What is another word for contending?
253 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ kəntˈɛndɪŋ], [ kəntˈɛndɪŋ], [ k_ə_n_t_ˈɛ_n_d_ɪ_ŋ]Table of Contents
Similar words for contending:- at variance (adjective)
- factious (adjective)
- fighting (adjective)
- militant (adjective)
- opposing (adjective)
- rival (adjective)
- warlike (adjective)
- competitive (noun)
- competitory (noun)
- affirming (verb)
- conflicting (verb)
- contending (verb)
- disagreeing (verb)
- other synonyms
- competing
- other relevant words
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.
- more assertory,
- more gladiatorial,
- most gladiatorial,
- self assertive,
- selfassertive,
- more combating,
- most combating,
- most assertory.
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 •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.
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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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asserting, struggling, Maintaining.
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