All contention synonyms

noun contention

• claim — 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.
• belief — Belief is a feeling of certainty that something exists, is true, or is good.
• thesis — a proposition stated or put forward for consideration, especially one to be discussed and proved or to be maintained against objections: He vigorously defended his thesis on the causes of war.
• idea — any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
• assertion — a positive statement, usually made without an attempt at furnishing evidence
• plea — an appeal or entreaty: a plea for mercy.
• hypothesis — a proposition, or set of propositions, set forth as an explanation for the occurrence of some specified group of phenomena, either asserted merely as a provisional conjecture to guide investigation (working hypothesis) or accepted as highly probable in the light of established facts.
• allegation — An allegation is a statement saying that someone has done something wrong.
• opinion — a belief or judgment that rests on grounds insufficient to produce complete certainty.
• position — condition with reference to place; location; situation.
• discussion — an act or instance of discussing; consideration or examination by argument, comment, etc., especially to explore solutions; informal debate.
• argument — An argument is a statement or set of statements that you use in order to try to convince people that your opinion about something is correct.
• controversy — Controversy is a lot of discussion and argument about something, often involving strong feelings of anger or disapproval.
• struggle — to contend with an adversary or opposing force.
• rivalry — the action, position, or relation of a rival or rivals; competition: rivalry between Yale and Harvard.
• conflict — Conflict is serious disagreement and argument about something important. If two people or groups are in conflict, they have had a serious disagreement or argument and have not yet reached agreement.
• dispute — to engage in argument or debate.
• run-in — a quarrel; argument.
• strife — vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism: to be at strife.
• static — pertaining to or characterized by a fixed or stationary condition.
• quarrel — a square-headed bolt or arrow, formerly used with a crossbow.
• set-to — a usually brief, sharp fight or argument.
• wrangling — to argue or dispute, especially in a noisy or angry manner.
• contestation — the act of contesting; conflict
• rumpus — a noisy or violent disturbance; commotion; uproar: There was a terrible rumpus going on upstairs.
• deposition — A deposition is a formal written statement, made for example by a witness to a crime, which can be used in a court of law if the witness cannot be present.
• profession — a vocation requiring knowledge of some department of learning or science: the profession of teaching. Compare learned profession.
• charge — If you charge someone an amount of money, you ask them to pay that amount for something that you have sold to them or done for them.
• advancement — Advancement is progress in your job or in your social position.
• asseveration — the act of asseverating.
• affirmation — the act of affirming or the state of being affirmed
• stand — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
• avowal — open acknowledgment or declaration
• declaration — A declaration is an official announcement or statement.
• ground — the act of grinding.
• hurrah — to shout “hurrah.”.
• view — an instance of seeing or beholding; visual inspection.
• predication — to proclaim; declare; affirm; assert.
• demurrer — a pleading that admits an opponent's point but denies that it is a relevant or valid argument
• discord — lack of concord or harmony between persons or things: marital discord.
• dissent — to differ in sentiment or opinion, especially from the majority; withhold assent; disagree (often followed by from): Two of the justices dissented from the majority decision.
• disunity — lack of unity or accord.
• scene — the place where some action or event occurs: He returned to the scene of the murder.
• wrangle — to argue or dispute, especially in a noisy or angry manner.
• hassle — a disorderly dispute.
• battle — A battle is a violent fight between groups of people, especially one between military forces during a war.
• beef — Beef is the meat of a cow, bull, or ox.
• contest — A contest is a competition or game in which people try to win.
• scrap — a fight or quarrel: She got into a scrap with her in-laws.
• fight — a battle or combat.