Synonyms for Contending:

• adj.

  •at variance (adjective)
  • opposing.
  •factious (adjective)
  • in subordinate,
  • dis-affected,
  • more insurrectionary,
  • tumultoustumultuous,
  • most estranged,
  • most insurrectionary,
  • more estranged,
  • most contending,
  • in-subordinate,
  • dis affected,
  • most troublemaking,
  • tumultous-tumultuous,
  • more contending,
  • tumultous tumultuous,
  • more troublemaking.
  •fighting (adjective)
  • more disputative,
  • more jousting,
  • most warmongering,
  • more brawling,
  • re-solute,
  • most wrestling,
  • most disputative,
  • most boxing,
  • more jingoistic,
  • most brawling,
  • most battling,
  • more skirmishing,
  • more tilting,
  • most jingoistic,
  • un-beatable,
  • up arms,
  • dis-putative,
  • more boxing,
  • more fencing,
  • un beatable,
  • most jousting,
  • more battling,
  • most hawkish,
  • most tilting,
  • most fencing,
  • most skirmishing,
  • more sparring,
  • more warmongering,
  • more hawkish,
  • more wrestling,
  • most sparring,
  • ready fight,
  • re solute,
  • dis putative.
  •militant (adjective)
  • more assertory,
  • more gladiatorial,
  • most gladiatorial,
  • self assertive,
  • selfassertive,
  • more combating,
  • most combating,
  • most assertory.
  •opposing (adjective)
  • anti,
  • more anti,
  • most anti.
  •rival (adjective)
  • more contesting,
  • most competing,
  • more disputing,
  • most emulating,
  • more striving,
  • most striving,
  • most contesting,
  • more competing,
  • most vying,
  • more combatant,
  • most disputing,
  • more vying,
  • more emulating,
  • most combatant.
  •warlike (adjective)
  • un-friendlier,
  • un-friendly,
  • more attacking,
  • un friendliest,
  • un-friendliest,
  • more ructious,
  • most ructious,
  • un friendlier,
  • most attacking.

• n.

  •competitive (noun)
  • competitive.
  •competitory (noun)
  • competitory.

• v.

  •affirming (verb)
  • promising,
  • Acknowledging,
  • Corroborating,
  • professing,
  • Propounding,
  • Proclaiming,
  • Declaring,
  • Certifying,
  • verifying,
  • Claiming,
  • Avouching,
  • Adjuring,
  • Affirming,
  • Maintaining,
  • Sustaining,
  • setting down,
  • approving,
  • assuring,
  • supporting,
  • Submitting,
  • Pledging,
  • asserting,
  • Expressing,
  • Warranting,
  • Endorsing,
  • Ratifying,
  • Admitting,
  • Attesting,
  • validating,
  • Averring,
  • Testifying,
  • Stating,
  • Pronouncing,
  • accepting.
  •conflicting (verb)
  • brawling,
  • clashing,
  • conflicting,
  • dissenting,
  • rowing,
  • blasting,
  • differing,
  • feuding,
  • antagonizing,
  • colliding,
  • disagreeing,
  • Altercating,
  • sparing,
  • clamoring,
  • bickering,
  • Squabbling,
  • rioting,
  • broiling.
  •contending (verb)
  • Quarreling,
  • protesting,
  • facing,
  • confronting,
  • arguing,
  • Encountering,
  • Resisting,
  • hassling,
  • Disputing,
  • Vying,
  • contrasting,
  • Withstanding,
  • standing,
  • struggling,
  • wrangling,
  • wrestling,
  • defending.
  •disagreeing (verb)
  • challenging,
  • Objecting,
  • Demurring,
  • Rejecting,
  • Defying,
  • Repudiating,
  • complaining.

• Other synonyms:

  •competing
  • rival.
  •Other relevant words:
  • covering,
  • Recognizing,
  • wangling,
  • grappling,
  • in the field,
  • Distributing,
  • Deliberating,
  • loving,
  • gripping,
  • contentious,
  • Emulating,
  • Quarrelling,
  • screwing,
  • strive,
  • contend,
  • Battled,
  • Waring,
  • Discussing,
  • competing,
  • recognising,
  • quarrelsome,
  • Rivaling,
  • weighing,
  • matching,
  • Debating,
  • Considering,
  • combatant,
  • completing,
  • in battle array,
  • at war with,
  • Combating,
  • finagling,
  • fucking,
  • contradictory,
  • Comprehending,
  • Scuffling,
  • warring,
  • Addressing,
  • Postulating,
  • Alleging,
  • armed,
  • Sword in hand,
  • bristling with arms,
  • sharing,
  • distinguishing,
  • trading,
  • jazzing,
  • Managing,
  • bedding,
  • Superintending,
  • issuing,
  • necking,
  • embattled,
  • Broaching,
  • armed cap-a-pie,
  • bonking,
  • Rivalling,
  • racing,
  • Walling,
  • insisting,
  • Contesting,
  • Escaping,
  • supervising,
  • Battling,
  • Treating,
  • conducting,
  • banging,
  • Positing,
  • plowing,
  • caring,
  • Dispensing,
  • surrounding,
  • Lotting,
  • Indicating,
  • Scrambling,
  • contrary,
  • buffeting,
  • striving,
  • Proposing,
  • coping,
  • up in arms,
  • humping,
  • effing,
  • handling,
  • apportioning,
  • Administering,
  • discerning,
  • advancing,
  • Allotting,
  • playing.

Paraphrases for Contending:

• Independent

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    confronting, Indicating, defending, Advocating, Responding, pretending, coping, Contesting, complaining, competing, Suggesting, arguing, Commenting, conflicting, Noting, demonstrating, Alleging, Citing, Encountering, confirming, contrasting, insisting, Declaring, facing, Endorsing, tackling, assuming, Disputing, Invoking, Committing, pointing, standing, Claiming, backstopping, Experiencing, opposing, advancing, fighting, emphasizing, grappling, saying, wrestling, Affirming, wrangling, Sustaining, exercising, underlining, Battling, supporting, Objecting, Purporting, Furthering, Witnessing, showcasing, underlying, upholding, Nurturing, campaigning, urging, highlighting, dealing, suffering, reasoning, Realizing, stressing, Implying, pleading, feuding, screaming, Submitting, Underpinning, holding, deafening, Referring, Promoting, sponsoring, shouting, Attempting, favoring, Expressing, remaining, Assisting, Stating, yelling, crying, fostering, warring, backing, running.

• Other Related

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    asserting, struggling, Maintaining.

Homophones for Contending:

• committee meeting, contaminating, contentedness.