Synonyms for Debates:

• n.

  •conversations (noun)
  • meetings,
  • Conferences,
  • arguments,
  • conversations,
  • confabulations,
  • dialogs,
  • discussions,
  • seminars,
  • Interviews,
  • confrontations,
  • Consultations.

• v.

  •converses (verb)
  • Parleys,
  • talks,
  • meets,
  • consults,
  • argues,
  • chats,
  • converses,
  • discusses,
  • confronts.
  •questions (verb)
  • challenges,
  • catechizes,
  • interpolates,
  • examines,
  • questions,
  • disputes,
  • explores,
  • investigates,
  • interrogates,
  • Queries,
  • Surveys,
  • quizzes,
  • inquires,
  • probes,
  • canvasses,
  • delves,
  • seeks,
  • polls,
  • asks,
  • cross examines.
  •speaks (verb)
  • babbles,
  • patters,
  • Lectures,
  • chatters,
  • speaks,
  • says,
  • orates,
  • prattles,
  • preaches,
  • remarks,
  • gabs,
  • recites,
  • chitchats,
  • jabbers,
  • vocalizes,
  • Voices,
  • tattles.
  •thinks (verb)
  • appraises,
  • Studies,
  • analyzes,
  • reasons,
  • envisions,
  • broods,
  • calculates,
  • meditates,
  • ponders,
  • contemplates,
  • imagines,
  • deliberates,
  • weighs,
  • muses,
  • concentrates,
  • cogitates,
  • cerebrates,
  • thinks,
  • evaluates,
  • Daydreams,
  • speculates,
  • reflects,
  • considers.

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words:
  • account,
  • argue,
  • arguer,
  • arguing,
  • argumentation,
  • bring back,
  • caption,
  • chronological record,
  • coil,
  • come back,
  • comeback,
  • coming back,
  • competition,
  • consider,
  • contend,
  • contestation,
  • counter,
  • curl,
  • curlicue,
  • custody,
  • deliberate,
  • deliver,
  • devolve,
  • dialogue,
  • diggings,
  • disputation,
  • domiciliation,
  • fable,
  • fall,
  • fence,
  • file away,
  • generate,
  • getting even,
  • give,
  • give back,
  • gyre,
  • haggle,
  • haggling,
  • hark back,
  • homecoming,
  • income tax return,
  • issue,
  • life,
  • life history,
  • life story,
  • line,
  • line of reasoning,
  • literary argument,
  • lodgings,
  • logical argument,
  • manpower,
  • men,
  • moot,
  • negotiation,
  • pad,
  • parameter,
  • pass,
  • paying back,
  • payoff,
  • proceeds,
  • public debate,
  • reappearance,
  • recall,
  • recurrence,
  • reelect,
  • refund,
  • regaining,
  • regress,
  • rejoin,
  • rejoinder,
  • render,
  • repay,
  • replication,
  • restitution,
  • restoration,
  • retort,
  • retrovert,
  • return key,
  • revert,
  • ringlet,
  • riposte,
  • rivalry,
  • roll,
  • statement,
  • story,
  • take,
  • take back,
  • takings,
  • tax return,
  • tilt,
  • turn back,
  • turn over,
  • whorl,
  • work force,
  • workforce,
  • wrangle,
  • yield.

Paraphrases for Debates:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    Debating.
  • Noun, plural
    Debating.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, plural
    disputes, events.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    investigates, considers, uproar, turmoil, verification, ottawa, buzz, conference, achieves, ado, discuss, discusses, posts.
  • Noun, plural
    matters, considerations, talks, disagreements, battles, confrontations, Negotiations, squabbles, candidates, dealings, examination, dialogues, bats, Consultations, chat, chats, topics, Hostilities, quarrels, part-sessions, differences, segment, segments, subjects, Hearings, Assemblies, struggles, conflicts, Polemics, developments, VOTES, participants, consider, comments, Wars, relationships, reports, Interviews, Ideas, examines, seminars, troubles, interventions, questions, arrangements, procedures, times, tensions, issues, Generations, speeches, Pleadings, review, reviews, exchanges, remarks, panels, items, Studies, Analyses, thoughts, affairs, fights, contributions, clashes, sitting, sittings, elections, summits, work, words, occasions, contacts, comparisons, Opportunities, encounters, submissions, processes, insights, Languages, Conferences, values, eyes, Forums, Bodies, themes, experiences, pieces, divisions, Lives, institutions, applications, Foundations, Motions, Rights, Policies, calls, views, meeting, meetings, points, works, Bases, considers, discusses.
  • Verb, past tense
    held, covered.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    considers.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, plural
    deliberations, discussions.
  • Proper noun, singular
    deliberations, discussion, discussions.
  • Noun, plural
    Controversies, conversations, contentions, discourses, reflections, deliberations, discussion, discussions.
  • Verb, past tense
    discussion.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    discussion, discussions, discusses.

Debates Sentence Examples:

• Or upon Mr. Madison's notes of the debates of the convention?

• This committee has the power to decide upon the order for considering bills, and to determine the length of debates.

Homophones for Debates:

• deadbeat dad, depth, david, dipodidae, DVD, dubiety, devotee, divided, defeated, davit, debit, dipped, defeat, devout, daybed, deputy, depute, deviate, deep-eyed, deaf-aid, devote, depot, defat, day by day, doubt, deep-dye, debut, deft, divot, devoted, duvet, diabeta, deathbed, dead body, deadbeat, divide, daft, day bed, devoid, debt, doped.