294 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ pɒlˈɛmɪk], [ pɒlˈɛmɪk], [ p_ɒ_l_ˈɛ_m_ɪ_k]

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Similar words for polemic:

• all (adjective)
• argumentative (adjective)
• polemical (adjective)
• argument (noun)
• controversy (noun)
• debate (noun)
• dispute (noun)
• other relevant words (noun)
• other synonyms
• other relevant words (noun)

How to use "polemic" in context?

Paraphrases for polemic

Hyponyms for polemic

Synonyms for Polemic:

• adj.

  • all (adjective)
  • polemic,
  • polemical.
  • argumentative (adjective)
  • factious,
  • having a chip on one's shoulder,
  • contrary,
  • touchy,
  • spiky,
  • salty,
  • belligerent,
  • fire-eating,
  • opinionated,
  • pugnacious,
  • controversial.
  • polemical (adjective)
  • spikiest,
  • spikier.

• n.

  •
  • announcement,
  • assertion,
  • attestation,
  • apology,
  • assurance,
  • avowal,
  • apologia,
  • accusation,
  • affirmation,
  • allegation.
  •
  • flow,
  • tangle,
  • squabble,
  • clash,
  • hassle,
  • conflict,
  • bicker,
  • difficulty,
  • fight,
  • disagreement,
  • formulation,
  • spat,
  • delivery,
  • wrangle,
  • formality,
  • gymnastics,
  • fluency,
  • diction,
  • fustian,
  • idiolect,
  • monotone.
  •
  • discursive,
  • uncertain,
  • contestable,
  • questionable.
  • argument (noun)
  • fuss,
  • crusher,
  • ruction,
  • stew,
  • go,
  • beef,
  • shindy,
  • difference of opinion,
  • scrap,
  • knock down and drag out,
  • exchange,
  • brannigan,
  • blowup,
  • gin,
  • static,
  • scene,
  • rumpus,
  • ruckus,
  • out,
  • falling,
  • words,
  • brush,
  • bickering,
  • brawl,
  • flap,
  • talking heads,
  • face-off,
  • romp,
  • donnybrook,
  • knockdown,
  • row,
  • bone,
  • bone to pick,
  • feud,
  • finisher,
  • set-to,
  • dustup,
  • bone of contention.
  • controversy (noun)
  • dissentions,
  • fallingout.
  • debate (noun)
  • de liberation,
  • de-liberation,
  • blahblahs,
  • re flection,
  • mootings,
  • re buttings,
  • blahblah,
  • de-bates,
  • de-liberations,
  • de bate,
  • re butting,
  • controvertings,
  • de liberations,
  • rebuttings,
  • blah-blahs,
  • blah blah,
  • re-flection,
  • de bates,
  • re-butting,
  • re-buttings,
  • re flections,
  • refutings,
  • re-flections,
  • blah blahs,
  • de-bate.
  • dispute (noun)
  • dis-agreement,
  • dis-agreements,
  • up-roar,
  • mis-understandings,
  • bone contention,
  • flareup,
  • up roar,
  • mis understanding,
  • dis cord,
  • mis understandings,
  • up roars,
  • up-roars,
  • dis cords,
  • difference opinion,
  • dis-cord,
  • dis agreement,
  • mis-understanding,
  • dis agreements,
  • dis-cords.
  • Other relevant words: (noun)
  • dispute,
  • arguing,
  • dissention,
  • disputation,
  • writer,
  • wranglings,
  • controversy,
  • author,
  • Mooting,
  • bickerings,
  • Pleadings,
  • blah-blah,
  • argument,
  • contention,
  • Disceptation,
  • miff,
  • flak,
  • theology,
  • line of reasoning,
  • contestation,
  • questioning,
  • tilt,
  • flare up,
  • debate.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • run-in,
  • Eristic,
  • rhubarb,
  • scrappy.
  •
  • disputatious,
  • altercation,
  • litigious,
  • quarrelsome,
  • forensic,
  • argumentative,
  • tiff,
  • quarrel.
  •
  • combative.
  •
  • contentious.
  •
  • word.
  • Other relevant words (noun):
  • disputed,
  • enmity,
  • Velitation,
  • Barney,
  • moot,
  • combatant,
  • argle-bargle,
  • controversialist,
  • champion,
  • argufier,
  • duelist,
  • quarrelsomeness,
  • in question,
  • difference,
  • aggressive,
  • unsettled,
  • dialectical,
  • fighting,
  • broil,
  • disputant,
  • undecided,
  • doubtful,
  • apologetics,
  • irritable,
  • embroilment,
  • wrangling,
  • vendetta,
  • scientist,
  • argy-bargy,
  • war of words,
  • passage of arms,
  • assailant,
  • fighter,
  • problematical,
  • contentiousness,
  • reason,
  • wrangler,
  • canvass,
  • arguer,
  • imbroglio,
  • apologist,
  • dialectic,
  • dubious,
  • logician,
  • matter,
  • tussle,
  • polemicise,
  • in dispute,
  • combat,
  • affray,
  • rationalist,
  • logomachist,
  • proof,
  • casuistry,
  • warfare,
  • in doubt,
  • unsure,
  • scrapping,
  • Corrival,
  • problematic,
  • divisive,
  • bully,
  • Disceptator,
  • strife,
  • fracas,
  • defense,
  • gladiatorial,
  • Polemicist,
  • disputative,
  • Squabbling,
  • bellicose,
  • arguable,
  • shrewish,
  • deliberation,
  • contend,
  • logomacher,
  • Controvertist,
  • debatable,
  • cat-and-dog life,
  • polemicize,
  • litigation,
  • war,
  • blood feud,
  • litigant,
  • Argumental,
  • Mooter,
  • contest,
  • disputations,
  • pettifogging,
  • Logomachy,
  • Mosstrooper,
  • ill-humored,
  • flyting,
  • fray,
  • diatribe,
  • reasoner,
  • sharp words,
  • Polemist,
  • falling out,
  • dialectician,
  • argue,
  • pro and con,
  • partisan,
  • argumentation,
  • agonistic,
  • competitor,
  • rival,
  • discussion,
  • hostility,
  • Polarizing,
  • snarl,
  • struggle,
  • Quarreling,
  • disputable,
  • debater,
  • Polemics,
  • hubbub,
  • casuist,
  • unpacific,
  • argie-bargie,
  • rough.

How to use "Polemic" in context?

Paraphrases for Polemic:

• Reverse Entailment

  • Adjective
    polemical.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    confrontational, contentious.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    argument, controversy.
  • Proper noun, singular
    argument, controversy.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    argument, controversy, wrangle.

Hyponym for Polemic:

• n.

  • communication
    contention, arguing, controversy, tilt, contestation, argument, Disceptation, disputation.
  • person
    author, writer.