Definition for Controvert:

• Dispute about, discuss; dispute, deny. Hence controvertist n. [ Latin]

Synonyms for Controvert:

• n.

  •
  • counter,
  • confute,
  • deny,
  • disprove.
  •
  • contest.
  •
  • oppugn,
  • Disaffirm,
  • gainsay,
  • traverse,
  • negative.
  •controvert (noun)
  • oppose,
  • contradict,
  • rebut,
  • refute.

• v.

  •cognition (verb)
  • refute,
  • rebut.
  •communication (verb)
  • oppose,
  • contradict.
  •disprove (verb)
  • confute.
  •oppose, argue (verb)
  • debate,
  • discuss,
  • disprove,
  • break,
  • deny,
  • question,
  • challenge,
  • counter,
  • disconfirm,
  • contest,
  • oppugn,
  • confound,
  • wrangle,
  • refute,
  • confute,
  • contradict,
  • dispute,
  • rebut.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • disprove,
  • oppugn,
  • Disaffirm.
  •
  • gainsay.
  •
  • negative.
  •
  • traverse.
  •contend
  • litigate.
  •contradict
  • deny,
  • contradict.
  •disagree
  • quibble,
  • have words.
  •disprove
  • belie.
  •doubt
  • question.
  •negate
  • countercheck.
  •oppose
  • run counter to,
  • oppugn.
  •Other relevant words:
  • handle,
  • confound,
  • break,
  • study,
  • row,
  • argue down,
  • offset,
  • go against,
  • clash,
  • sift,
  • demonstrate,
  • bandy words,
  • counterpoise,
  • treat,
  • consider,
  • cover,
  • conflict,
  • disown,
  • gainsay,
  • answer conclusively,
  • chew the rag,
  • forswear,
  • conflict with,
  • talk of,
  • talk about,
  • demolish,
  • contradict,
  • ventilate,
  • assert,
  • quibble,
  • counterpose,
  • impugn,
  • disagree,
  • puncture,
  • spiritualize,
  • deprecate,
  • comment upon,
  • floor,
  • Brangle,
  • react,
  • squash,
  • renounce,
  • expose,
  • analyze,
  • dismiss,
  • silence,
  • dispose of,
  • negative,
  • contend,
  • dispute,
  • cross,
  • canvass,
  • shake the head,
  • review,
  • counter,
  • litigate,
  • knock around,
  • evert,
  • reject,
  • antagonize,
  • disavow,
  • spat,
  • go into,
  • recant,
  • hassle,
  • disconfirm,
  • compensate,
  • fight down,
  • repudiate,
  • blackball,
  • nag,
  • subvert,
  • disprove,
  • defeat,
  • upset,
  • counterbalance,
  • destroy,
  • debate,
  • Counterwork,
  • bicker,
  • air,
  • fight back,
  • deny,
  • nonplus,
  • deliberate,
  • finish,
  • fight,
  • shut up,
  • Redargue,
  • contravene,
  • contest,
  • revoke,
  • explode,
  • oppugn,
  • have words,
  • wrangle,
  • traverse,
  • resist,
  • crush,
  • abjure,
  • talk,
  • reason,
  • spar,
  • defend,
  • jangle,
  • tiff,
  • justify,
  • match,
  • undermine,
  • ruin,
  • take back,
  • pit,
  • thwart,
  • exchange views,
  • respond,
  • nullify,
  • analyse,
  • fall out,
  • confute,
  • discourse about,
  • talk over,
  • have,
  • establish,
  • countercheck,
  • overwhelm,
  • overturn,
  • discredit,
  • settle,
  • devastate,
  • brabble,
  • argue against,
  • clinch an argument,
  • jar,
  • counteract,
  • Disaffirm,
  • With,
  • rap,
  • overthrow,
  • investigate,
  • discourse,
  • not accept,
  • not admit,
  • retract,
  • countervail,
  • thresh out,
  • argue,
  • parry,
  • abnegate,
  • negate,
  • argufy,
  • be against,
  • belie,
  • question,
  • invalidate,
  • altercate,
  • deal with,
  • be contrary to,
  • challenge,
  • reason about,
  • play off,
  • call into question,
  • obstruct,
  • squabble,
  • disallow,
  • brawl,
  • disclaim,
  • protect,
  • run counter to,
  • discuss,
  • quarrel,
  • examine,
  • scrap,
  • squelch.

Antonyms for Controvert:

• v.

  • oppose, argue
    confirm, approve, make peace, give in, answer, corroborate, restrain, verify, forbear, go along, prove, concede, affirm, agree, allow, harmonize, endorse.
  • Other antonyms:
    get along, consent, concur, accept, coexist, agree, assent.

Homophones for Controvert:

• centreboard, centerboard, counterpart, country-bred.

Hypernym for Controvert:

• v.

  • communication
    negative, resist, veto, protest, blackball, dissent.

Hyponym for Controvert:

• v.

  • cognition
    disprove, confute.
  • communication
    refute, rebut.