Synonyms for Contention:

• n.

  •
  • misunderstanding,
  • a war of words.
  •
  • demurrer,
  • advancement,
  • avowal,
  • sticking point,
  • plea,
  • ground,
  • focus,
  • claim,
  • charge,
  • item,
  • profession,
  • stand,
  • deposition,
  • starting point,
  • explanation,
  • allegation,
  • substance.
  •
  • difficulty,
  • wrangle,
  • tangle,
  • bicker.
  •antagonism (noun)
  • in-congruities,
  • dis-cord,
  • anti-thesis,
  • dis cord,
  • in congruity,
  • dis-cords,
  • in congruities,
  • in-congruity,
  • dis cords,
  • oppugnancies,
  • anti thesis.
  •arguing (noun)
  • arguing.
  •argument (noun)
  • ex change,
  • ex-postulation,
  • re-monstrances,
  • re monstrances,
  • ex-change,
  • de-fenses,
  • ex changes,
  • re-monstrance,
  • re monstrance,
  • line reasoning,
  • ex-changes,
  • ex-postulations,
  • ex postulations,
  • ex postulation,
  • de fenses,
  • argument.
  •argument for idea (noun)
  • rumpus,
  • hypothesis,
  • belief,
  • contestation,
  • position,
  • idea,
  • opinion,
  • view,
  • hurrah,
  • Maintaining,
  • affirmation.
  •assertion (noun)
  • stamp approval,
  • two cents' worths,
  • stressings,
  • asservations.
  •battle (noun)
  • havoc,
  • significant contact,
  • sortie,
  • scrimmage,
  • blitzkreig.
  •communication (noun)
  • contention.
  •competition (noun)
  • squabble,
  • quarrel,
  • wrangling,
  • pairing off,
  • static,
  • one on one,
  • struggle,
  • rivalry,
  • bone to pick,
  • set-to,
  • scene,
  • hostility,
  • altercation,
  • go for the gold,
  • scrap,
  • dissidence,
  • horse race,
  • feuding,
  • athletic event,
  • tug-of-war,
  • dog eat dog,
  • do or die,
  • concours,
  • quiz,
  • bone of contention,
  • belligerency,
  • combat,
  • beef,
  • disunity,
  • matchup,
  • hassle,
  • matchups,
  • disaccord,
  • discord,
  • go for it,
  • enmity,
  • athletic events.
  •conflict (noun)
  • clash,
  • harshness,
  • squall,
  • riot,
  • warfare,
  • clamor,
  • collision,
  • row,
  • imbroglio,
  • raucousness,
  • Discordancy,
  • hubbub,
  • dissonance,
  • commotion,
  • cacophony,
  • brawl.
  •contention (noun)
  • confrontation,
  • tilt,
  • protest,
  • disputation,
  • resistance.
  •controversy (noun)
  • dissentions.
  •debate (noun)
  • blahblahs,
  • blah blah,
  • controvertings,
  • blah-blahs,
  • re-flection,
  • de-liberation,
  • de bates,
  • re-buttings,
  • refutings,
  • re flections,
  • de liberation,
  • re flection,
  • de-liberations,
  • blahblah,
  • mootings,
  • de-bate,
  • re-flections,
  • rebuttings,
  • re buttings,
  • de-bates,
  • re butting,
  • de liberations,
  • de bate,
  • blah blahs,
  • re-butting.
  •dialectic (noun)
  • logical argument,
  • question-and-answer method.
  •difference (noun)
  • dustup,
  • brush-off,
  • brannigan,
  • dustups,
  • brushoff.
  •disagreement (noun)
  • divisiveness,
  • rejection,
  • defiance,
  • repudiation,
  • complaint,
  • challenge.
  •discussion (noun)
  • dis-courses,
  • groupthinks,
  • re view,
  • inter-view,
  • re views,
  • dis-course,
  • ex amination,
  • inter-views,
  • inter views,
  • re-views,
  • re-view,
  • inter view,
  • ex-aminations,
  • ex aminations,
  • dis courses,
  • dis course.
  •disharmony (noun)
  • dis-harmonies,
  • dis harmony,
  • in-harmoniousness,
  • dissonancies,
  • dis harmonies,
  • in harmoniousnesses,
  • inharmoniousnesses,
  • dis-harmony,
  • in-harmoniousnesses,
  • in harmoniousness.
  •dispute (noun)
  • bone contention,
  • up roar,
  • up roars,
  • difference opinion,
  • up-roars,
  • up-roar,
  • flareup.
  •dissension (noun)
  • bad vibe,
  • sour notes.
  •dissent (noun)
  • dis sent,
  • non-agreement,
  • non agreement,
  • non concurrences,
  • non-concurrences,
  • non conformisms,
  • mis belief,
  • dis-sent,
  • mis-beliefs,
  • non conformities,
  • mis-belief,
  • un orthodoxy,
  • non concurrence,
  • non conformism,
  • un orthodoxies,
  • mis beliefs,
  • hetero doxies,
  • non agreements,
  • dis sents,
  • un-orthodoxies,
  • far cries,
  • poles aparts,
  • hetero-doxies,
  • non-conformisms,
  • un-orthodoxy,
  • Non-concurrence,
  • nonconcurrences,
  • nonconformisms,
  • NOPES,
  • non-conformities,
  • misbeliefs,
  • dis-sents,
  • non-conformism,
  • hetero doxy,
  • hetero-doxy,
  • non conformity,
  • nonagreements,
  • non-agreements.
  •dissentience (noun)
  • dis sentiences,
  • dis-sentiences,
  • dis-sentience,
  • dis sentience.
  •dissertation (noun)
  • commentary,
  • conjecture,
  • essay,
  • interpolation,
  • examination,
  • criticism,
  • postulation,
  • dissertation,
  • critique,
  • research,
  • premise,
  • analysis,
  • article.
  •dissidence (noun)
  • dis peace,
  • dispeaces,
  • dis-peace,
  • dis peaces,
  • dis-peaces.
  •dissonance (noun)
  • dis sonance,
  • dis-sonance,
  • dis parities,
  • dis-parity,
  • dis parity,
  • dis sonances,
  • in consistencies,
  • in-consistencies,
  • dis-parities,
  • dis-sonances,
  • in-consistency,
  • in consistency.
  •emulation (noun)
  • emulation.
  •encounter (noun)
  • velitations.
  •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.
  •falling-out (noun)
  • fallingout,
  • sharp word.
  •fight (noun)
  • free for all,
  • sparring matches.
  •fighting (noun)
  • punch outs,
  • brawlings,
  • hell broke looses.
  •imperviousness (noun)
  • un susceptibility,
  • un-susceptibility,
  • un-susceptibilities,
  • un susceptibilities.
  •insusceptibility (noun)
  • in susceptibility,
  • in-susceptibilities,
  • in-susceptibility,
  • in susceptibilities.
  •issue (noun)
  • matter contention,
  • point departure.
  •litigation (noun)
  • pro-cesses,
  • pro cess,
  • pro-cess.
  •opposition (noun)
  • counter-attacks,
  • obstructiveness,
  • Antinomy,
  • counter-attack,
  • Antinomies,
  • negativism.
  •polemic (noun)
  • gin,
  • GINS,
  • crusher,
  • OUTS,
  • finisher,
  • knockdown,
  • fallings,
  • crushers,
  • face off,
  • knockdowns,
  • knock down and drag out,
  • finishers.
  •quarrel (noun)
  • catfights.
  •question (noun)
  • demurral,
  • questions.
  •race (noun)
  • re lays,
  • re-lays,
  • re-lay,
  • re lay.
  •resistance (noun)
  • striking back,
  • retardation,
  • imperviousness,
  • impedances,
  • impeding,
  • impedance.
  •rupture (noun)
  • break ups,
  • split ups,
  • split-ups,
  • break-ups,
  • splitups,
  • splitup,
  • bustups.
  •strife (noun)
  • tug war.
  •thesis (noun)
  • pre supposition,
  • apriorisms,
  • hypo-thesis,
  • sur-mise,
  • pro positions,
  • pre-supposition,
  • pre-mises,
  • pre mises,
  • pre mise,
  • pro position,
  • pro-positions,
  • sur mise,
  • pre suppositions,
  • sur mises,
  • pre-mise,
  • hypo thesis,
  • sur-mises.
  •unrest (noun)
  • moodiness,
  • up set.
  •variance (noun)
  • mid course correction,
  • about face,
  • different stroke,
  • mid-course corrections,
  • un harmoniousness,
  • un harmoniousnesses,
  • un-harmoniousness,
  • midcourse corrections,
  • severings,
  • sunderings,
  • un-harmoniousnesses,
  • mid course corrections,
  • unharmoniousnesses,
  • midcourse correction.

• Other synonyms:

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

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.