What is another word for controversy?
1449 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ kˈɒntɹəvˌɜːsi], [ kˈɒntɹəvˌɜːsi], [ k_ˈɒ_n_t_ɹ_ə_v_ˌɜː_s_i]
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Similar words for controversy:
- other relevant words (adjective)
- altercation (noun)
- arguing (noun)
- argument (noun)
- bone of contention (noun)
- cause celebre (noun)
- cause célèbre (noun)
- competition (noun)
- conflict (noun)
- contention (noun)
- controversy (noun)
- debate (noun)
- debate, dispute (noun)
- difference (noun)
- difference of opinion (noun)
- disagreement (noun)
- discordance (noun)
- discussion (noun)
- dispute (noun)
- dissension (noun)
- dissentience (noun)
- dissonance (noun)
- fight (noun)
- fuss (noun)
- issue (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- pother (noun)
- quarrel (noun)
- row (noun)
- strife (noun)
- uncertainty (noun)
- unrest (noun)
- wrangle (noun)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Controversy:
adj.
• Other relevant words: (adjective)n.
• altercation (noun) • arguing (noun) • argument (noun)- brannigans,
- ex change,
- knock down and drag outs,
- ex-change,
- ex changes,
- difference opinion,
- bone pick,
- ex-changes,
- faceoff,
- argument,
- knock down drag outs,
- knock down drag out.
- talk the town,
- matter moment,
- topic the day,
- matter the moment,
- matter of moment,
- topic of day,
- controversial cases,
- topic day,
- talk of town,
- controversial issues,
- talk town.
- cause-celebre,
- war of word,
- hot potatoes,
- political footballs,
- celebrated cases,
- grist for gossip mill,
- war words,
- war word.
- tug-of-war,
- quiz,
- do or die,
- go for the gold,
- go for it,
- one on one,
- matchups,
- horse race,
- matchup,
- contention,
- dog eat dog,
- athletic events,
- pairing off,
- athletic event,
- concours.
- conflict,
- antagonism,
- dissidence,
- opposition,
- protest,
- antipathy,
- confrontation,
- quarrel,
- struggle,
- contrariety,
- resistance,
- tension,
- friction,
- encounter.
- blahblahs,
- re flection,
- de-bate,
- de liberation,
- de-liberations,
- rebuttings,
- re-flection,
- controvertings,
- blah blahs,
- de-liberation,
- refutings,
- re buttings,
- re-butting,
- re-flections,
- de-bates,
- blah blah,
- mootings,
- re flections,
- blah-blahs,
- de bates,
- re-buttings,
- de liberations,
- blahblah,
- de bate,
- re butting.
- dis-course,
- re-view,
- dis-courses,
- dis course,
- re-views,
- groupthinks,
- inter views,
- ex amination,
- dis courses,
- ex-aminations,
- re views,
- re view,
- inter-view,
- inter-views,
- inter view,
- ex aminations.
- dis parity,
- dis parities,
- in consistency,
- dis-parities,
- in-consistency,
- dis harmony,
- in congruity,
- in consistencies,
- dis-parity,
- in-congruity,
- dis-sonances,
- in-consistencies,
- in-congruities,
- dis-harmony,
- dis-harmonies,
- dis-sonance,
- in congruities,
- dis sonance,
- dis sonances,
- dis harmonies.
- duel,
- dispute,
- talking-to,
- wingdings,
- dustups,
- Kickup,
- finishers,
- altercation,
- fisticuffs,
- romp,
- kick up,
- knock-down-drag-out,
- unrest,
- gin,
- knock-down drag-out,
- blow off,
- disagreement,
- OUTS,
- fallings,
- point in question,
- factionalism,
- knockdowns,
- grudge,
- blah-blah,
- battle,
- squabble,
- set-to,
- telling-off,
- war of words,
- out,
- hot potato,
- row,
- crushers,
- clinker,
- TODO,
- talking to,
- scrimmage,
- contest,
- fight,
- feud,
- finisher,
- point of departure,
- political football,
- dogfight,
- difference,
- competition,
- dissension,
- dustup,
- wingding,
- Cause Celebre,
- setto,
- wrangle,
- clinkers,
- rhubarb,
- knock down and drag out,
- sour note,
- blow-off,
- dogfights,
- stew,
- difficulty,
- rumble,
- catfight,
- sore point,
- knockdown,
- topic of the day,
- bickerings,
- face off,
- discussion,
- fuss,
- debate,
- set to,
- stink,
- tender spot,
- flare up,
- grist for the gossip mill,
- grounds for war,
- crusher,
- brannigan,
- bad vibes,
- celebrated case,
- matter at hand,
- squabblings,
- talk of the town,
- polemic,
- groupthink,
- statics,
- controversial issue,
- blowoff,
- miff,
- matter of contention,
- scandal,
- issue,
- Mooting,
- up set,
- tussle,
- GINS,
- bone to pick,
- shouting match,
- controversial case,
- sparring match,
- kick-up,
- strife,
- matter of the moment.
- talking tos,
- talkingtos,
- tellingoff,
- tongue lashing,
- telling offs,
- talkingto,
- shouting matches,
- tonguelashing,
- telling-offs,
- knock-down-drag-outs,
- tellingoffs,
- talking-tos.
Other synonyms:
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- schism,
- standoff,
- discord,
- circularity,
- toing and froing,
- ding-dong,
- disunity,
- disharmony,
- crossfire,
- rumpus,
- fracas,
- tangle,
- run-in,
- flak,
- showdown,
- battlefield,
- turf war,
- breach,
- unpleasantness,
- ballyhoo,
- vendetta,
- ructions,
- running battle,
- ruckus,
- hoo-ha,
- hair-splitting,
- infighting,
- slanging match,
- blow up,
- free-for-all.
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•
- exchange,
- tiff,
- the fray,
- warfare,
- war,
- pitched battle,
- rift,
- Skirmishing,
- collision,
- skirmish,
- faction.
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- word.
- leave,
- set out,
- swither,
- uncertainness,
- break up,
- voice communication,
- publication,
- return,
- carve up,
- product line,
- confer,
- acclaim,
- boeuf,
- foeman,
- away,
- draw,
- grumbling,
- attack,
- clang,
- bellyache,
- junk,
- cope,
- furrow,
- parentage,
- boxing,
- disconnected,
- traverse,
- hustle,
- meeting,
- instruction,
- inquiring,
- melodic line,
- erupt,
- line of work,
- cavort,
- topic,
- clangour,
- persuade,
- vary,
- baffle,
- oppositeness,
- intelligence,
- fight back,
- matter,
- disoblige,
- hype,
- event,
- teaser,
- actor's line,
- stagger,
- confab,
- pray,
- debauch,
- bitch,
- combative,
- seam,
- outlet,
- determine,
- holy writ,
- name,
- inharmoniousness,
- mistake,
- grizzle,
- dress down,
- talk,
- irrupt,
- binge,
- deal,
- note,
- mystic,
- mysterious,
- crease,
- emergence,
- wondering,
- brouhaha,
- upshot,
- combatant,
- stupefy,
- oral communication,
- personal credit line,
- machination,
- fragmented,
- lambast,
- argufy,
- remainder,
- charge,
- quizzical,
- quit,
- run into,
- gravel,
- overprotect,
- bewilder,
- gang fight,
- rip,
- fence,
- commove,
- start out,
- cant,
- view,
- dumbfound,
- interrogative,
- resentment,
- muss,
- bump around,
- brushing,
- news,
- jingle-jangle,
- rough-and-tumble,
- doubtful,
- receive,
- stunned,
- tilted,
- subject,
- canted,
- have kittens,
- oppugn,
- tendency,
- incompatibility,
- conundrum,
- applaud,
- static,
- central,
- trounce,
- take out,
- defensive structure,
- son,
- descent,
- engagement,
- embroider,
- muddiness,
- incommode,
- blood,
- magnify,
- assertion,
- sweep up,
- aggressive,
- ack-ack,
- run afoul,
- skin,
- gripe,
- crab,
- telephone circuit,
- coming upon,
- bacchanal,
- separate,
- chide,
- flap,
- give voice,
- mix-up,
- jaundice,
- work,
- demand,
- antiaircraft gun,
- wobble,
- ravel,
- expect,
- chew out,
- shuffle,
- disarray,
- hoopla,
- hoyden,
- push,
- stock,
- strain,
- run,
- disquiet,
- tempt,
- start,
- phrase,
- contender,
- animus,
- tenseness,
- resistivity,
- contravention,
- involve,
- rail line,
- haggle,
- consequence,
- cinder,
- frazzle,
- runaway,
- burst out,
- defense team,
- ancestry,
- revulsion,
- aggression,
- flack,
- rent,
- be given,
- aggrandize,
- aberrancy,
- rubbish,
- divergency,
- rancour,
- rock music,
- mistaking,
- defending team,
- evoke,
- inconsistency,
- in question,
- flip one's lid,
- tensity,
- affirmation,
- financial statement,
- straggle,
- variation,
- reprimand,
- come out of the closet,
- flip one's wig,
- springboard,
- mother,
- rowing,
- cable,
- enemy,
- switch over,
- horror,
- call down,
- set forth,
- contravene,
- scrapper,
- subscriber line,
- noose,
- atmospheric static,
- perplex,
- pad,
- spoken language,
- infract,
- listing,
- mystical,
- clap,
- take leave,
- movement,
- reel,
- air division,
- effort,
- war-ridden,
- publish,
- sidesplitter,
- shin,
- commute,
- blood line,
- lark about,
- gin rummy,
- bible,
- go forth,
- sectionalization,
- aversion,
- pain,
- offspring,
- electrical resistance,
- melee,
- resistor,
- take,
- flare,
- jaw,
- course,
- grumble,
- disunited,
- bid,
- flak catcher,
- shindy,
- fight down,
- combust,
- way out,
- undercover,
- kerfuffle,
- defense force,
- chance,
- jarful,
- gambol,
- turn on,
- sweep,
- shock,
- disruption,
- demurrer,
- forbidden,
- lambaste,
- sidetrack,
- wrack,
- militant,
- origin,
- thigh-slapper,
- go away,
- sect,
- chevy,
- confabulate,
- denial,
- invite out,
- rag,
- shake,
- cant over,
- spoken communication,
- gaiter,
- issuance,
- warring,
- pedigree,
- tip,
- closer,
- divide,
- telephone exchange,
- password,
- takings,
- interrogation,
- harry,
- proscribed,
- issuing,
- provoke,
- make do,
- talk over,
- burst,
- parole,
- refuse,
- laugher,
- drag in,
- grouse,
- come out,
- roister,
- variety,
- lose one's temper,
- mystifier,
- din,
- replace,
- proclivity,
- rioting,
- rollick,
- write out,
- cark,
- flutter,
- amplify,
- lawsuit,
- vex,
- mold,
- chafe,
- business line,
- acrimony,
- set off,
- snap,
- niggle,
- shamble,
- call on the carpet,
- partitioning,
- rock 'n' roll,
- electric resistance,
- credit line,
- fleck,
- competitor,
- make out,
- find,
- rouse,
- armed combat,
- walkaway,
- tousle,
- communication channel,
- disputative,
- judicial proceeding,
- disk shape,
- occult,
- book,
- tear,
- field,
- dither,
- heel,
- drag,
- progeny,
- tabu,
- ko'd,
- clangoring,
- wonder,
- brood,
- run along,
- blast,
- ail,
- junto,
- call into question,
- mephitis,
- repugn,
- doubt,
- pose,
- scheme,
- tantrum,
- melodic phrase,
- acerbity,
- grapple,
- convert,
- hope,
- line of merchandise,
- campaign,
- frisk,
- switch,
- disport,
- private,
- snare,
- perturb,
- detrition,
- amaze,
- business,
- setting,
- gall,
- jounce,
- offend,
- take to task,
- fetor,
- vie,
- underground,
- skeptical,
- rancor,
- raise up,
- embroil,
- transmission line,
- manner of speaking,
- tomboy,
- entangle,
- change,
- turn over,
- camarilla,
- kayoed,
- fistfight,
- doubtfulness,
- clandestine,
- squawk,
- aggrandise,
- gap,
- tidings,
- fly off the handle,
- head,
- refer,
- nonplus,
- slugfest,
- outrage,
- beset,
- call for,
- polemize,
- chip,
- public violence,
- variableness,
- digress,
- oppose,
- malodor,
- debauchery,
- contradiction in terms,
- release,
- picture,
- harass,
- opponent,
- upset,
- berate,
- disposal,
- effect,
- abnegate,
- plague,
- violate,
- snarl up,
- mental confusion,
- assembly line,
- crash,
- opposite,
- dirt,
- military issue,
- active,
- mystery,
- propensity,
- skimpy,
- score,
- consider,
- logos,
- pettifog,
- shoo-in,
- press,
- defense reaction,
- jingle,
- grilling,
- ruction,
- dip,
- solicit,
- dramatize,
- brain-teaser,
- charge up,
- combat-ready,
- tizzy,
- express,
- closed book,
- rebut,
- brushwood,
- want,
- trace,
- language,
- sputter,
- rock-and-roll,
- neutralise,
- defense department,
- aberrant,
- expand,
- battler,
- swag,
- line of business,
- huff,
- field of honor,
- give-and-take,
- word of honor,
- trouble oneself,
- make,
- motion,
- describe,
- fascinate,
- thicket,
- pitch,
- personal line of credit,
- inflate,
- puff up,
- lecture,
- reason,
- rebuke,
- stench,
- get by,
- pervert,
- mutual exclusiveness,
- controversy,
- clinker brick,
- worry,
- play,
- line of credit,
- foe,
- run across,
- neutralize,
- seeing red,
- shift,
- billet,
- flurry,
- line of descent,
- have a fit,
- atilt,
- substitute,
- go,
- shape,
- vista,
- howler,
- tune,
- commutation,
- government issue,
- inconvenience oneself,
- command,
- cut,
- beef cattle,
- bloodline,
- clamber,
- scripture,
- prohibited,
- scramble,
- disturb,
- sceptical,
- saturnalia,
- molest,
- skylark,
- good book,
- stick,
- belie,
- formulate,
- line of products,
- show,
- call forth,
- defense mechanism,
- immunity,
- telephone line,
- spar,
- blowout,
- shinny,
- stir,
- melody,
- excuse,
- blow one's stack,
- chivvy,
- have,
- take issue,
- pugilism,
- interview,
- broiling,
- objection,
- orgy,
- ask out,
- bustle,
- confer with,
- fermentation,
- tend,
- quiddity,
- angle of inclination,
- stimulate,
- altercate,
- lard,
- challenger,
- temperament,
- articulate,
- discommode,
- production line,
- inclining,
- cotton gin,
- rumbling,
- cabal,
- causal agent,
- precariousness,
- break,
- puff,
- commotion,
- variability,
- need,
- bitter,
- dishevel,
- payoff,
- bawl out,
- transgress,
- break open,
- drive,
- arcanum,
- jolt,
- mystify,
- embellish,
- regulate,
- test,
- carry,
- lyric,
- delineate,
- enlarge,
- snag,
- match-up,
- rub,
- angle,
- crusade,
- tempestuousness,
- rive,
- department of defense,
- bring out,
- knocked out,
- defend,
- explode,
- causa,
- pom-pom,
- speech communication,
- bake,
- bash,
- lurch,
- dubitable,
- grounds,
- charm,
- rock'n'roll,
- hoo-hah,
- holy scripture,
- wow,
- foetor,
- problematical,
- dod,
- get,
- ado,
- unavowed,
- polemise,
- shot,
- inquiry,
- exit,
- throw a fit,
- battleground,
- suit,
- puzzler,
- dubiety,
- confidential,
- emerge,
- go ballistic,
- class,
- hash out,
- latent hostility,
- fighter,
- take off,
- happen,
- sport,
- outcome,
- lark,
- interrogate,
- point out,
- hit the ceiling,
- channel,
- diverseness,
- rhubarb plant,
- discombobulation,
- taboo,
- rally,
- verboten,
- delivery,
- misinterpretation,
- necessitate,
- severance,
- light touch,
- malicious gossip,
- confusedness,
- difficultness,
- yield,
- stir up,
- program line,
- bump,
- swing,
- flack catcher,
- degenerate,
- demarcation,
- magnetic dip,
- come across,
- field of battle,
- rock and roll,
- repulsion,
- variant,
- speculative,
- partition,
- nullify,
- compete,
- carouse,
- thin,
- parametric quantity,
- scenery,
- foment,
- racket,
- aberration,
- mat,
- disorder,
- supply,
- distaste,
- agate line,
- tartness,
- countersign,
- ferment,
- bust,
- kick,
- drunken revelry,
- stone,
- antiaircraft,
- part,
- malodour,
- pieplant,
- protestation,
- conjure,
- angle of dip,
- scuffle hoe,
- hole-and-corner,
- reek,
- rival,
- divert,
- departure,
- phone line,
- ruffle,
- misapprehension,
- refutation,
- tap,
- bother,
- hidden,
- distract,
- cavil,
- dramatise,
- ambivalency,
- crinkle,
- hit the roof,
- interrogative sentence,
- address,
- indicate,
- interchange,
- detonate,
- sectionalisation,
- substitution,
- go against,
- flake,
- scold,
- inclination of an orbit,
- watchword,
- induce,
- run around,
- chevvy,
- have words,
- thorniness,
- rock candy,
- caper,
- hurly burly,
- causal agency,
- knock rummy,
- hooray,
- inconvenience,
- haggling,
- jumping-off place,
- fit,
- doubting,
- experimental variable,
- maze,
- proceeds,
- embrangle,
- beat,
- hush-hush,
- fire,
- pull up stakes,
- multifariousness,
- egress,
- meet,
- inquire,
- growl,
- coppice,
- tautness,
- secluded,
- defence,
- put out,
- dividing line,
- conniption,
- tumult,
- case,
- chew up,
- wreck,
- incline,
- frolic,
- agitation,
- talk about,
- collide,
- cleave,
- deliberate,
- brabble,
- jumping-off point,
- budge,
- scream,
- slant,
- number,
- contrast,
- defense lawyers,
- oven broil,
- split up,
- trash,
- bank line,
- short letter,
- sweat,
- panorama,
- adjure,
- riddle,
- clangor,
- hugger-mugger,
- bacchanalia,
- require,
- privy,
- vindication,
- job,
- plug,
- polemicise,
- puff out,
- naval division,
- railway line,
- holler,
- postulate,
- deviation,
- enquire,
- manage,
- flummox,
- aberrance,
- scratch,
- bit,
- uproar,
- pipeline,
- come forth,
- deviant,
- orphic,
- dissever,
- defensive measure,
- result,
- problematic,
- noise,
- act upon,
- lineage,
- bully off,
- blow a fuse,
- wrinkle,
- clank,
- aspect,
- changeableness,
- rubbing,
- katzenjammer,
- magnetic inclination,
- resist,
- chivy,
- shake up,
- to-do,
- prospect,
- outburst,
- turn,
- surreptitious,
- state of war,
- belly laugh,
- excite,
- cloak-and-dagger,
- stress,
- disturbance,
- trust,
- air,
- fret,
- ill will,
- grievance,
- connive,
- stemma,
- stock split,
- segmentation,
- extinct,
- look up,
- copse,
- take on,
- lather,
- round,
- tipped,
- word of god,
- inquisitive,
- knot,
- dubiousness,
- discourse,
- tie,
- keel,
- infringe,
- section,
- treatment,
- occupation,
- enquiry,
- see,
- impedance,
- challenge,
- unhinge.
- cause,
- disunion,
- open question,
- ask,
- literary argument,
- question,
- sway,
- differ,
- Oppugnancy,
- statement,
- MATTER IN DISPUTE,
- fighting,
- argumentation,
- entreat,
- defense,
- inequality,
- controversial,
- imbroglio,
- intrigue,
- leaning,
- dust-up,
- enmity,
- quarrelsomeness,
- list,
- disavow,
- jangle,
- remonstrate,
- expostulate,
- deviance,
- implore,
- desideratum,
- Vying,
- sedition,
- Polemics,
- query,
- contretemps,
- careen,
- disputable,
- Velitation,
- line,
- quodlibet,
- rock,
- litigious,
- passage of arms,
- diverge,
- apology,
- firestorm,
- disagree,
- divergence,
- contradiction,
- bout,
- evince,
- broil,
- consult,
- controvert,
- polemical,
- field of inquiry,
- contradict,
- fray,
- problem,
- polemicize,
- enigma,
- feuding,
- variance,
- brawl,
- falling out,
- deny,
- agitate,
- bitterness,
- sharp words,
- combat,
- disparity,
- beg,
- repugnance,
- sparring,
- argle-bargle,
- plead,
- desire,
- misunderstanding,
- hassel,
- debatable,
- dubious,
- negation,
- contend,
- snarl,
- Barney,
- disputatious,
- Disceptation,
- Controversies,
- animosity,
- unharmoniousness,
- Porism,
- disaccord,
- depart,
- blood feud,
- flare-up,
- contentiousness,
- pother,
- discuss,
- arguable,
- hostility,
- argy-bargy,
- Discordancy,
- donnybrook,
- argue,
- flyting,
- rupture,
- argue over,
- diversity,
- clashing,
- Nonconcurrence,
- bad blood,
- rivalry,
- affray,
- hubbub,
- high words,
- Quarreling,
- lean,
- joust,
- apologia,
- jar,
- discrepancy,
- scuffle,
- beseech,
- influence,
- disputed,
- inclination,
- dissent,
- face-off,
- refute,
- inaccordance,
- Squabbling,
- independent variable,
- jarring,
- contestable,
- casuistry,
- scrapping,
- riot,
- competitiveness,
- cat-and-dog life,
- negate,
- questioning,
- litigation,
- disposition,
- secret,
- Quarrelling,
- Logomachy,
- apologetics,
- deviate,
- dissensus,
- parameter,
- moot,
- argie-bargie,
- contentious,
- gainsay.
Paraphrases for Controversy:
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Forward Entailment
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Adjective
dispute.
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Proper noun, singular
dispute, differences, disputes, disagreements.
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Noun, singular or mass
difference, dispute.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
contentious.
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Proper noun, singular
variations.
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Noun, singular or mass
confrontation, contestation, criticism, deliberation, discord, rift, scandal, stir, Squabbling, infighting.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
argument, controversial, polemic.
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Proper noun, singular
argument, controversial, debate, polemic, contentions.
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Noun, singular or mass
argument, battle, bickering, contention, contest, contradiction, debate, discrepancy, discussion, dissension, dissent, disunity, divergence, friction, inconsistency, litigation, opposition, polemic, quarrel, spat, struggle, turmoil, uproar, wrangle, wrangling.
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Adjective
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