DISPUTING Synonyms

• a quarrel about petty points

• requiring full use of your abilities or resources

• stimulating interest or thought

• disturbingly provocative

• sharply and harshly discordant

• in disagreement

• on bad terms

• characterized by active hostility

• an argument in which the participants are trying to gain some advantage

• making the motions of attack and defense with the fists and arms; a part of training for a boxer

• an instance of intense argument (as in bargaining)

• maintain or assert

• have an argument about something

• to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation

• succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available

• compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others

• be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight

• an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants

• a struggle between rivals

• to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation

• a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal

• the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote)

• argue with one another

• think about carefully; weigh

• discuss the pros and cons of an issue

• have an argument about something

• be of different opinions

• be different from one another

• a bitter quarrel between two parties

• carry out a feud

• A heated argument.

• a quarrel about petty points

• argue over petty things

• have a disagreement over something

• have a disagreement over something

• a demanding or stimulating situation

• a call to engage in a contest or fight

• questioning a statement and demanding an explanation

• a formal objection to the selection of a particular person as a juror

• a demand by a sentry for a password or identification

• take exception to

• issue a challenge to

• ask for identification

• raise a formal objection in a court of law

• an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)

• opposition between two simultaneous but incompatible feelings

• a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war

• a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests

• an incompatibility of dates or events

• opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces (especially an opposition that motivates the development of the plot)

• a disagreement or argument about something important

• be in conflict

• go against, as of rules and laws

• coming into conflict with