What is another word for contentious?
491 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ kəntˈɛnʃəs], [ kəntˈɛnʃəs], [ k_ə_n_t_ˈɛ_n_ʃ_ə_s]Table of Contents
Similar words for contentious:- aggressive (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- arguable (adjective)
- argumentative (adjective)
- at issue (adjective)
- belligerent (adjective)
- combative (adjective)
- conflicting (adjective)
- contentious (adjective)
- controversial (adjective)
- disagreeable (adjective)
- discordant (adjective)
- disputatious (adjective)
- eristic (adjective)
- factious (adjective)
- fighting (adjective)
- hostile (adjective)
- irritable (adjective)
- militant (adjective)
- pugnacious (adjective)
- truculent (adjective)
- argumentative (noun)
- battleful (noun)
- bellicose (noun)
- litigiousness (noun)
- quarrelsome (noun)
- other synonyms
- competing
- in opposition
- other relevant words
Synonyms for Contentious:
adj.
•aggressive (adjective) •all (adjective) •arguable (adjective) •argumentative (adjective)- fire eating,
- spiky,
- spikiest,
- salty,
- having a chip on one's shoulder,
- spikier,
- fire-eating,
- opinionated,
- disputatious.
- have a bone pick,
- hot tempered,
- have chip on shoulder,
- have bone pick,
- on outs,
- have it for,
- have chip shoulder,
- more battling,
- have bone to pick,
- flippest,
- most battling,
- flip,
- have in for.
- more ructious,
- strenuous,
- most ructious,
- triggerhappy,
- most trigger happy,
- most gladiatorial,
- most triggerhappy,
- most cussed,
- more triggerhappy,
- more gladiatorial,
- more trigger happy,
- more trigger-happy,
- most trigger-happy,
- more cussed,
- trigger-happy.
- antipathetic,
- brawling,
- antagonistic,
- clamoring,
- differing,
- disharmonious,
- clashing,
- cacophonous,
- dissident,
- discordant,
- feuding,
- conflicting,
- tense,
- colliding,
- raucous,
- bickering,
- loath,
- Squabbling,
- dissonant,
- harsh,
- rowing,
- rioting,
- warring,
- dissenting.
- more controvertible,
- most controvertible,
- more doubtable,
- more debateable,
- most doubtable,
- most contestable,
- most contended,
- most debateable,
- more disputed,
- more contestable,
- most disputed,
- dubitable,
- more contended.
- tumultous tumultuous,
- most insurrectionary,
- more contending,
- more estranged,
- tumultoustumultuous,
- in subordinate,
- more troublemaking,
- tumultous-tumultuous,
- in-subordinate,
- most contending,
- more insurrectionary,
- most troublemaking,
- insurgent,
- dis affected,
- most estranged,
- dis-affected.
- more wrestling,
- up arms,
- fencing,
- re-solute,
- most sparring,
- more disputative,
- more tilting,
- more warmongering,
- most jousting,
- dis-putative,
- most fencing,
- more sparring,
- most warmongering,
- more jingoistic,
- most brawling,
- more fencing,
- un beatable,
- most skirmishing,
- un-beatable,
- more brawling,
- dis putative,
- more boxing,
- more jousting,
- most wrestling,
- most disputative,
- re solute,
- most boxing,
- most jingoistic,
- ready fight,
- more skirmishing,
- most tilting.
- more anti,
- in-hospitable,
- most ill disposed,
- most oppugnant,
- illdisposed,
- un welcoming,
- unpropitious,
- more ill-disposed,
- un-favorable,
- more ill disposed,
- more unwelcoming,
- un kindest,
- un favorable,
- more illdisposed,
- un kinder,
- un-kindest,
- more disapproving,
- dis approving,
- ill disposed,
- un sympathetic,
- un propitious,
- un sociable,
- most disapproving,
- un-propitious,
- un-kind,
- in hospitable,
- more oppugnant,
- un kind,
- most opposite,
- un-sociable,
- most anti,
- un-welcoming,
- most unwelcoming,
- un-kinder,
- most illdisposed,
- most ill-disposed,
- dis-approving.
- ill-humored,
- oversensitive,
- Fretting,
- huffy,
- easily offended,
- bearish,
- out of humor,
- grumbling,
- irritable.
n.
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- embarrassing,
- adverse,
- bad.
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- volatile.
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- attack.
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- attitude.
Other synonyms:
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- murphy's law,
- snippy,
- amiss,
- touchy,
- punitive,
- difficult,
- intrusive,
- invidious,
- problematic,
- cantankerous,
- polemical,
- fraught,
- self-defeating,
- divisive,
- offending,
- disruptive,
- vexed,
- provocative,
- Eristic,
- devilish,
- burdensome,
- costly,
- expensive,
- shrewish,
- ornery,
- tendentious,
- obstructive,
- problem,
- troublesome,
- fractious,
- schismatic.
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- corrosive,
- inflammatory,
- mischievous,
- contrarian,
- undesirable,
- prickly,
- rogue,
- awkward,
- incendiary.
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- crippling.
- fierce,
- hypercritical,
- supersensitive,
- crabby,
- dialectical,
- jingo,
- intricate,
- fretful,
- carping,
- unpleasant,
- termagant,
- disputable,
- dissentient,
- ugly,
- Palestrical,
- appellant,
- ferocious,
- cranky,
- ill-tempered,
- peppery,
- Brawly,
- irritating,
- irascible,
- thorny,
- agonistic,
- hotheaded,
- contention,
- highly strung,
- ill-humoured,
- impatient,
- bloody-minded,
- edgy,
- literal,
- soldierly,
- obstreperous,
- nice,
- soldierlike,
- contending,
- litigant,
- militaristic,
- radical,
- grouchy,
- hypersensitive,
- violent,
- peevish,
- unfriendly,
- complicated,
- cross,
- querulous,
- chauvinist,
- embattled,
- choleric,
- rebellious,
- aberrant,
- seditious,
- scathing,
- hair-splitting,
- pettifogging,
- gruff,
- nettlesome,
- debatable,
- surly,
- apostate,
- temperamental,
- hot-button,
- hard,
- non-compliant,
- disputed,
- bad-tempered,
- questionable,
- exasperating,
- inimical,
- Exceptious,
- niggling,
- and Irish cranky,
- short-tempered,
- faultfinding,
- nonconformist,
- independent,
- critical,
- in opposition,
- at war with,
- party,
- stroppy,
- huffish,
- discourteous,
- strict,
- acrimonious,
- armed cap-a-pie,
- nonconforming,
- petulant,
- ticklish,
- quick-tempered,
- enemy,
- Moodish,
- fussy,
- on edge,
- unpeaceable,
- defendant,
- sanguinary,
- Restiff,
- Unpacified,
- hot-tempered,
- knotty,
- bloodthirsty,
- nasty,
- annoying,
- testy,
- ajar,
- cross-grained,
- bristling with arms,
- chauvinistic,
- Sword in hand,
- virago,
- Palestric,
- thin-skinned,
- malicious,
- self-styled,
- heterodox,
- attacking,
- up in arms,
- subtle,
- jingoist,
- armed,
- sullen,
- dialectic,
- Battled,
- plaintiff,
- legalistic,
- bilious,
- crabbed,
- Aggravative,
- nit-picking,
- snappish,
- complex,
- crusty,
- Fault-finding,
- perverse,
- Snarling,
- grumpy,
- saber rattling,
- Battling,
- jingoish,
- unreconciled,
- high-strung,
- hot,
- fine,
- hasty,
- pugilistic,
- mutinous,
- waspish,
- disputant,
- Chippy,
- unpacific,
- in battle array,
- churlish,
- objectionable,
- tetchy,
- splenetic,
- Cavilling,
- barbarous,
- martial,
- rude,
- full of fight,
- feral,
- disagreeing,
- fiery,
- captious,
- refractory,
- virulent,
- doubtful,
- sanguineous,
- narrow,
- rival,
- picky,
- pro and con,
- curmudgeonly,
- censorious,
- passionate,
- notorious,
- crotchety,
- savage,
- threatening,
- dyspeptic,
- aggravating,
- at odds,
- currish,
- bloody,
- quibbling,
- unpeaceful,
- sensitive,
- dispute,
- Argumental,
- jesuitical,
- shrew,
- military,
- in the field.
Paraphrases for Contentious:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
controversial, disputed, disputable.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
dubious, problematic, Conflictive, difficult, controversy, Impugned, delicate, troubled, tricky, polemic, ambiguous, barbed, conflict-ridden, intractable, argumentative, moot, troubling, doubtful, challenging, complicated, spiny, tough, outstanding, inconsistent.
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Proper noun, singular
complaints, actions, cases.
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Noun, plural
disagreements, Ones, claims, cases.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
contested, litigious, questionable, conflictual, divisive, debatable, confrontational, polemical, conflicting, thorny, contestable, adversarial, objectionable, uncontroversial, contradictory, sensitive, sticking, arguable.
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Adjective
Antonyms for Contentious:
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adj.
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quarrelsome
agreeable.
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Other antonyms:
gentle, amenable, good-tempered, amicable, docile, benign, tranquil, unwarlike, affable, serene, conciliatory, nonbelligerent, friendly, undisputed, acquiescent, unargumentative, complaisant, obliging, complying, pacific, noncontroversial, benevolent, undeniable, uncontested, gracious, mild, irrefutable, genial, quiet, calm, compliant, pleasant, kindhearted, tractable, ingratiating, incontrovertible, submissive, easygoing, peaceful, kindly, relaxed, indisputable, amiable, indubitable, unquestionable, cordial, safe, sociable, good-natured, incontestable, obedient, cooperative, nonaggressive.
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quarrelsome