All dispute synonyms
disΒ·pute
D d verb dispute
- argue β If one person argues with another, they speak angrily to each other about something that they disagree about. You can also say that two people argue.
- contend β If you have to contend with a problem or difficulty, you have to deal with it or overcome it.
- deny β When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
- contest β A contest is a competition or game in which people try to win.
- contradict β If you contradict someone, you say that what they have just said is wrong, or suggest that it is wrong by saying something different.
- challenge β A challenge is something new and difficult which requires great effort and determination.
- refute β to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge.
- discuss β to consider or examine by argument, comment, etc.; talk over or write about, especially to explore solutions; debate: to discuss the proposed law on taxes.
- doubt β to be uncertain about; consider questionable or unlikely; hesitate to believe.
- disprove β to prove (an assertion, claim, etc.) to be false or wrong; refute; invalidate: I disproved his claim.
- wrangle β to argue or dispute, especially in a noisy or angry manner.
- rebut β to refute by evidence or argument.
- quarrel β a square-headed bolt or arrow, formerly used with a crossbow.
- impugn β to challenge as false (another's statements, motives, etc.); cast doubt upon.
- squabble β to engage in a petty quarrel.
- clash β When people clash, they fight, argue, or disagree with each other.
- bicker β When people bicker, they argue or quarrel about unimportant things.
- confute β to prove (a person or thing) wrong, invalid, or mistaken; disprove
- brawl β A brawl is a rough or violent fight.
- question β a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
- agitate β If people agitate for something, they protest or take part in political activity in order to get it.
- debate β A debate is a discussion about a subject on which people have different views.
- negate β to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of: an investigation tending to negate any supernatural influences.
- controvert β to deny, refute, or oppose (some argument or opinion)
- hassle β a disorderly dispute.
- quibble β an instance of the use of ambiguous, prevaricating, or irrelevant language or arguments to evade a point at issue.
- 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.
- gainsay β to deny, dispute, or contradict.
- moot β open to discussion or debate; debatable; doubtful: Whether that was the cause of their troubles is a moot point.
- altercate β to argue, esp heatedly; dispute
noun dispute
- argument β 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.
- disagreement β the act, state, or fact of disagreeing.
- difference β the state or relation of being different; dissimilarity: There is a great difference between the two.
- row β record
- bickering β to engage in petulant or peevish argument; wrangle: The two were always bickering.
- conflict β 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.
- controversy β Controversy is a lot of discussion and argument about something, often involving strong feelings of anger or disapproval.
- discord β lack of concord or harmony between persons or things: marital discord.
- discussion β an act or instance of discussing; consideration or examination by argument, comment, etc., especially to explore solutions; informal debate.
- disturbance β the act of disturbing.
- feud β fee (def 4).
- friction β surface resistance to relative motion, as of a body sliding or rolling.
- misunderstanding β failure to understand correctly; mistake as to meaning or intent.
- strife β vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism: to be at strife.
- altercation β An altercation is a noisy argument or disagreement.
- beef β Beef is the meat of a cow, bull, or ox.
- broil β When you broil food, you cook it using very strong heat directly above or below it.
- brouhaha β A brouhaha is an excited and critical fuss or reaction to something.
- commotion β A commotion is a lot of noise, confusion, and excitement.
- contention β Someone's contention is the idea or opinion that they are expressing in an argument or discussion.