vailing,
  • struggling against,
  • counter vails,
  • standing up to,
  • died hard,
  • re-fuse,
  • re-mains,
  • counter-acted,
  • leaves alone.
  •rival (verb)
  • bore comparison with,
  • compared with,
  • bare comparison with,
  • comparing with,
  • bears comparison with,
  • seeking to displace,
  • beared comparison with,
  • comes near to,
  • sought displace,
  • bear comparison with,
  • came near to,
  • compares with,
  • seeking displace,
  • coming near to,
  • measuring up to,
  • seeks displace,
  • measure up to,
  • measures to,
  • bearing comparison with,
  • measures up to,
  • Neared,
  • seeks to displace,
  • seek displace,
  • compare with,
  • sought to displace,
  • nears,
  • seek to displace,
  • measuring to,
  • measured to,
  • measure to,
  • measured up to,
  • come to,
  • come near to.
  •run (verb)
  • hitting campaign trail,
  • art candidate,
  • is candidate,
  • politicked,
  • was a candidate,
  • hit campaign trail,
  • hits campaign trail,
  • be candidate,
  • am a candidate,
  • shook hands,
  • is a candidate,
  • rings doorbells,
  • rang doorbells,
  • kissed babies,
  • kissing babies,
  • were a candidate,
  • wast candidate,
  • kisses babies,
  • wast a candidate,
  • ringing doorbells,
  • hits the campaign trail,
  • wert candidate,
  • are candidate,
  • art a candidate,
  • hitting the campaign trail,
  • shakes hands,
  • was candidate,
  • wert a candidate,
  • were candidate,
  • are a candidate,
  • being candidate,
  • whistlestopped,
  • whistlestopping,
  • whistlestops,
  • am candidate,
  • being a candidate,
  • ringed doorbells.
  •scramble (verb)
  • look alive,
  • Scrabbling,
  • making haste,
  • looked alive,
  • scrabble,
  • made haste,
  • looks alive,
  • make haste,
  • looking alive,
  • makes haste,
  • scrabbles,
  • Scrabbled.
  •scuffle (verb)
  • come blows.
  •strive (verb)
  • do best,
  • doest ones best,
  • do ones best,
  • shoot for,
  • break ones neck,
  • breaks one's neck,
  • didst best,
  • break one's neck,
  • doeth utmost,
  • doth ones best,
  • didst one's utmost,
  • does best,
  • broke one's neck,
  • doeth one's utmost,
  • bends over backward,
  • leaving no stone unturned,
  • didst one best,
  • doth one's best,
  • doest one best,
  • didst utmost,
  • didst ones utmost,
  • did one best,
  • doest one utmost,
  • breaks ones neck,
  • broke neck,
  • bent over backward,
  • do utmost,
  • did ones utmost,
  • doeth best,
  • shot for,
  • did one's best,
  • breaks neck,
  • doing one best,
  • doing ones utmost,
  • do ones utmost,
  • leave no stone unturned,
  • does ones best,
  • do one best,
  • doth one best,
  • did ones best,
  • doing one utmost,
  • dost utmost,
  • did one's utmost,
  • making every effort,
  • do one's utmost,
  • break neck,
  • do one's best,
  • makes every effort,
  • goes the limit,
  • breaking ones neck,
  • dost ones best,
  • knocks oneself out,
  • went the limit,
  • did best,
  • doth one's utmost,
  • doing one's best,
  • does one best,
  • went all out,
  • does utmost,
  • knocked oneself out,
  • doth utmost,
  • going the limit,
  • doest one's utmost,
  • doest one's best,
  • go all out,
  • does one's utmost,
  • knocking oneself out,
  • doeth one's best,
  • dost one best,
  • brake ones neck,
  • trying hard,
  • left no stone unturned,
  • doest best,
  • does one's best,
  • broke ones neck,
  • brake one's neck,
  • didst one's best,
  • bend over backward,
  • dost one's utmost,
  • go out,
  • doeth one utmost,
  • dost best,
  • try hard,
  • doth one utmost,
  • does ones utmost,
  • breaks one neck,
  • made every effort,
  • goes out,
  • goes all out,
  • does one utmost,
  • tried hard,
  • go the limit,
  • bended over backward,
  • breaking one's neck,
  • dost ones utmost,
  • brake neck,
  • doeth ones utmost,
  • doest utmost,
  • going all out,
  • doth ones utmost,
  • did utmost,
  • break one neck,
  • doeth ones best,
  • breaking one neck,
  • dost one utmost,
  • leaves no stone unturned,
  • didst ones best,
  • doing ones best,
  • doeth one best,
  • tries hard,
  • breaking neck,
  • leaved no stone unturned,
  • Moiling,
  • doth best,
  • brake one neck,
  • broke one neck,
  • did one utmost,
  • doest ones utmost,
  • doing one's utmost,
  • knock oneself out,
  • do one utmost,
  • make every effort,
  • going limit,
  • shoots for,
  • went limit,
  • shooting for,
  • doing best,
  • goes limit,
  • dost one's best,
  • didst one utmost,
  • doing utmost,
  • go limit,
  • bending over backward.
  •struggle (verb)
  • rough housed,
  • rough house,
  • rough-house,
  • rough-housing,
  • roughhoused,
  • roughhousing,
  • rough-housed,
  • rough-houses,
  • rough housing,
  • rough houses,
  • Struggled.
  •struggle physically or mentally with something (verb)
  • wrestle.
  •submit (verb)
  • hand in,
  • hands in,
  • handed in,
  • handing in.
  •talk over with another (verb)
  • discuss.
  •tilt (verb)
  • tilted.
  •to be in a dispute or fight (verb)
  • cross swords.
  •try (verb)
  • drove for,
  • makes effort,
  • lifts finger,
  • having go,
  • having crack,
  • drives for,
  • has shot,
  • making attempt,
  • vied for,
  • haddest stab,
  • exerted oneself,
  • make an effort,
  • lift a finger,
  • hadst shot,
  • lifting finger,
  • made an effort,
  • have go,
  • hadst a shot,
  • haddest a whack,
  • under take,
  • hast a crack,
  • make pass at,
  • chipped away at,
  • lifting a finger,
  • has go,
  • drive for,
  • hast whack,
  • haddest a shot,
  • had crack,
  • vie for,
  • makes pass at,
  • exert oneself,
  • haddest whack,
  • hath a crack,
  • had shot,
  • have whack,
  • hath a stab,
  • has whack,
  • has a go,
  • haddest go,
  • make effort,
  • had go,
  • having a go,
  • has a crack,
  • driving for,
  • makes an effort,
  • having stab,
  • hast a whack,
  • hadst a crack,
  • making a bid,
  • hath shot,
  • have a stab,
  • lifts a finger,
  • having a crack,
  • making an attempt,
  • under takes,
  • hath a whack,
  • under-takes,
  • make a bid,
  • made a bid,
  • hath a go,
  • exerts oneself,
  • making bid,
  • had a crack,
  • vying for,
  • puts oneself out,
  • have a go,
  • make bid,
  • hast crack,
  • chips away at,
  • made bid,
  • lift finger,
  • hadst a whack,
  • hadst a go,
  • having a shot,
  • under took,
  • hast stab,
  • make attempt,
  • had stab,
  • under taken,
  • under-taking,
  • make a pass at,
  • having shot,
  • hath whack,
  • have a crack,
  • exerting oneself,
  • made pass at,
  • having a stab,
  • hadst a stab,
  • hath crack,
  • hadst whack,
  • has crack,
  • under taking,
  • lifted a finger,
  • have shot,
  • making pass at,
  • hast a stab,
  • made an attempt,
  • haddest shot,
  • makes a bid,
  • haddest a go,
  • had a stab,
  • lifted finger,
  • chipping away at,
  • made attempt,
  • making effort,
  • having a whack,
  • has a whack,
  • have stab,
  • have crack,
  • have a shot,
  • making an effort,
  • makes a pass at,
  • hast shot,
  • chip away at,
  • haddest a crack,
  • has stab,
  • hadst go,
  • hath go,
  • had a go,
  • hadst stab,
  • make an attempt,
  • makes an attempt,
  • hast a go,
  • has a shot,
  • putting oneself out,
  • having whack,
  • made effort,
  • under-taken,
  • had whack,
  • hath stab,
  • have a whack,
  • makes attempt,
  • makes bid,
  • haddest a stab,
  • put oneself out,
  • hath a shot,
  • had a whack,
  • made a pass at,
  • vies for,
  • drave for,
  • making a pass at,
  • haddest crack,
  • has a stab,
  • hadst crack,
  • hast go,
  • hast a shot,
  • had a shot.
  •try for, exert oneself (verb)
  • strive,
  • strife.
  •vie (verb)
  • Vied,
  • is rivals,
  • being rivals,
  • played off,
  • play off,
  • was rivals,
  • wast rivals,
  • be rivals,
  • are rivals,
  • playing off,
  • art rivals,
  • were rivals,
  • am rivals,
  • wert rivals,
  • plays off.
  •vindicate (verb)
  • freeing from blame,
  • disculpates,
  • re-habilitated,
  • frees from blame,
  • Disculpated,
  • re habilitates,
  • re habilitated,
  • freed from blame,
  • re habilitate,
  • re-habilitate,
  • re-habilitating,
  • Disculpating.
  •vouch (verb)
  • co-signed,
  • co signed,
  • swear to,
  • act as witness,
  • sign for,
  • sware and down,
  • bear testimony,
  • swore down,
  • act as a witness,
  • got behind,
  • rubber stamped,
  • give affidavit,
  • acts as a witness,
  • swearing up down,
  • gave affidavit,
  • co-signing,
  • swearing and down,
  • be responsible for,
  • acting as a witness,
  • art responsible for,
  • bears testimony,
  • rubber-stamps,
  • rubberstamp,
  • gives an affidavit,
  • being responsible for,
  • acted as witness,
  • swear up down,
  • is responsible for,
  • swore to,
  • cosigned,
  • swear down,
  • swore and down,
  • swears and down,
  • getting behind,
  • swearing down,
  • attests to,
  • swore up down,
  • co-sign,
  • cosign,
  • rubberstamps,
  • beared testimony,
  • giving affidavit,
  • giving an affidavit,
  • swears to,
  • are responsible for,
  • putting forth,
  • gets behind,
  • rubber-stamping,
  • put forth,
  • swears up down,
  • give an affidavit,
  • was responsible for,
  • co-signs,
  • am responsible for,
  • acted as a witness,
  • signing for,
  • co signs,
  • swearing up and down,
  • sware up down,
  • sware down,
  • say so,
  • swear up and down,
  • rubberstamping,
  • says so,
  • sware up and down,
  • attest to,
  • get behind,
  • wert responsible for,
  • co signing,
  • wast responsible for,
  • bearing testimony,
  • puts forth,
  • co sign,
  • swears up and down,
  • bore testimony,
  • swearing to,
  • cosigning,
  • rubberstamped,
  • gave an affidavit,
  • gat behind,
  • swore up and down,
  • gotten behind,
  • saying so,
  • attested to,
  • signs for,
  • sware to,
  • attesting to,
  • rubber-stamped,
  • gives affidavit,
  • swears down,
  • signed for,
  • acting as witness,
  • said so,
  • acts as witness,
  • cosigns,
  • swear and down,
  • were responsible for,
  • bare testimony.
  •war (verb)
  • engages combat,
  • engaged combat,
  • taking arms,
  • take up arms,
  • took up arms,
  • engaging combat,
  • campaign against,
  • engaging in combat,
  • take arms,
  • engages in combat,
  • made war,
  • take the field against,
  • takes field against,
  • marches against,
  • taking field against,
  • making war,
  • engaged in combat,
  • makes war,
  • engage in combat,
  • taking up arms,
  • takes up arms,
  • march against,
  • takes arms,
  • Warred,
  • campaigning against,
  • campaigned against,
  • engage combat,
  • took arms,
  • take field against,
  • shelled,
  • shelling,
  • campaigns against,
  • taking the field against,
  • took the field against,
  • takes the field against,
  • Wars,
  • make war,
  • marching against,
  • marched against,
  • took field against.
  •warrant (verb)
  • take oath,
  • warrants,
  • under-writing,
  • Guarantying,
  • pro-mise,
  • taking an oath,
  • de legate,
  • de legates,
  • under written,
  • takes oath,
  • pro mise,
  • pro-mises,
  • under-wrote,
  • Guarantied,
  • ensures,
  • taking oath,
  • de-legates,
  • under-write,
  • under wrote,
  • giving grounds for,
  • took an oath,
  • take an oath,
  • took oath,
  • gives grounds for,
  • Privileging,
  • under-written,
  • pro mises,
  • under writes,
  • de-legate,
  • under-writes,
  • give grounds for,
  • gave grounds for,
  • takes an oath,
  • ensure,
  • under write,
  • under writing.
  •withstand, oppose (verb)
  • resist.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • insist,
  • propose,
  • pit against,
  • jostle,
  • try,
  • asseverate,
  • pitch against.
  •
  • allege,
  • combat,
  • get through to,
  • joust,
  • duel.
  •
  • rival,
  • emulate,
  • avow.
  •
  • say,
  • quibble.
  •
  • tangle.
  •
  • hold.
  •assert
  • vouch.
  •conflict
  • mismatching,
  • discording,
  • mismatched,
  • run against tide,
  • square off with,
  • Romped,
  • bump heads with,
  • discorded,
  • disharmonize,
  • square with,
  • romp.
  •defend
  • Bulwarking,
  • ward off,
  • watched over,
  • look after,
  • cared for,
  • watching over,
  • Housed,
  • cares for,
  • keep safe,
  • guard against,
  • provide sanctuary,
  • watch over,
  • Bulwarked,
  • fortify,
  • beat off,
  • hold at bay,
  • retain,
  • Garrisoned,
  • looking after,
  • panoplied,
  • repel danger,
  • looks after,
  • fending off,
  • looked after,
  • care for,
  • Garrisoning.
  •disagree
  • Spatted,
  • have words,
  • quarrel,
  • go for jugular,
  • bring action,
  • logomachize,
  • go for the jugular,
  • haggle,
  • controversialize,
  • Spatting.
  •insist
  • stood firm,
  • standing firm,
  • take a stand,
  • stands firm,
  • lay down the law,
  • stand firm,
  • be firm.
  •keep up
  • keep pace,
  • holds on,
  • keeping pace,
  • ran with,
  • run with,
  • keep step.
  •pit
  • setting against,
  • put in opposition,
  • set against.
  •protest
  • crying out,
  • cry out,
  • be against,
  • make a stink,
  • back-talk,
  • sound off,
  • take exception,
  • Constate,
  • cries out,
  • say no,
  • taking exception,
  • cried out,
  • says no,
  • inveigh against,
  • is against,
  • be displeased by.
  •reason
  • talk out of,
  • talking out of,
  • win over,
  • show error of ways.
  •resist
  • abstain from,
  • remain firm,
  • keep from,
  • abstains from,
  • held out against,
  • leave alone,
  • holds out against,
  • stand up to,
  • die hard,
  • harded,
  • Hards,
  • harding,
  • stood up to,
  • hold out against,
  • struggle against,
  • stand to,
  • left alone,
  • standing to.
  •run
  • politicking,
  • whistlestop,
  • politick,
  • ring doorbells,
  • shaking hands,
  • shake hands,
  • hit the campaign trail,
  • kiss babies,
  • be a candidate,
  • politicks,
  • running.
  •vindicate
  • free from blame,
  • Disculpate.

Paraphrases for Contend:

• Independent

  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    AM, argue, allege, conclude, consider, indicate, believe, claim, submit, suggest, say, feel, affirm, deem, complain, estimate, perceive.
  • Verb, base form
    lay, Grips, cope, argue, confront, allege, fight, pretend, face, deal, claim, respond, combat, Combating, compose, strive, suggest, battle, overcome, say, defend, encounter, address, Addressing, affirm, accommodate, wrestle, invoke, count.

• Other Related

  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    assert.
  • Verb, base form
    grapple, assert, struggle, counter, tackle, counteract.

Antonyms for Contend:

• v.

  • argue
    deny, forget, question, separate, unmix, divide.
  • compete, fight
    retreat, yield, surrender, desert, abandon, give in, leave, go along, give up, make peace, cede, hide, agree, comply.
  • Other antonyms:
    confute, disprove, disown, dispute, challenge, negative, rebut, contradict, disavow, gainsay, disclaim, refute, counter, reject, negate.

Homophones for Contend:

• candent, commandant, come to mind, canned hunt, canned meat, commitment, contaminate, condemned, continuant, casement window, cantonment, continuity, contaminant, condiment, continent, content, come to hand, coconut meat, conodonta, cynodontia, continued, Cynthia Moth, conditioned, conodont, continent-wide, cynodont, containment, contented, contained, commandment, contaminated.

Hyponym for Contend:

• v.

  • communication
    claim.