All argue synonyms
arΒ·gue
A a verb argue
- claim β If you say that someone claims that something is true, you mean they say that it is true but you are not sure whether or not they are telling the truth.
- suggest β to mention or introduce (an idea, proposition, plan, etc.) for consideration or possible action: The architect suggested that the building be restored.
- defend β If you defend someone or something, you take action in order to protect them.
- testify β to bear witness; give or afford evidence.
- assert β If someone asserts a fact or belief, they state it firmly.
- indicate β to be a sign of; betoken; evidence; show: His hesitation really indicates his doubt about the venture.
- maintain β to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.
- plead β to appeal or entreat earnestly: to plead for time.
- demonstrate β If you demonstrate a particular skill, quality, or feeling, you show by your actions that you have it.
- appeal β If you appeal to someone to do something, you make a serious and urgent request to them.
- present β being, existing, or occurring at this time or now; current: increasing respect for the present ruler of the small country.
- question β a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
- clarify β To clarify something means to make it easier to understand, usually by explaining it in more detail.
- debate β A debate is a discussion about a subject on which people have different views.
- talk about β expressing disgust or emphasis
- contend β If you have to contend with a problem or difficulty, you have to deal with it or overcome it.
- squabble β to engage in a petty quarrel.
- disagree β to fail to agree; differ: The conclusions disagree with the facts. The theories disagree in their basic premises.
- quibble β an instance of the use of ambiguous, prevaricating, or irrelevant language or arguments to evade a point at issue.
- dispute β to engage in argument or debate.
- quarrel β a square-headed bolt or arrow, formerly used with a crossbow.
- hammer β Armand, 1898β1990, U.S. businessman and art patron.
- feud β fee (def 4).
- altercate β to argue, esp heatedly; dispute
- attest β To attest something or attest to something means to say, show, or prove that it is true.
- controvert β to deny, refute, or oppose (some argument or opinion)
- vindicate β to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like: to vindicate someone's honor.
- imply β implies
- show β to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
- denote β If one thing denotes another, it is a sign or indication of it.
- reason β a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
- persuade β to prevail on (a person) to do something, as by advising or urging: We could not persuade him to wait.
- manifest β readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain: a manifest error.
- hold β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- warrant β authorization, sanction, or justification.
- display β to show or exhibit; make visible: to display a sign.
- witness β to see, hear, or know by personal presence and perception: to witness an accident.
- justify β to show (an act, claim, statement, etc.) to be just or right: The end does not always justify the means.
- agitate β If people agitate for something, they protest or take part in political activity in order to get it.
- canvass β If you canvass for a particular person or political party, you go around an area trying to persuade people to vote for that person or party.
- remonstrate β to say or plead in protest, objection, or disapproval.
- rehash β to work up (old material) in a new form.
- bandy β If you bandy words with someone, you argue with them.
- hash β hashish.
- bicker β When people bicker, they argue or quarrel about unimportant things.
- sass β impudent or disrespectful back talk: Both parents refuse to take any sass from their kids.
- buck β A buck is a US or Australian dollar.
- jump β to spring clear of the ground or other support by a sudden muscular effort; leap: to jump into the air; to jump out a window.
- cross β If you cross something such as a room, a road, or an area of land or water, you move or travel to the other side of it. If you cross to a place, you move or travel over a room, road, or area of land or water in order to reach that place.
- wrangle β to argue or dispute, especially in a noisy or angry manner.