What is another word for contending?
503 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ kəntˈɛndɪŋ], [ kəntˈɛndɪŋ], [ k_ə_n_t_ˈɛ_n_d_ɪ_ŋ]
Contending, its synonyms refer to competitions, like challenging, competing, combating, and vying. Challenging usually implies a formal or direct competition between two individuals or teams. Competing portray comparable for a prize or recognition. Combating presents the idea of fighting or struggling against something. Vying implies competing with someone trying to acquire something desirable. Other synonyms for contending may include contending with (dealing with), quarreling, striving, and struggling. All these terms present the idea of competing, whether directly or indirectly, to reach a goal or overcome an obstacle. Knowing these synonyms can aid in communicating more effectively and expressing thoughts more clearly.
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Similar words for contending:
- at variance (adjective)
- opposing (adjective)
- factious (adjective)
- fighting (adjective)
- militant (adjective)
- rival (adjective)
- warlike (adjective)
- affirming (verb)
- conflicting (verb)
- contending (verb)
- disagreeing (verb)
Synonyms for Contending:
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adj.
• at variance • opposing • factious- dis affected ,
- dis-affected ,
- in subordinate ,
- in-subordinate ,
- more contending ,
- more estranged ,
- more insurrectionary ,
- more troublemaking ,
- most contending ,
- most estranged ,
- most insurrectionary ,
- most troublemaking ,
- tumultous tumultuous ,
- tumultous-tumultuous ,
- tumultoustumultuous .
- dis putative ,
- dis-putative ,
- more battling ,
- more boxing ,
- more brawling ,
- more disputative ,
- more fencing ,
- more hawkish ,
- more jingoistic ,
- more jousting ,
- more skirmishing ,
- more sparring ,
- more tilting ,
- more warmongering ,
- more wrestling ,
- most battling ,
- most boxing ,
- most brawling ,
- most disputative ,
- most fencing ,
- most hawkish ,
- most jingoistic ,
- most jousting ,
- most skirmishing ,
- most sparring ,
- most tilting ,
- most warmongering ,
- most wrestling ,
- re solute ,
- re-solute ,
- ready fight ,
- un beatable ,
- un-beatable ,
- up arms .
- more assertory ,
- more combating ,
- more gladiatorial ,
- most assertory ,
- most combating ,
- most gladiatorial ,
- self assertive ,
- selfassertive .
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v.
• affirming- Acknowledging ,
- Adjuring ,
- Admitting ,
- Affirming ,
- Attesting ,
- Averring ,
- Avouching ,
- Certifying ,
- Claiming ,
- Corroborating ,
- Declaring ,
- Endorsing ,
- Expressing ,
- Maintaining ,
- Pledging ,
- Proclaiming ,
- Pronouncing ,
- Propounding ,
- Ratifying ,
- Stating ,
- Submitting ,
- Sustaining ,
- Testifying ,
- Warranting ,
- accepting ,
- approving ,
- asserting ,
- assuring ,
- professing ,
- promising ,
- setting down ,
- supporting ,
- validating ,
- verifying .
- Altercating ,
- Squabbling ,
- antagonizing ,
- bickering ,
- blasting ,
- brawling ,
- broiling ,
- clamoring ,
- clashing ,
- colliding ,
- conflicting ,
- differing ,
- disagreeing ,
- dissenting ,
- feuding ,
- rioting ,
- rowing ,
- sparing .
Other relevant words:
- absorbing ,
- acting ,
- active ,
- activist ,
- adverse ,
- advisement ,
- affirmative ,
- allocation ,
- allotment ,
- ambitious ,
- application ,
- apportionment ,
- apprehensive ,
- approbative ,
- approbatory ,
- approval ,
- argue ,
- argument ,
- ass ,
- assertive ,
- assignation ,
- at odds ,
- bally ,
- battering ,
- battlemented ,
- battler ,
- bed clothing ,
- bedclothes ,
- bedding material ,
- belligerent ,
- bicker ,
- blaring ,
- blessing ,
- blinking ,
- bloody ,
- blooming ,
- bright ,
- broil ,
- bumptious ,
- caressing ,
- castellated ,
- castled ,
- challenger ,
- chauvinistic ,
- circumferent ,
- cladding ,
- clamor ,
- clamour ,
- clamouring ,
- co-ordinated ,
- coating ,
- collateral ,
- combat ,
- combat-ready ,
- combative ,
- communion ,
- compete ,
- competition ,
- competitor ,
- complaintive ,
- complemental ,
- complementary ,
- confirmative ,
- confirmatory ,
- confirming ,
- confounding ,
- contender ,
- contention ,
- contest ,
- contestation ,
- contrastive ,
- controversy ,
- coordinated ,
- cope ,
- corroborative ,
- corroboratory ,
- cover ,
- crashing ,
- cuddling ,
- deal ,
- debate ,
- declarative ,
- declaratory ,
- deliberation ,
- discreet ,
- discrepant ,
- disputation ,
- disputatious ,
- dissentient ,
- dissentious ,
- dissident ,
- dissonant ,
- divisive ,
- duplicate ,
- economical ,
- encompassing ,
- encouraging ,
- endeavor ,
- endeavour ,
- engrossing ,
- equal ,
- fascinating ,
- fence ,
- fencing material ,
- fight ,
- fighter ,
- flag-waving ,
- flaming ,
- fondling ,
- forward ,
- forward-moving ,
- free-enterprise ,
- freedom fighter ,
- frugal ,
- fuck ,
- fuss ,
- get by ,
- gorgerin ,
- grapple ,
- grilling ,
- guerilla ,
- guerrilla ,
- haggle ,
- haggling ,
- hand-to-hand struggle ,
- header ,
- hopeful ,
- hue and cry ,
- hugging ,
- humongous ,
- insistence ,
- insurrectionist ,
- intriguing ,
- irregular ,
- issuance ,
- issue ,
- kissing ,
- lining ,
- litigious ,
- litter ,
- load-bearing ,
- lovingness ,
- make do ,
- make out ,
- manage ,
- manipulation ,
- martial ,
- masking ,
- match ,
- mutually exclusive ,
- nationalistic ,
- natural covering ,
- nisus ,
- nookie ,
- nooky ,
- obstinate ,
- opponent ,
- opposite ,
- oversight ,
- pains ,
- parceling ,
- parcelling ,
- performing ,
- perverse ,
- petting ,
- piece of ass ,
- piece of tail ,
- plausive ,
- playacting ,
- ploughing ,
- postulate ,
- pounding ,
- private-enterprise ,
- profession ,
- rassling ,
- reach ,
- rebel ,
- repugn ,
- reverse ,
- riot ,
- riveting ,
- roll in the hay ,
- row ,
- ruinous ,
- scotch ,
- scrap ,
- scrapper ,
- screening ,
- screw ,
- seditious ,
- self-asserting ,
- self-contradictory ,
- shag ,
- share-out ,
- shtup ,
- smooching ,
- snuggling ,
- spat ,
- squabble ,
- stinting ,
- strain ,
- struggle ,
- substantiating ,
- substantiative ,
- subversive ,
- superintendence ,
- superpatriotic ,
- supervision ,
- support ,
- thought-provoking ,
- thumping ,
- tiff ,
- tilt ,
- touch ,
- treatment ,
- twin ,
- twinned ,
- ultranationalistic ,
- validatory ,
- veneer ,
- verificatory ,
- vie ,
- walloping ,
- wangle ,
- war advocacy ,
- war-ridden ,
- wayward ,
- whopping ,
- wrangle ,
- wrestle .
- Addressing ,
- Administering ,
- Alleging ,
- Allotting ,
- Battled ,
- Battling ,
- Broaching ,
- Combating ,
- Comprehending ,
- Considering ,
- Contesting ,
- Debating ,
- Deliberating ,
- Discussing ,
- Dispensing ,
- Distributing ,
- Emulating ,
- Escaping ,
- Indicating ,
- Lotting ,
- Managing ,
- Positing ,
- Postulating ,
- Proposing ,
- Quarrelling ,
- Recognizing ,
- Rivaling ,
- Rivalling ,
- Scrambling ,
- Scuffling ,
- Superintending ,
- Sword in hand ,
- Treating ,
- Walling ,
- Waring ,
- advancing ,
- apportioning ,
- armed ,
- armed cap-a-pie ,
- at war with ,
- banging ,
- bedding ,
- bonking ,
- bristling with arms ,
- buffeting ,
- caring ,
- combatant ,
- competing ,
- competitive ,
- competitory ,
- completing ,
- conducting ,
- contend ,
- contentious ,
- contradictory ,
- contrary ,
- coping ,
- covering ,
- discerning ,
- distinguishing ,
- effing ,
- embattled ,
- factious ,
- fencing ,
- finagling ,
- fucking ,
- grappling ,
- gripping ,
- handling ,
- humping ,
- in arms ,
- in battle array ,
- in the field ,
- insisting ,
- issuing ,
- jazzing ,
- loving ,
- matching ,
- militant ,
- necking ,
- playing ,
- plowing ,
- quarrelsome ,
- racing ,
- recognising ,
- screwing ,
- sharing ,
- strive ,
- striving ,
- supervising ,
- surrounding ,
- trading ,
- under arms ,
- up in arms ,
- wangling ,
- warlike ,
- warring ,
- weighing .
How to use "Contending" in context?
Contending for a championship is a obsession for athletes and the human race in general. Winning a championship is something that can be hard to do, but it is also something that can be satisfying. When an athlete or team is experiencing success, it is natural for them to want to keep that success going. This is where competing comes into play.
Competing can mean a lot of different things. Sometimes it simply means competing against yourself. When you are trying to achieve a goal, it is important to break the goal down into smaller parts and then compete against yourself to see who can achieve the most success.
Paraphrases for Contending:
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Independent
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Verb, gerund or present participle
advancing, arguing, assuming, backing, campaigning, competing, complaining, confirming, conflicting, confronting, contrasting, crying, deafening, dealing, defending, emphasizing, exercising, facing, favoring, fighting, fostering, grappling, highlighting, holding, insisting, opposing, pleading, pointing, pretending, reasoning, remaining, running, saying, screaming, shouting, standing, suffering, supporting, tackling, underlying, urging, warring, wrangling, wrestling, yelling, Advocating, Affirming, Alleging, Assisting, Attempting, Battling, Citing, Claiming, Declaring, Disputing, Encountering, Endorsing, Experiencing, Expressing, Furthering, Implying, Indicating, Invoking, Noting, Nurturing, Objecting, Realizing, Referring, Responding, Underpinning, Witnessing, coping, Commenting, Committing, Contesting, Promoting, Purporting, Stating, Submitting, Suggesting, Sustaining, upholding, stressing, underlining, demonstrating, feuding, backstopping, sponsoring, showcasing.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
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Other Related
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Verb, gerund or present participle
asserting, struggling, Maintaining.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
Homophones for Contending:
Word of the Day
home and dry
- Synonyms:
- certain.
