Definition for Contention:

• A violent effort or struggle to obtain, or to resist, something; contest; strife.

Synonyms for Contention:

• n.

  •
  • misunderstanding.
  •
  • charge,
  • advancement,
  • deposition,
  • substance,
  • ground,
  • demurrer,
  • item,
  • claim,
  • allegation,
  • profession,
  • stand,
  • explanation,
  • avowal,
  • focus,
  • plea.
  •
  • difficulty,
  • wrangle,
  • tangle,
  • bicker.
  •argument for idea (noun)
  • rumpus,
  • hypothesis,
  • belief,
  • contestation,
  • position,
  • idea,
  • opinion,
  • view,
  • hurrah,
  • Maintaining,
  • affirmation.
  •battle (noun)
  • scrimmage.
  •competition (noun)
  • combat,
  • altercation,
  • disaccord,
  • beef,
  • wrangling,
  • quarrel,
  • dissidence,
  • tug-of-war,
  • bone to pick,
  • static,
  • disunity,
  • squabble,
  • rivalry,
  • belligerency,
  • scene,
  • hassle,
  • bone of contention,
  • feuding,
  • set-to,
  • hostility,
  • scrap,
  • enmity,
  • discord,
  • argument,
  • struggle.
  •conflict (noun)
  • clash,
  • harshness,
  • squall,
  • riot,
  • warfare,
  • clamor,
  • collision,
  • row,
  • imbroglio,
  • raucousness,
  • Discordancy,
  • hubbub,
  • dissonance,
  • commotion,
  • cacophony,
  • brawl.
  •contention (noun)
  • tilt,
  • protest,
  • disputation,
  • resistance,
  • confrontation,
  • arguing.
  •disagreement (noun)
  • divisiveness,
  • rejection,
  • defiance,
  • repudiation,
  • complaint,
  • challenge.
  •dissertation (noun)
  • commentary,
  • conjecture,
  • essay,
  • interpolation,
  • examination,
  • criticism,
  • postulation,
  • dissertation,
  • critique,
  • research,
  • premise,
  • analysis,
  • article.
  •enmity (noun)
  • coldness,
  • spitefulness,
  • unfriendliness,
  • contrariety,
  • antipathy,
  • Adverseness,
  • discordance,
  • rancor,
  • Averseness,
  • resentment,
  • bitterness,
  • dislike,
  • malice,
  • surliness,
  • combativeness,
  • wrath,
  • friction,
  • hard feelings,
  • tension,
  • quarrelsomeness,
  • Inimicality,
  • coolness,
  • malevolence,
  • loathing,
  • incompatibility,
  • animosity,
  • bad blood,
  • alienation.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • dissentience,
  • run-in,
  • rhubarb,
  • Inharmony,
  • meeting,
  • declaration.
  •
  • sidelight,
  • tiff.
  •
  • variance,
  • schism,
  • spat.
  •
  • faction.
  •
  • word.
  •debate
  • Polemics.
  •Other relevant words:
  • contravention,
  • case,
  • battle cry,
  • perverse,
  • vexed question,
  • MATTER IN DISPUTE,
  • bickering,
  • point of view,
  • contentious,
  • scrum,
  • intrigue,
  • argumentative,
  • fracas,
  • Impugnation,
  • face-off,
  • impetuous,
  • Contraposition,
  • malignity,
  • militant,
  • brush,
  • free-for-all,
  • Renitency,
  • rally,
  • quodlibet,
  • striving,
  • negation,
  • Disceptation,
  • snarl,
  • polarization,
  • literary argument,
  • god,
  • apple of discord,
  • representation,
  • war cry,
  • postulate,
  • sedition,
  • fray,
  • jar,
  • scrappy,
  • difference of opinion,
  • flyting,
  • standing against,
  • Vying,
  • division,
  • casuistry,
  • clarion,
  • bellicose,
  • belligerent,
  • rappel,
  • noncooperation,
  • split,
  • rival,
  • mischief,
  • crosscurrent,
  • affidavit,
  • Logomachy,
  • carping,
  • fiery,
  • pugnacious,
  • challenger,
  • sweepstakes,
  • reasoning,
  • Quarrelling,
  • rule,
  • fuss,
  • Confrontment,
  • skirmish,
  • premiss,
  • warlike,
  • spite,
  • broil,
  • field of inquiry,
  • Insusceptibility,
  • litigious,
  • affray,
  • hotheaded,
  • embroilment,
  • campaigning,
  • marathon,
  • joust,
  • Porism,
  • service,
  • notion,
  • competitor,
  • Bucking,
  • apology,
  • Tom-tom,
  • story,
  • theory,
  • precept,
  • contrary,
  • vendetta,
  • emulation,
  • point at issue,
  • open question,
  • kriegspiel,
  • repugnance,
  • password,
  • scramble,
  • hassel,
  • deity,
  • undercurrent,
  • leaning,
  • enigma,
  • captious,
  • apologetics,
  • froward,
  • Barney,
  • contender,
  • averment,
  • antithesis,
  • moot case,
  • foot race,
  • deviance,
  • disposition,
  • disagree,
  • independent variable,
  • testimony,
  • brief,
  • quarrelsome,
  • blood feud,
  • counterworking,
  • parameter,
  • rallye,
  • opposing,
  • Renitence,
  • rebuttal,
  • truculent,
  • rub,
  • spar,
  • careen,
  • war whoop,
  • logic,
  • unlikeness,
  • lean,
  • disabuse,
  • Hostilities,
  • peppery,
  • pronouncement,
  • line,
  • question mark,
  • rush,
  • disputatious,
  • influence,
  • unpleasantness,
  • Contraversion,
  • passage of arms,
  • estrangement,
  • crossing,
  • pleading,
  • opposure,
  • competitiveness,
  • Anteposition,
  • disputed point,
  • rift,
  • dust-up,
  • Squabbling,
  • rock,
  • bugle,
  • list,
  • insistence,
  • inclination,
  • contrast,
  • polar opposition,
  • pandemonium,
  • proposition,
  • infighting,
  • war of words,
  • importunity,
  • Impugnment,
  • faultfinding,
  • polemical,
  • sway,
  • point in question,
  • hate,
  • head wind,
  • defence,
  • trumpet,
  • Oppugnation,
  • pibroch,
  • hasty,
  • traversal,
  • active service,
  • apologia,
  • falling out,
  • lawlessness,
  • donnybrook,
  • scrummage,
  • despitefulness,
  • secret,
  • grapple,
  • scuffle,
  • clashing,
  • match,
  • goddess,
  • defense,
  • engagement,
  • caviling,
  • disorder,
  • desideratum,
  • belligerence,
  • action,
  • contradiction,
  • counteraction,
  • slogan,
  • jangle,
  • disunion,
  • casus belli,
  • horse-race,
  • moot point,
  • Incompatibleness,
  • argumentation,
  • version,
  • controversial,
  • combative,
  • watchword,
  • way of thinking.

Paraphrases for Contention:

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    assertion, disagreement, dispute.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    discuss, Lice, confrontation, contestation, proposition, assumption, opinion, competition, dissertation, supposition, notion, suggestion, wrangling, view, hypothesis, conviction, presumption, bickering, characterization, notice, assertiveness, position, complaint, viewpoint, Restraining, idea, confirmation, reaffirmation.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    containment, argument.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    controversy, discord, dissension, affirmation, friction, disharmony, pretension, conflict, claim, litigation, thesis, dissent, divisiveness, containment, statement, argumentation, discussion, strife, contest, debate, argument, divergence, pretence.

Antonyms for Contention:

• n.

  • argument for idea
    denial, truth, reality, proof, retreat.
  • competition
    approval, harmony, kindness, concurrence, consideration, friendliness, accord, truce, authorization, praise, friendship, sympathy, peace, agreement, affection, good will, ratification, compliment.

Homophones for Contention:

• condonation, continuation, contamination, condemnation.

Hypernym for Contention:

• n.

  • communication
    submission.

Hyponym for Contention:

• n.

  • communication
    averment, assertion, asseveration.