Definition for Contend:

• To strive in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue.

Synonyms for Contend:

• adj.

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

• n.

  •
  • battle,
  • war,
  • take on,
  • tilt.
  •
  • tiff,
  • spat.
  •contend (noun)
  • deal,
  • get by,
  • make do,
  • grapple,
  • cope,
  • contest,
  • compete,
  • argue,
  • fence,
  • repugn,
  • vie,
  • manage,
  • make out.

• v.

  •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)
  • blast,
  • jump on,
  • enjoin,
  • sock it to one,
  • charge,
  • lace into,
  • vindicate,
  • lay into,
  • lock horns with,
  • debate,
  • cross,
  • have bone to pick,
  • urge,
  • stick it to,
  • go at,
  • come at,
  • dictate,
  • defend,
  • report,
  • mix it up,
  • fly in face of,
  • put up argument,
  • mix,
  • prescribe,
  • light into,
  • let have it,
  • tell,
  • gang up on,
  • rip,
  • justify,
  • zap.
  •communication (verb)
  • postulate.
  •conflict (verb)
  • clash,
  • altercate,
  • broil,
  • dissent,
  • riot,
  • differ,
  • row,
  • bicker,
  • disagree,
  • antagonize,
  • feud,
  • conflict,
  • clamor,
  • brawl,
  • collide,
  • squabble,
  • spar.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • asseverate,
  • jostle,
  • propose,
  • try,
  • pit against,
  • insist.
  •
  • allege,
  • joust,
  • combat,
  • duel.
  •
  • rival,
  • emulate,
  • avow.
  •
  • say,
  • quibble.
  •
  • tangle.
  •
  • hold.
  •assert
  • vouch.
  •conflict
  • disharmonize.
  •disagree
  • have words,
  • logomachize,
  • quarrel,
  • go for jugular.
  •pit
  • put in opposition.
  •protest
  • take exception.
  •resist
  • struggle against.
  •run
  • be a candidate.

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.