Contention Synonyms and Antonyms

kən-tĕnshən
An assertion supported by argument
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. argument
  2. controversy
  3. fight
  4. altercation
  5. conflict
  6. debate
  7. ground
  8. competition
  9. disagreement
  10. discord
  11. explanation
  12. dispute
  13. quarrel
  14. assertion
  15. squabble
  16. tiff
  17. wrangle
  18. rivalry
  19. stand
  20. allegation
  21. bicker
  22. claim
  23. clash
  24. avowal
  25. asseveration
  26. difficulty
  27. beef
  28. combat
  29. predication
  30. contest
  31. profession
  32. polemic
  33. deposition
  34. difference
  35. advancement
  36. run-in
  37. spat
  38. discussion
  39. dissension
  40. contestation
  41. charge
  42. feud
  43. flak
  44. plea
  45. word
  46. friction
  47. demurrer
  48. disputation
  49. opinion
  50. hassle
  51. rhubarb
  52. rebellion
  53. riot
  54. tangle
  55. disceptation
  56. rumpus
  57. scrap
  58. strife
  59. struggle
  60. tilt
  61. war
  62. arguing
Antonyms:
  1. affection
  2. good will
  3. friendliness
  4. kindness
  5. consideration
  6. sympathy
  7. friendship
A hypothetical controversial proposition
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. contestation
  2. thesis
The act or an instance of striving in controversy or debate.
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. conflict

Contention Sentence Examples

  • And yet, this latest contention was about inheritance, not love.

  • The correspondence was shown to Franklin by a mysterious " member of parliament " to back up the contention that the quartering of troops in Boston was suggested, not by the British ministry, but by Americans and Bostonians.

  • Havet's contention (in La Modernite des prophetes) that Gog represents the Parthians (40 B.C.) has little or nothing in its support.

  • Yet the restorations are so many and so obvious that our contention might be taken for proven.

  • Anna Mikhaylovna, stooping, quickly caught up the object of contention and ran into the bedroom.

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