Definition for Dispute:

• To contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another; to discuss; to reason; to debate; to altercate; to wrangle.

Synonyms for Dispute:

• n.

  •
  • explode.
  •
  • words.
  •
  • spat,
  • quibble,
  • tangle.
  •argument (noun)
  • controversy,
  • friction,
  • commotion,
  • brouhaha,
  • misunderstanding,
  • quarrel,
  • bickering,
  • broil,
  • squall,
  • discord,
  • contention,
  • uproar,
  • bone of contention,
  • hubbub,
  • fireworks,
  • disagreement,
  • flare-up,
  • disturbance,
  • falling out,
  • variance.
  •conflict (noun)
  • contestation,
  • discordance,
  • dissentience,
  • confrontation.
  •confrontation (noun)
  • engagement.
  •confutation (noun)
  • disavowal,
  • rejoinder,
  • denial,
  • refutation,
  • Disaffirmation,
  • repudiation,
  • invalidation,
  • rebuttal,
  • abnegation,
  • abrogation.
  •contention (noun)
  • struggle,
  • argument,
  • dissidence,
  • tension,
  • contrariety,
  • antipathy.
  •disagreement (noun)
  • nonagreement,
  • rejection,
  • divisiveness,
  • complaint,
  • disaccord.
  •dispute (noun)
  • argufy.
  •opposition (noun)
  • repulsion,
  • adversary,
  • obstruction,
  • objection,
  • inhibition,
  • interference,
  • repression,
  • suppression,
  • impediment,
  • counteraction,
  • resistance,
  • opposition,
  • rebuff,
  • counterattack,
  • obstinacy,
  • hindrance,
  • antagonism,
  • protest,
  • defiance.

• v.

  •argue (verb)
  • disprove,
  • have at,
  • deny,
  • Disaffirm,
  • jump on one's case,
  • lock horns,
  • negate,
  • rebut,
  • challenge,
  • confute.
  •confute (verb)
  • rejoin,
  • abrogate,
  • invalidate,
  • repeal,
  • disavow,
  • abnegate.
  •contend (verb)
  • defend,
  • antagonize,
  • contrast,
  • vie,
  • wrestle,
  • stand,
  • face,
  • dissent,
  • confront.
  •disagree (verb)
  • reject,
  • defy,
  • demur,
  • collide,
  • complain.
  •negate (verb)
  • efface,
  • renounce,
  • disclaim,
  • overturn,
  • Counterwork,
  • reverse,
  • invert,
  • nullify,
  • cancel,
  • counterbalance.
  •oppose (verb)
  • hinder,
  • interfere,
  • meddle,
  • impede,
  • inhibit,
  • intercept,
  • counter,
  • obstruct,
  • cross,
  • check,
  • counteract,
  • repulse,
  • oppress,
  • repress,
  • suppress.
  •question (verb)
  • examine,
  • interrogate,
  • investigate,
  • explore,
  • inquire,
  • interpolate,
  • catechize,
  • poll,
  • delve,
  • ask,
  • contemplate,
  • seek,
  • probe,
  • quiz,
  • survey.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • debunk,
  • free-for-all,
  • confound,
  • cavil,
  • retract,
  • ruckus,
  • ballyhoo,
  • bury,
  • rumpus,
  • ding-dong,
  • crossfire,
  • schism,
  • infighting,
  • remonstrate,
  • hair-splitting,
  • dicker,
  • war of words,
  • disabuse,
  • disharmony,
  • unpleasantness.
  •
  • exchange,
  • Skirmishing,
  • faction,
  • warfare,
  • war,
  • recant,
  • collision,
  • belie.
  •
  • scene.
  •
  • negative,
  • trouble,
  • withdraw,
  • brush.
  •
  • word.
  •agitate
  • stir.
  •call into question
  • raise a question,
  • cast doubt on,
  • bringing into question.
  •competition
  • rivalry.
  •contend
  • tangle with.
  •disagree
  • have words,
  • logomachize.
  •doubt
  • smell a rat,
  • be dubious,
  • be uncertain,
  • misgive,
  • Misdoubt.
  •mistrust
  • mistrust.
  •Other relevant words:
  • extremely,
  • Snip-snap,
  • perfectly,
  • quite,
  • firestorm,
  • reluctance,
  • departure,
  • carp,
  • estrangement,
  • contentiousness,
  • take back,
  • completely,
  • fall,
  • dissonance,
  • atrociously,
  • criticize,
  • really,
  • campaign,
  • comment on,
  • bandy,
  • fierce,
  • trial,
  • talk over,
  • flap,
  • distrust,
  • brave,
  • march,
  • dissensus,
  • undecided,
  • uncertain,
  • unlikeness,
  • solemnly,
  • thoroughly,
  • high words,
  • conterminous,
  • suspect,
  • disown,
  • cordially,
  • fairly,
  • Barney,
  • gripe,
  • holler,
  • Sub Judice,
  • cross swords,
  • contravene,
  • undetermined,
  • palter,
  • face up to,
  • probing,
  • expostulate,
  • detach,
  • forswear,
  • vexed question,
  • unquestioned,
  • fully,
  • blood feud,
  • uncontested,
  • quodlibet,
  • dissimilarity,
  • awfully,
  • cause,
  • refractoriness,
  • recalcitrancy,
  • beyond question,
  • revoke,
  • dust,
  • Tilting,
  • doubtless,
  • negativism,
  • apologia,
  • tell,
  • Vying,
  • dubious,
  • divergence,
  • contretemps,
  • recalcitrance,
  • argumentation,
  • interrogation,
  • Recalcitration,
  • action,
  • bargain,
  • absolutely,
  • squawk,
  • hurrah,
  • be doubtful,
  • doubtful,
  • Flite,
  • fight over,
  • considerably,
  • flyting,
  • rebel,
  • tourney,
  • moot point,
  • Into,
  • argue over,
  • polemicize,
  • casus belli,
  • tumult,
  • face-off,
  • Questionless,
  • disorder,
  • most,
  • nag,
  • hassel,
  • unrest,
  • deviation,
  • scuffle,
  • heartless,
  • vex,
  • past dispute,
  • bad blood,
  • pro and con,
  • picket,
  • recalcitrate,
  • passive resistance,
  • defense,
  • moderately,
  • bandy words,
  • reaction,
  • simply,
  • bitter,
  • apologetics,
  • casuistry,
  • mixed,
  • polemize,
  • consider,
  • disbelieve,
  • barbarous,
  • deeply,
  • With,
  • disparity,
  • rail,
  • outbreak,
  • without doubt,
  • plead,
  • spiritualize,
  • Squabbling,
  • feuding,
  • Of,
  • unkind,
  • rebellion,
  • profoundly,
  • Porism,
  • argumentative,
  • Withstanding,
  • passage,
  • relatively,
  • boggle,
  • remonstrance,
  • under discussion,
  • polemical,
  • scrapping,
  • totally,
  • ferocious,
  • soberly,
  • earnestly,
  • severely,
  • fray,
  • arguing,
  • Renitency,
  • conspicuous,
  • Brangle,
  • apology,
  • crusade,
  • contentious,
  • meet head-on,
  • demonstrate,
  • barter,
  • make a stand,
  • punch-up,
  • join issue,
  • Reluct,
  • blatant,
  • tilt,
  • quarrel with,
  • utterly,
  • kick,
  • substantially,
  • badly,
  • brutal,
  • clear,
  • argy-bargy,
  • meeting,
  • animosity,
  • deal,
  • censure,
  • donnybrook,
  • competition,
  • untried,
  • strike,
  • bout,
  • competitiveness,
  • miscellaneous,
  • proposed,
  • nit-pick,
  • suit,
  • seeking,
  • turmoil,
  • test,
  • not admit,
  • not accept,
  • disobedient,
  • turbulence,
  • Nonconcurrence,
  • Repellency,
  • disagree with,
  • issue,
  • boycott,
  • beyond a doubt,
  • open question,
  • match,
  • acute,
  • cry out against,
  • affray,
  • inquiring,
  • desideratum,
  • revolt,
  • bring in,
  • deviance,
  • bitterness,
  • battle royal,
  • passage of arms,
  • joust,
  • very,
  • without question,
  • argle-bargle,
  • tournament,
  • dissatisfaction,
  • Renitence,
  • Disceptation,
  • pugnacious,
  • Polemics,
  • argue about,
  • jar,
  • Pumping,
  • front,
  • comment upon,
  • abjure,
  • howl,
  • harsh,
  • hard feelings,
  • fractiousness,
  • brabble,
  • oppugn,
  • greatly,
  • wholly,
  • say,
  • Quizzing,
  • indeed,
  • Querying,
  • per,
  • compete,
  • Repellence,
  • seriously,
  • questioning,
  • advantage,
  • pettifog,
  • in question,
  • clamour,
  • hostility,
  • examination,
  • give and take,
  • quarrelsome,
  • secret,
  • Logomachy,
  • snarl,
  • negotiate,
  • Against,
  • jangle,
  • apple of discord,
  • dust-up,
  • publicly,
  • higgle,
  • Toward,
  • comparatively,
  • bitch,
  • Quarrelling,
  • Quarreling,
  • grim,
  • truly,
  • asking,
  • MATTER IN DISPUTE,
  • noncooperation,
  • enigma,
  • field of inquiry,
  • rally,
  • undisputed,
  • hatred,
  • enormously,
  • vendetta,
  • riot,
  • apparent,
  • disputed,
  • composite,
  • headstrong,
  • split hairs,
  • Unto,
  • under consideration,
  • Upon,
  • knock-down-and-drag-out,
  • During,
  • demel,
  • find fault,
  • gravely,
  • highly,
  • uprising,
  • wrangling,
  • smash,
  • enmity,
  • fall out,
  • Onto,
  • From,
  • agitation,
  • fight against,
  • assert,
  • bold,
  • contend with,
  • Indubious,
  • cruel,
  • assorted,
  • undoubted,
  • disallow,
  • uncooperativeness,
  • heartily,
  • catechizing,
  • interpellation,
  • upset,
  • entirely,
  • intractable,
  • brawling,
  • quarrelsomeness.

Paraphrases for Dispute:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    Disputing, difference.
  • Proper noun, singular
    conflicts, difference, differences.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    Disputing, dissension, feuding, difference.

• Forward Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    disagreements.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Adjective
    controversy.
  • Proper noun, singular
    controversy.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    squabble, contention, quarrel, bickering, altercation, controversy, fight.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    differences.
  • Proper noun, singular
    disturbances, procedures, problems, claims, violations.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    dissent, matter, question, disharmony, doubt, disparity, Quarrelling, contradiction, infighting, misunderstanding, disunity, distinction, divides, fighting, suit, opposition, differentiation, friction, proceeding.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    question, doubt, disagree, fight.
  • Verb, base form
    refute, question, doubt, disagree, fight, discuss, disprove, contradict, differentiate, differences.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    disputed.
  • Proper noun, singular
    Difficulties, disputed, litigation, Litigations, strife.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    wrangling, Squabbling, confrontation, feud, discrepancy, discussion, divergence, standoff, contestation, litigation, lawsuit, strife.
  • Verb, base form
    quarrel.

Antonyms for Dispute:

• n.

  • argument
    calm, quiet, concord, peace, harmony, concurrence, agreement, accord.
  • Other antonyms:
    compliance, consensus, unanimity, acceptance.

• v.

  • argue
    concur, make peace, agree, go along, concede, approve, corroborate, give up, prove, allow, give in.

Homophones for Dispute:

• despite, decapitated, dissipated, decapod, dish-shaped, dog bite, despot, ditch spade, dasypodidae, duck pate, disk-shaped, dog food, dogsbody, decapitate, djibouti, disputed, dissipate, dash-pot, decapoda, disc-shaped, disbud, diaspididae, day shift.