Synonyms for Contest:

• n.

  •
  • free-for-all,
  • game,
  • match,
  • trial.
  •
  • controversy,
  • dispute,
  • enter,
  • face,
  • play.
  •
  • contradict,
  • differ,
  • disagree,
  • dissent,
  • oppose,
  • race,
  • reject,
  • striving,
  • tug-of-war,
  • Corrivalry.
  •
  • meet.
  •battle (noun)
  • combat,
  • engagement.
  •competition (noun)
  • challenge,
  • contention,
  • discussion,
  • game,
  • match,
  • meet,
  • meeting,
  • rivalry,
  • sport,
  • testing,
  • tournament,
  • trial,
  • trying,
  • Rencounter,
  • Proving,
  • concours.
  •conflict (noun)
  • confrontation,
  • contestation,
  • tug-of-war,
  • concours.
  •confrontation (noun)
  • face-off.
  •contest (noun)
  • competition,
  • contend,
  • repugn.
  •disagreement (noun)
  • vendetta.
  •discord (noun)
  • disagreement.
  •event (noun)
  • competition.
  •fight, struggle (noun)
  • action,
  • affray,
  • altercation,
  • battle,
  • battle royal,
  • beef,
  • brawl,
  • brush,
  • combat,
  • conflict,
  • controversy,
  • debate,
  • discord,
  • dispute,
  • emulation,
  • encounter,
  • engagement,
  • fray,
  • go,
  • hassle,
  • rivalry,
  • row,
  • rumble,
  • run-in,
  • scrap,
  • set-to,
  • shock,
  • skirmish,
  • static,
  • strife,
  • striving,
  • tug-of-war,
  • warfare,
  • wrangle.
  •legal proceeding (noun)
  • trial.
  •opposition (noun)
  • counter-attack.
  •warfare (noun)
  • aggression,
  • battle,
  • bloodshed,
  • campaign,
  • combat,
  • conflict,
  • crusade,
  • drive,
  • engagement,
  • fight,
  • hostility,
  • jihad,
  • offensive,
  • scramble,
  • scuffle,
  • struggle,
  • tussle,
  • war,
  • warfare,
  • warpath,
  • guerre.

• v.

  •argue, challenge (verb)
  • blast,
  • doubt,
  • jump on,
  • litigate,
  • oppose,
  • push,
  • question,
  • shoot for,
  • tangle,
  • object to,
  • stand up for,
  • call in question,
  • go for it,
  • give it one's all,
  • go for jugular,
  • jockey for position,
  • mix it up with,
  • scramble for.
  •battle (verb)
  • engage.
  •communication (verb)
  • contend,
  • repugn.
  •fight (verb)
  • altercate,
  • attack,
  • break with,
  • buck,
  • compete,
  • contend,
  • cross,
  • defend,
  • duel,
  • feud,
  • lay out,
  • quarrel,
  • repel,
  • rival,
  • rumpus,
  • scuffle,
  • sock,
  • square off,
  • strike,
  • struggle,
  • take on,
  • tilt,
  • traverse,
  • vie,
  • withstand,
  • gang up on,
  • fight over,
  • knuckle with,
  • lay a finger on,
  • put on gloves,
  • put up dukes.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • contradict,
  • differ,
  • disagree,
  • expostulate,
  • fencing,
  • pentathlon,
  • rematch,
  • spar,
  • sue,
  • try,
  • tug-of-war,
  • Corrivalry,
  • COMP,
  • quarrel with.
  •
  • buck,
  • bye,
  • collide,
  • controvert,
  • derby,
  • free-for-all,
  • oppose,
  • prosecute,
  • showdown,
  • striving,
  • tilt,
  • unrest.
  •
  • championship,
  • deadlock,
  • defend,
  • emulate,
  • event,
  • qualifier,
  • repudiate,
  • sport.
  •
  • dissent,
  • international,
  • meeting,
  • opener,
  • race,
  • reject,
  • resist,
  • series,
  • stampede.
  •
  • take on,
  • trial.
  •
  • encounter,
  • traverse.
  •
  • challenge,
  • enter,
  • heat.
  •
  • guest,
  • qualify,
  • rally.
  •
  • cup,
  • defense,
  • game,
  • go,
  • tie.
  •
  • divide.
  •
  • round.
  •
  • face,
  • play,
  • shoot.
  •
  • card,
  • crown.
  •
  • draw.
  •
  • meet.
  •argue
  • discuss.
  •combat
  • duel.
  •contend
  • shoot for,
  • go for it,
  • go for jugular,
  • mix it up with.
  •disagree
  • jump on,
  • quarrel,
  • quibble,
  • logomachize.
  •dispute
  • litigate.
  •request
  • appeal.
  •run
  • running.
  •Other relevant words:
  • abjure,
  • abnormal,
  • accomplish,
  • action,
  • administer,
  • affray,
  • altercate,
  • altercation,
  • ancient,
  • angled,
  • angular,
  • answer,
  • antagonize,
  • antiquated,
  • antique,
  • appeal,
  • argue,
  • argufy,
  • argument,
  • arrange,
  • assert,
  • athletic,
  • athletics,
  • attack,
  • battle royal,
  • beef,
  • belie,
  • bicker,
  • bickering,
  • blast,
  • bony,
  • bout,
  • box,
  • brave,
  • brawl,
  • break with,
  • broil,
  • brush,
  • buck,
  • buffet,
  • bye,
  • call into question,
  • card,
  • cavil,
  • challenge,
  • challenger,
  • championship,
  • clash,
  • cliffhanger,
  • close,
  • collide,
  • commotion,
  • compete,
  • competition,
  • competitive,
  • competitor,
  • confound,
  • confront,
  • confrontation,
  • confute,
  • contend,
  • contender,
  • contention,
  • contentiousness,
  • contestation,
  • contested,
  • contradict,
  • contravene,
  • controversy,
  • controvert,
  • cope,
  • counter,
  • counteract,
  • cross,
  • crown,
  • cup,
  • curious,
  • dare,
  • deadlock,
  • debate,
  • decathlon,
  • defend,
  • defense,
  • defy,
  • deny,
  • derby,
  • differ,
  • difference,
  • difference of opinion,
  • disagree,
  • disagree with,
  • disagreement,
  • disallow,
  • disavow,
  • disclaim,
  • discord,
  • discuss,
  • discussion,
  • disorder,
  • disown,
  • disprove,
  • disputation,
  • dispute,
  • dissent,
  • distrust,
  • disturbance,
  • divide,
  • doubles,
  • doubt,
  • draw,
  • droll,
  • duel,
  • dustup,
  • eccentric,
  • emulate,
  • emulation,
  • encounter,
  • enmity,
  • enquiry,
  • enter,
  • equal,
  • event,
  • examination,
  • exceptional,
  • expostulate,
  • extraordinary,
  • face,
  • fall out,
  • fence,
  • fencing,
  • feud,
  • fib,
  • fighting,
  • fixture,
  • foot race,
  • forswear,
  • foursome,
  • fracas,
  • fray,
  • free-for-all,
  • funny,
  • gainsay,
  • game,
  • gaunt,
  • get by,
  • go,
  • grapple,
  • grotesque,
  • guest,
  • gymkhana,
  • handle,
  • hassle,
  • hearing,
  • heat,
  • impugn,
  • inquiry,
  • inquisition,
  • international,
  • join battle,
  • jostle,
  • joust,
  • judicial proceeding,
  • jump on,
  • lawsuit,
  • lay out,
  • lead,
  • lean,
  • litigate,
  • litigation,
  • maintain,
  • make do,
  • make out,
  • manage,
  • marathon,
  • match,
  • matching,
  • mate,
  • meet,
  • meeting,
  • misgive,
  • mistrust,
  • moot,
  • muster,
  • negate,
  • nullify,
  • object,
  • obsolete,
  • odd,
  • old,
  • one-on-one,
  • opener,
  • oppose,
  • opposition,
  • oppugn,
  • pandemonium,
  • pentathlon,
  • pettifog,
  • play,
  • play off,
  • plead,
  • polarity,
  • polemic,
  • polemicize,
  • polemize,
  • postulate,
  • prizefight,
  • prosecute,
  • protest,
  • push,
  • qualifier,
  • qualify,
  • quarrel,
  • quarrelsomeness,
  • query,
  • question,
  • quibble,
  • race,
  • rail,
  • rally,
  • rebut,
  • recant,
  • recreate,
  • refute,
  • regatta,
  • reject,
  • rematch,
  • renounce,
  • repel,
  • repudiate,
  • repugn,
  • resist,
  • retract,
  • revoke,
  • ring,
  • riot,
  • rival,
  • rivalry,
  • round,
  • row,
  • rumble,
  • rumpus,
  • run,
  • run-in,
  • running,
  • runoff,
  • rush,
  • scrap,
  • scrimmage,
  • scrum,
  • scrummage,
  • scruple,
  • series,
  • set-to,
  • shock,
  • shoot,
  • shoot for,
  • showdown,
  • singles,
  • singular,
  • skinny,
  • skirmish,
  • sock,
  • spar,
  • spat,
  • sport,
  • squabble,
  • square,
  • square off,
  • stampede,
  • static,
  • stave,
  • stem,
  • strange,
  • strife,
  • strike,
  • strive,
  • striving,
  • sue,
  • suspect,
  • sweepstakes,
  • take back,
  • take on,
  • tangle,
  • test,
  • testing,
  • thrash out,
  • tie,
  • tiff,
  • tilt,
  • tournament,
  • tourney,
  • traverse,
  • trial,
  • try,
  • trying,
  • tug-of-war,
  • tumult,
  • twosome,
  • uncontested,
  • unrest,
  • vendetta,
  • vie,
  • withstand,
  • words,
  • wrangle,
  • wrangling,
  • wrestle,
  • Against,
  • Disaffirm,
  • Discept,
  • Hostilities,
  • Justle,
  • Logomachy,
  • Monomachy,
  • Pickeer,
  • Quarreling,
  • Reluct,
  • Reluctate,
  • Rencontre,
  • Rencounter,
  • Tilting,
  • Velitation,
  • games,
  • matchup,
  • hard knocks,
  • give and take,
  • Corrivalry,
  • Proving,
  • Squabbling,
  • COMP,
  • DO,
  • scrapping,
  • donnybrook,
  • gang up on,
  • object to,
  • stand up for,
  • rassle,
  • contend with,
  • double-header,
  • dust-up,
  • grapple with,
  • quarrel with,
  • war of words,
  • breast,
  • threesome,
  • vie with,
  • measure up to,
  • not admit,
  • take exception to,
  • bandy words,
  • have it out,
  • be dubious,
  • be uncertain,
  • call in question,
  • argue against,
  • compare with,
  • struggle with,
  • give satisfaction,
  • fight for,
  • be doubtful,
  • cross swords,
  • lock horns,
  • fight against,
  • join issue,
  • compete for,
  • go for it,
  • come to blows,
  • wage war,
  • be contrary to,
  • close with,
  • compete with,
  • concours,
  • counter-attack,
  • exchange blows,
  • face-off,
  • fight over,
  • give it one's all,
  • go for jugular,
  • jockey for position,
  • join battle with,
  • knuckle with,
  • lay a finger on,
  • logomachize,
  • mix it up,
  • mix it up with,
  • not accept,
  • put on gloves,
  • put up a fight,
  • put up a struggle,
  • put up dukes,
  • scramble for,
  • smell a rat,
  • struggle against,
  • throw doubt on,
  • throw down the gauntlet,
  • raise a question,
  • round-robin,
  • horse-race,
  • rallye,
  • bovver,
  • games of chance.

Antonyms for Contest:

• n.

  • competition
    agreement, calm, peace, quiet, stillness, tranquility.
  • fight, struggle
    accord, harmony, surrender, truce.
  • Other antonyms:
    armistice, concord, harmony, peace, truce.

• Other antonyms:

  • n. t.
    abandon, abide, absorb, accept, accord, advocate, agree, agreement, aid, allow, assist, back, believe, calm, champion, concord, concur, defend, desert, embrace, endure, give up, go along, harmonise, harmonize, harmony, help, peace, promote, stillness, stomach, support, surrender, tolerate, tranquility, tranquilly, truce, agree with, swallow.

• v.

  • argue, challenge
    agree, allow, give up, go along, resign.
  • fight
    abandon, aid, assist, concur, desert, harmonize, help, leave, support, yield, make peace.