Synonyms for Controversy:

• n.

  •
  • altercation,
  • bicker,
  • clash,
  • difficulty,
  • disagreement,
  • fight,
  • hassle,
  • polemic,
  • rhubarb,
  • run-in,
  • spat,
  • squabble,
  • tangle,
  • tiff,
  • word,
  • wrangle.
  •competition (noun)
  • contention.
  •conflict (noun)
  • contestation,
  • discordance,
  • dissentience.
  •contention (noun)
  • antagonism,
  • antipathy,
  • argument,
  • conflict,
  • confrontation,
  • contention,
  • contrariety,
  • dispute,
  • dissension,
  • dissidence,
  • encounter,
  • friction,
  • opposition,
  • protest,
  • quarrel,
  • resistance,
  • struggle,
  • tension.
  •controversy (noun)
  • arguing,
  • argument,
  • contention,
  • contestation,
  • disputation,
  • tilt.
  •debate, dispute (noun)
  • altercation,
  • argument,
  • beef,
  • bickering,
  • brush,
  • contention,
  • difference,
  • discussion,
  • disputation,
  • embroilment,
  • flak,
  • fuss,
  • hurrah,
  • miff,
  • polemic,
  • quarrel,
  • row,
  • rumpus,
  • scene,
  • scrap,
  • squabble,
  • strife,
  • tiff,
  • words,
  • wrangle,
  • wrangling,
  • dissention.
  •difference of opinion (noun)
  • bone of contention.
  •disagreement (noun)
  • dissonance,
  • quarrel,
  • vendetta.
  •discord (noun)
  • disagreement.
  •pother (noun)
  • pother.
  •uncertainty (noun)
  • ambivalence,
  • changeability,
  • confusion,
  • incertitude,
  • puzzle,
  • uncertainty,
  • vagueness,
  • Questionability,
  • unsureness,
  • tentativeness,
  • deniability,
  • disputability,
  • moot point.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • ballyhoo,
  • crossfire,
  • ding-dong,
  • discord,
  • discussion,
  • disharmony,
  • disunity,
  • duel,
  • fight,
  • flak,
  • fracas,
  • rhubarb,
  • row,
  • ruckus,
  • rumpus,
  • run-in,
  • schism,
  • strife,
  • tangle,
  • tussle,
  • unpleasantness,
  • vendetta,
  • infighting,
  • hair-splitting,
  • war of words.
  •
  • altercation,
  • contest,
  • dogfight,
  • exchange,
  • faction,
  • polemic,
  • rift,
  • tiff,
  • unrest,
  • war,
  • warfare,
  • Skirmishing.
  •
  • clash,
  • hassle,
  • scene,
  • scrap,
  • spat,
  • split.
  •
  • brush,
  • division.
  •
  • difficulty.
  •
  • word.
  •altercation
  • wrangle.
  •Other relevant words:
  • affray,
  • agitate,
  • altercation,
  • animosity,
  • apologetics,
  • apologia,
  • apology,
  • argle-bargle,
  • arguable,
  • argue,
  • arguing,
  • argumentation,
  • argy-bargy,
  • ask,
  • bad blood,
  • ballyhoo,
  • battle,
  • beef,
  • beg,
  • beseech,
  • bicker,
  • bickering,
  • bitterness,
  • blood feud,
  • bout,
  • brawl,
  • broil,
  • brush,
  • careen,
  • casuistry,
  • cause,
  • Cause Celebre,
  • clash,
  • clashing,
  • combat,
  • competition,
  • competitiveness,
  • consult,
  • contend,
  • contentious,
  • contentiousness,
  • contest,
  • contestable,
  • contestation,
  • contradict,
  • contradiction,
  • contretemps,
  • controversial,
  • controvert,
  • crossfire,
  • debatable,
  • debate,
  • defense,
  • deny,
  • depart,
  • desideratum,
  • desire,
  • deviance,
  • deviate,
  • differ,
  • difference,
  • difficulty,
  • ding-dong,
  • disaccord,
  • disagree,
  • disagreement,
  • disavow,
  • discord,
  • discordance,
  • discrepancy,
  • discuss,
  • discussion,
  • disharmony,
  • disparity,
  • disposition,
  • disputable,
  • disputation,
  • disputatious,
  • disputed,
  • dissent,
  • dissonance,
  • disunion,
  • disunity,
  • diverge,
  • divergence,
  • diversity,
  • division,
  • dogfight,
  • dubious,
  • duel,
  • embroilment,
  • enigma,
  • enmity,
  • entreat,
  • evince,
  • exchange,
  • expostulate,
  • faction,
  • falling out,
  • feud,
  • fight,
  • fighting,
  • firestorm,
  • flak,
  • fracas,
  • fray,
  • fuss,
  • gainsay,
  • hassel,
  • hassle,
  • hostility,
  • hubbub,
  • hurrah,
  • imbroglio,
  • implore,
  • inclination,
  • independent variable,
  • inequality,
  • influence,
  • intrigue,
  • issue,
  • jangle,
  • jar,
  • jarring,
  • joust,
  • lean,
  • leaning,
  • line,
  • list,
  • literary argument,
  • litigation,
  • litigious,
  • miff,
  • misunderstanding,
  • moot,
  • negate,
  • negation,
  • parameter,
  • plead,
  • polemic,
  • polemical,
  • polemicize,
  • pother,
  • problem,
  • quarrelsomeness,
  • query,
  • question,
  • questioning,
  • quodlibet,
  • refute,
  • remonstrate,
  • repugnance,
  • rhubarb,
  • rift,
  • riot,
  • rivalry,
  • rock,
  • row,
  • ruckus,
  • rumpus,
  • run-in,
  • rupture,
  • scene,
  • schism,
  • scrap,
  • scuffle,
  • secret,
  • sedition,
  • set-to,
  • snarl,
  • sparring,
  • spat,
  • split,
  • squabble,
  • statement,
  • strife,
  • sway,
  • tangle,
  • tiff,
  • tilt,
  • tussle,
  • unpleasantness,
  • unrest,
  • variance,
  • vendetta,
  • war,
  • warfare,
  • word,
  • words,
  • wrangle,
  • wrangling,
  • Disceptation,
  • Discordancy,
  • Kickup,
  • Logomachy,
  • Nonconcurrence,
  • Oppugnancy,
  • Polemics,
  • Quarreling,
  • Quarrelling,
  • Skirmishing,
  • Velitation,
  • Vying,
  • bone of contention,
  • Controversies,
  • Porism,
  • Squabbling,
  • Barney,
  • feuding,
  • scrapping,
  • infighting,
  • dissentience,
  • donnybrook,
  • dissensus,
  • dust-up,
  • hair-splitting,
  • open question,
  • war of words,
  • passage of arms,
  • field of inquiry,
  • high words,
  • argue over,
  • dissention,
  • face-off,
  • sharp words,
  • unharmoniousness,
  • flare-up,
  • flyting,
  • MATTER IN DISPUTE.

Antonyms for Controversy:

• n.

  • debate, dispute
    accord, agreement, compliment, concurrence, forbearance, harmony, peace, praise, quiet.
  • Other antonyms:
    acceptance, accord, agreement, compliance, concord, consensus, harmony, peace, unanimity.

• Other antonyms:

  • n. t.
    acceptance, accord, agreement, compliance, compliment, concord, concurrence, consensus, forbearance, harmony, peace, praise, quiet, unanimity.