Definition for Contested:

• Disputed; decided by contest.

Synonyms for Contested:

• adj.

  •disputed (adjective)
  • Challenged,
  • Impugned,
  • Argued,
  • Debated,
  • Questioned.
  •ppl (adjective)
  • contested.

• n.

  •
  • doubtful,
  • moot,
  • exceptionable,
  • uncertain,
  • certain,
  • problematic,
  • questionable,
  • debatable,
  • disputable.

• v.

  •battled (verb)
  • Battled,
  • campaigned,
  • drove,
  • engaged,
  • Combated,
  • tussled,
  • scrambled,
  • Scuffled,
  • Struggled,
  • Conflicted,
  • Fought,
  • driven.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • arguable.

Paraphrases for Contested:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    Impugned.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Verb, past participle
    uncontested.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    litigious, Criticised, debatable, conflicting, undisputed, questionable, multi-candidate.
  • Verb, past tense
    Competed, Contended, Protested, Contributed, Contradicted, Came, postponed, Fought, presented, Complained, Resorted, Responded, restored, opposing, sat, surrendered, Stormed, distributed, Vetoed, attended, asserted, donated, Declined, Stood, Disagreed, Sued, circulated, Deposited, recovered, Submitted, doubted, rejected, rejects, Forwarded, engaged, Objected, objects, Answered, Entered, Denied, Obtained, Benefited, Emerged, Returned, Appealed, Arose, dismissed, Argued, Replied, Attacked, Remitted, turned, Upheld, Appeared, alleged, HIT, Grappled, maintained, charged, addressed, agreed, Ambushed, Refused, Delivered, drew, Raided, Occurred, Awarded, played, Relied, Jumped, furnished, Claimed, stabbed, bucked, slashed, Waged, Took, handed, held, Looked, stated, Ran, released, Dealt, Did, heard.
  • Verb, past participle
    Contended, Confronted, Contributed, decision, Challenged, Discriminated, Combated, combatted, reconsidered, countered, Resisted, instances, Contradicted, postponed, overturned, Eradicated, Fought, presented, intensified, Intercepted, Complained, Compromised, Responded, restored, disqualified, obstructed, Indicated, surrendered, shot, criticized, distributed, jeopardised, Deprecated, Tackled, attended, negated, donated, Declined, Disagreed, defeated, Invoked, threatened, covered, Sued, cases, recovered, Litigated, Submitted, Refuted, implicated, Subjected, controlled, Debated, Rebutted, doubted, fractured, Adduced, rejected, Forwarded, Jeopardized, engaged, Objected, Answered, Denied, discarded, Returned, weakened, Prevented, won, affected, Appealed, Caused, withheld, struck, Arisen, undermined, vexed, decayed, dismissed, repudiated, Argued, Forgiven, exploded, blocked, Replied, Attacked, Remitted, Targeted, deprived, Revoked, Rebuffed, HIT, hijacked, Supplied, addressed, Ambushed, Refused, Delivered, Queried, mugged, carjacked, Raided, Brought, damaged, Awarded, bombed, played, hurt, jacked, Urged, furnished, raised, Filed, Lodged, Discussed, Mauled, dumped, Robbed, called, handed, failed, based, released, Dealt, Talked, Impugned.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    contentious, controversial, disputable.
  • Verb, past tense
    Participated, Challenged, Questioned, Refuted, debunked.
  • Verb, past participle
    tested, Participated, Questioned.

Antonyms for Contested:

• adj.

  • ppl
    uncontested.

Contested Sentence Examples:

• We split with them, contested the election against them, and got beaten.

• By this time fully one - third of the men who had landed having been killed, and a great number wounded, the order was given to retire, which was done steadily, the ground being contested inch by inch.

Homophones for Contested:

• community chest, common duckweed, contused, county seat, contest, contact, common white dogwood, contestee, context, commit suicide, contiguity, cocaine addict, cinnamon toast, conduct.