Definition for Contention:

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

Synonyms for Contention:

• n.

  •
  • misunderstanding.
  •
  • avowal,
  • item,
  • charge,
  • stand,
  • demurrer,
  • fight,
  • advancement,
  • substance,
  • deposition,
  • claim,
  • sidelight,
  • ground,
  • asseveration,
  • plea,
  • profession,
  • explanation,
  • allegation,
  • focus,
  • declaration.
  •
  • polemic,
  • difficulty,
  • tiff,
  • run-in,
  • bicker,
  • tangle,
  • wrangle,
  • rhubarb,
  • word,
  • spat.
  •
  • dissentience,
  • war,
  • variance,
  • Inharmony,
  • schism,
  • faction.
  •argument for idea (noun)
  • allegation,
  • belief,
  • charge,
  • claim,
  • explanation,
  • hurrah,
  • assertion,
  • demurrer,
  • affirmation,
  • plea,
  • declaration,
  • avowal,
  • advancement,
  • hypothesis,
  • asseveration,
  • view,
  • idea,
  • ground,
  • deposition,
  • thesis,
  • discussion,
  • profession,
  • Maintaining,
  • predication,
  • rumpus,
  • stand,
  • contestation,
  • position,
  • opinion.
  •battle (noun)
  • scrimmage.
  •competition (noun)
  • wrangling,
  • enmity,
  • hostility,
  • altercation,
  • dissidence,
  • combat,
  • battle,
  • discord,
  • flak,
  • fight,
  • struggle,
  • scrap,
  • war,
  • difference,
  • argument,
  • run-in,
  • feuding,
  • disaccord,
  • quarrel,
  • squabble,
  • dispute,
  • dissension,
  • scene,
  • variance,
  • wrangle,
  • bone of contention,
  • dissent,
  • hassle,
  • belligerency,
  • strife,
  • contest,
  • static,
  • controversy,
  • set-to,
  • bone to pick,
  • conflict,
  • beef,
  • tug-of-war,
  • disunity,
  • rivalry.
  •conflict (noun)
  • collision,
  • disagreement,
  • difference,
  • commotion,
  • dissonance,
  • feud,
  • warfare,
  • raucousness,
  • dissension,
  • dissidence,
  • clamor,
  • clash,
  • riot,
  • cacophony,
  • imbroglio,
  • squabble,
  • altercation,
  • harshness,
  • disharmony,
  • strife,
  • Discordancy,
  • hubbub,
  • row,
  • squall,
  • hassle,
  • discord,
  • brawl.
  •contention (noun)
  • confrontation,
  • arguing,
  • disputation,
  • tilt,
  • protest,
  • controversy,
  • quarrel,
  • contestation,
  • argument,
  • rivalry,
  • struggle,
  • dispute,
  • competition,
  • encounter,
  • resistance.
  •difference (noun)
  • variance,
  • bone to pick.
  •difference of opinion (noun)
  • dissidence.
  •disagreement (noun)
  • complaint,
  • rejection,
  • disaccord,
  • challenge,
  • repudiation,
  • nonagreement,
  • divisiveness,
  • defiance.
  •discordance (noun)
  • dissent,
  • disunity.
  •dissertation (noun)
  • commentary,
  • hypothesis,
  • analysis,
  • critique,
  • argument,
  • position,
  • article,
  • opinion,
  • conjecture,
  • interpolation,
  • thesis,
  • examination,
  • premise,
  • postulation,
  • essay,
  • dissertation,
  • discussion,
  • research,
  • assertion,
  • criticism.
  •enmity (noun)
  • bitterness,
  • tension,
  • opposition,
  • discordance,
  • incompatibility,
  • combativeness,
  • coldness,
  • malice,
  • loathing,
  • coolness,
  • dislike,
  • inharmoniousness,
  • unfriendliness,
  • bad blood,
  • alienation,
  • Averseness,
  • antagonism,
  • antipathy,
  • hatred,
  • enmity,
  • spitefulness,
  • surliness,
  • quarrelsomeness,
  • friction,
  • conflict,
  • animosity,
  • Inimicality,
  • Adverseness,
  • hostility,
  • resentment,
  • wrath,
  • rancor,
  • contrariety,
  • polarity,
  • hard feelings,
  • malevolence.
  •opposition (noun)
  • unfriendliness,
  • opposure.
  •resistance (noun)
  • Insusceptibility,
  • Renitency,
  • Renitence,
  • resistance.
  •topic (noun)
  • concept,
  • topic,
  • point,
  • theme,
  • subject,
  • exposition,
  • basis,
  • axiom,
  • issue,
  • motif,
  • belief,
  • principle,
  • idea,
  • statement,
  • theorem,
  • paradigm,
  • presumption,
  • inference,
  • question,
  • query,
  • text,
  • assumption,
  • matter,
  • problem.

• v.

  •conflict (verb)
  • battle,
  • fight.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • declaration,
  • rhubarb,
  • run-in,
  • fight,
  • dissentience,
  • Inharmony,
  • meeting.
  •
  • battle,
  • unrest,
  • sidelight,
  • polemic,
  • tiff.
  •
  • spat,
  • variance,
  • substance,
  • schism.
  •
  • item,
  • wrangle,
  • war,
  • faction.
  •
  • difficulty.
  •
  • focus.
  •
  • word.
  •assertion
  • allegation.
  •debate
  • Polemics.
  •demand
  • claim.
  •dispute
  • words.
  •Other relevant words:
  • battle cry,
  • unharmoniousness,
  • premiss,
  • disorder,
  • bickering,
  • contrary,
  • combative,
  • duel,
  • infighting,
  • difficulty,
  • affirmation,
  • apologia,
  • sharp words,
  • Impugnation,
  • flak,
  • defense,
  • traversal,
  • Incompatibleness,
  • contravention,
  • striving,
  • hasty,
  • argumentative,
  • word,
  • faultfinding,
  • polemical,
  • claim,
  • advancement,
  • donnybrook,
  • apple of discord,
  • sweepstakes,
  • battle,
  • deity,
  • lean,
  • importunity,
  • hate,
  • passage of arms,
  • snarl,
  • casuistry,
  • list,
  • dust-up,
  • scrum,
  • rivalry,
  • belligerence,
  • rub,
  • head wind,
  • noncooperation,
  • negation,
  • explanation,
  • pibroch,
  • bellicose,
  • grapple,
  • plea,
  • rock,
  • quarrelsome,
  • carping,
  • polemic,
  • rappel,
  • arguing,
  • perverse,
  • fighting,
  • questioning,
  • bicker,
  • match,
  • disposition,
  • Maintaining,
  • Quarrelling,
  • unpleasantness,
  • focus,
  • deposition,
  • quodlibet,
  • war cry,
  • rush,
  • point in question,
  • difference of opinion,
  • jangle,
  • Renitence,
  • Disceptation,
  • rule,
  • question mark,
  • slogan,
  • belligerency,
  • belligerent,
  • polar opposition,
  • insistence,
  • froward,
  • Confrontment,
  • contestation,
  • goddess,
  • peppery,
  • scene,
  • hotheaded,
  • disagree,
  • Contraversion,
  • crosscurrent,
  • campaigning,
  • trumpet,
  • litigation,
  • Impugnment,
  • marathon,
  • dialectic,
  • Squabbling,
  • item,
  • competition,
  • tangle,
  • refusal,
  • antithesis,
  • misunderstanding,
  • averment,
  • influence,
  • Barney,
  • malignity,
  • Logomachy,
  • bone of contention,
  • pugnacious,
  • parameter,
  • counterworking,
  • counteraction,
  • password,
  • story,
  • fiery,
  • field of inquiry,
  • engagement,
  • contradiction,
  • horse-race,
  • Vying,
  • run-in,
  • debate,
  • contest,
  • affidavit,
  • opposing,
  • Tom-tom,
  • reasoning,
  • tilt,
  • pronouncement,
  • spar,
  • point of view,
  • asseveration,
  • grudge,
  • impetuous,
  • kriegspiel,
  • spat,
  • line,
  • static,
  • Polemics,
  • case,
  • apologetics,
  • literary argument,
  • vendetta,
  • unlikeness,
  • leaning,
  • declaration,
  • defence,
  • MATTER IN DISPUTE,
  • contrast,
  • avowal,
  • repugnance,
  • rival,
  • tug-of-war,
  • Anteposition,
  • rally,
  • contentious,
  • wrangling,
  • crossing,
  • bugle,
  • bone to pick,
  • watchword,
  • war,
  • intrigue,
  • division,
  • fracas,
  • opposure,
  • secret,
  • rift,
  • moot case,
  • sidelight,
  • brief,
  • spite,
  • hassel,
  • broil,
  • captious,
  • undercurrent,
  • lawlessness,
  • scrap,
  • Insusceptibility,
  • sedition,
  • casus belli,
  • scrimmage,
  • Contraposition,
  • schism,
  • proposition,
  • allegation,
  • stand,
  • Hostilities,
  • skirmish,
  • affray,
  • challenger,
  • fight,
  • Porism,
  • despitefulness,
  • representation,
  • apology,
  • Inharmony,
  • disabuse,
  • argumentation,
  • clashing,
  • Renitency,
  • polarization,
  • embroilment,
  • rumpus,
  • hurrah,
  • war whoop,
  • war of words,
  • version,
  • disputed point,
  • split,
  • dogfight,
  • joust,
  • combat,
  • disputation,
  • emulation,
  • deviance,
  • jar,
  • dissentience,
  • scramble,
  • disunion,
  • race,
  • brush,
  • way of thinking,
  • free-for-all,
  • Bucking,
  • pleading,
  • standing against,
  • variance,
  • tussle,
  • careen,
  • notion,
  • moot point,
  • militant,
  • faction,
  • profession,
  • rhubarb,
  • mischief,
  • god,
  • inclination,
  • meeting,
  • words,
  • disputatious,
  • feuding,
  • set-to,
  • face-off,
  • vexed question,
  • unrest,
  • precept,
  • flyting,
  • contender,
  • desideratum,
  • warlike,
  • view,
  • charge,
  • enigma,
  • active service,
  • beef,
  • foot race,
  • controversial,
  • rebuttal,
  • service,
  • falling out,
  • point at issue,
  • fuss,
  • action,
  • clarion,
  • open question,
  • rallye,
  • Oppugnation,
  • logic,
  • competitor,
  • scrummage,
  • rupture,
  • truculent,
  • Velitation,
  • testimony,
  • scrappy,
  • predication,
  • postulate,
  • fray,
  • sway,
  • litigious,
  • competitiveness,
  • estrangement,
  • demurrer,
  • wrangle,
  • caviling,
  • theory,
  • independent variable,
  • substance,
  • ground,
  • pandemonium,
  • scuffle,
  • blood feud,
  • tiff.

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.