Contested Synonyms and Antonyms

To make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. conflicted
  2. contended
  3. fought
  4. vied
  5. tilted
  6. struggled
  7. striven
  8. struck
  9. resisted
  10. raced
  11. attacked
  12. questioned
  13. defended
  14. protested
  15. scuffled
  16. opposed
  17. met
  18. rivalled
  19. matched
  20. brawled
  21. gamed
  22. battled
  23. frayed
  24. quarrelled
  25. encountered
  26. duelled
  27. disputed
  28. competed
  29. wrangled
  30. debated
  31. combated
  32. clashed
  33. challenged
  34. argued
Antonyms:
  1. agreed
  2. rested
  3. conceded
To call into question and take an active stand against; dispute or challenge:
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. opposed

Words Related to Contested

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Contested Sentence Examples

  • In any case, Lori deserved to have something – and probably would have if she had contested the will instead of running away.

  • William sustained another defeat, but the battle was one of the most fiercely contested of the whole war.

  • At Emesa the Palmyrenes were defeated in a stiffly contested battle.

  • To be returned to Parliament was one of his few ambitions, and in 1868 he unsuccessfully contested Mid-Somerset.

  • Three other letters, though contested by Hefele, seem to have been written by Liberius at the time of his submission to the emperor.

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