All debate synonyms
de·bate
D d verb debate
- thrash out — to beat soundly in punishment; flog.
noun debate
- 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.
- deliberation — Deliberation is the long and careful consideration of a subject.
- consideration — Consideration is careful thought about something.
- controversy — Controversy is a lot of discussion and argument about something, often involving strong feelings of anger or disapproval.
- match — a person or thing that equals or resembles another in some respect.
- agitation — If someone is in a state of agitation, they are very worried or upset, and show this in their behaviour, movements, or voice.
- altercation — An altercation is a noisy argument or disagreement.
- argumentation — Argumentation is the process of arguing in an organized or logical way, for example in philosophy.
- cogitation — concerted thought or reflection; meditation; contemplation: After hours of cogitation he came up with a new proposal.
- contention — Someone's contention is the idea or opinion that they are expressing in an argument or discussion.
- controverting — to argue against; dispute; deny; oppose.
- dialectic — People refer to the dialectic or dialectics of a situation when they are referring to the way in which two very different forces or factors work together, and the way in which their differences are resolved.
- disputation — the act of disputing or debating; verbal controversy; discussion or debate.
- meditation — the act of meditating.
- polemic — a controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine, etc.
- rebutting — to refute by evidence or argument.