Another word for argue
argue
v.
To endeavor to convince
plead, appeal, assert, maintain, claim, hold, explain, justify, elucidate, present, show, support, reason with, dispute, contend, oppose, demonstrate, establish, join issue, make a case for, put up an argument*.
To discuss
debate, discuss, talk about, clarify; see sense 1, discuss.
To quarrel
dispute, contend, fight, bicker; see quarrel. See syn. study atdiscuss.
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Another word for argue
To put forth reasons for or against something, often excitedly:
contend, debate, dispute, moot. See affirm, wordsTo engage in a quarrel:
bicker, contend, dispute, fight, quarrel, quibble, spat, squabble, tiff, wrangle. (Informal) hassle, tangle. Idioms: cross swords, have it out, have words, lock horns. See conflictTo put into words positively and with conviction:
affirm, allege, assert, asseverate, aver, avouch, avow, claim, contend, declare, hold, maintain, say, state. Idiom: have it. See affirmTo give grounds for believing in the existence or presence of:
attest, bespeak, betoken, indicate, mark, point to, testify, witness. See show
To succeed in causing (a person) to act in a certain way:
bring, bring around (or round), convince, get, induce, persuade, prevail on (or upon), sell (on), talk into. See persuasion
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