What is another word for contending?
152 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ k_ə_n_t_ˈɛ_n_d_ɪ_ŋ], [ kəntˈɛndɪŋ], [ kəntˈɛndɪŋ]Table of Contents
Similar words for contending:Definition for Contending:
- striving or struggling in rivalry or battle; " contending armies"; " two contending parties"
Synonyms for Contending:
adj.
•at variance (adjective) •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.
- 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.
n.
•competitive (noun) •competitory (noun)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.
- brawling,
- clashing,
- conflicting,
- dissenting,
- rowing,
- blasting,
- differing,
- feuding,
- antagonizing,
- colliding,
- disagreeing,
- Altercating,
- sparing,
- clamoring,
- bickering,
- Squabbling,
- rioting,
- broiling.
Other synonyms:
•competing
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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.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
asserting, struggling, Maintaining.
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Contending Sentence Examples:
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They have been made far too much the battle - ground of contending parties.
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At last, in the midst of my contending thoughts, some of which were for telling, some against, I forced myself into reading the book I had taken up, striving so hard to obtain the mastery over self that I succeeded - so well that I did not hear a cab stop, nor the quick step of him who had occupied so large a share of my thoughts.
