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Verb
▲
(general) To have made a claim
said
stated
announced
asserted
attested
declared
exclaimed
remarked
affirmed
alleged
alluded
argued
conveyed
intimated
proclaimed
added
answered
blurted
claimed
maintained
observed
opined
blabbered
commented
communicated
crowed
enounced
enunciated
imparted
indicated
insisted
intoned
mentioned
noted
piped
predicted
professed
pronounced
proposed
protested
read
recited
related
replied
responded
spieled
stressed
suggested
testified
uttered
voiced
vouched
more ❯
“He wants to contend that the difference between Mark Twain and Howard Stern is a matter of kind and not just degree.”
Verb
▲
Past tense for to engage in a competition or contest
fought
foughten
battled
competed
contested
vied
struggled
clashed
confronted
combatted
combated
grappled
opposed
challenged
wrestled
encountered
faced
strove
strived
striven
rivalledUK
rivaledUS
scuffled
tussled
warred
met
skirmished
jostled
resisted
raced
disputed
withstood
squabbled
pushed
ran
run
oppugned
controverted
emulated
tugged
coped
litigated
stood
crossed swords
locked horns
waged war
joined battle
went after
gone after
went for
gone for
went head to head
gone head to head
tangled with
jockeyed for position
scrambled for
went for broke
gone for broke
dealt with
had at
nominated yourself
pushed for
shot at
shot for
gave your all
given your all
went for it
gone for it
went for jugular
gone for jugular
knocked oneself out
made play for
put up with
put yourself forward
gave all one's got
given all one's got
mixed it up with
more ❯
“We have to contend against the best horses of other nations in this race.”
Verb
▲
Past tense for to make an assertion without proof
alleged
asserted
maintained
declared
claimed
stated
avowed
averred
professed
insisted
avouched
attested
proclaimed
argued
swore
sweared
sworn
asseverated
purported
held
holden
certified
testified
advanced
cited
suggested
adduced
deposed
pleaded
pled
upheld
upholden
implied
charged
presented
challenged
pretended
hinted
insinuated
indicated
offered
intimated
recounted
put forward
gave evidence
given evidence
made out
put forth
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to state a fact or belief forcefully or confidently
professed
asserted
declared
affirmed
maintained
avowed
averred
stated
claimed
avouched
guaranteed
alleged
proclaimed
asseverated
insisted
vowed
warranted
purported
certified
protested
announced
vouched
confirmed
deposed
acknowledged
predicated
admitted
confessed
owned
own
constated
sang
sung
sungen
soapboxed
spieled
spouted
stumped
laid down
lay down
crossed heart
said so
owned up
acknowledged publicly
declared publicly
came out
come out
made out
opened up
swore on bible
sworn on bible
swore up and down
sworn up and down
talked big
acted as if
blew hot air
blown hot air
got off your chest
gotten off your chest
got on soapbox
gotten on soapbox
made a public declaration of
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to have a heated argument or disagreement
quarrelledUK
quarreledUS
argued
squabbled
wrangled
fought
foughten
disputed
bickered
rowed
scrapped
altercated
disagreed
spatted
spat
quibbled
brawled
clashed
argufied
controverted
hassled
tiffed
jarred
brabbled
feuded
differed
sparred
battled
dissented
warred
contested
tangled
caterwauled
cavilledUK
caviledUS
varied
locked horns
fell out
fallen out
crossed swords
had words
bandied words
had a row
chopped logic
failed to agree
had a fight
set to
took on
taken on
had a misunderstanding
took exception
taken exception
fought like cat and dog
had a tiff
mixed it up
objected to
went at it hammer and tongs
gone at it hammer and tongs
broke with
broken with
found fault
got tough with
gotten tough with
had it out
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to offer for discussion or debate
propounded
proposed
presented
suggested
submitted
advanced
offered
proffered
tendered
posed
propositioned
introduced
posited
stated
broached
mooted
adduced
recommended
bounced
preferred
voted
advocated
volunteered
proponed
postulated
mentioned
advised
asserted
counselledUK
counseledUS
solicited
asked
named
nominated
discussed
hypothesisedUK
hypothesizedUS
promoted
invited
pressed
prest
requested
spitballed
urged
yielded
yold
yolden
affirmed
kibitzed
peddled
spread
put forward
brought up
set forth
put up
made a pitch
brought forward
set out
came up with
come up with
put forth
hit on
laid before
made a motion
moved for
spoke one's piece
spoken one's piece
laid on the line
put to
laid down
lay down
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to survive or deal with a challenging or difficult situation or period successfully
weathered the storm
survived
coped
managed
endured
handled
hacked
grappled
weathered
fared
fore
faren
dealt
faced
battled
fended
got by
gotten by
carried on
got on
gotten on
got along
got through
gotten through
scraped by
dealt with
made it
came through
come through
bore up
borne up
cut it
hacked it
held out
made do
dealt with it
did all right
done all right
scraped along
cracked it
dealt with the situation
fared all right
coped with it
pulled through
hung in there
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to make a concerted effort towards achieving a result
strove
strived
striven
attempted
tried
aimed
aspired
endeavouredUK
struggled
endeavoredUS
labouredUK
sought
toiled
undertook
undertaken
essayed
ventured
worked
wrought
strained
assayed
competed
laboredUS
drove
drave
driven
druv
fought
foughten
pushed
hustled
jockeyed
scrambled
travailed
drudged
moiled
offered
ploughedUK
plowedUS
scrabbled
slaved
slogged
sweated
sweat
tackled
applied oneself
exerted oneself
exerted yourself
made an effort
tried hard
busted a gut
made every effort
pegged away
spared no effort
banged away
beavered away
bent over backwards
broke your neck
broken your neck
did all one can
done all one can
fell over backwards
fallen over backwards
went all out
gone all out
went for it
gone for it
had a go at
jumped through hoops
knocked oneself out
leaned over backwards
leant over backwards
ruptured yourself
tried for
bore down
borne down
dug away
did all you can
done all you can
did one's best
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to apply oneself to, or start work on, a given task or issue
attacked
addressed
addrest
confronted
tackled
undertook
undertaken
challenged
engaged
faced
fought
foughten
handled
managed
contested
attended to
concentrated on
contended with
coped with
dealt with
dived into
embarked on
engaged in
engagde in
focused on
grappled with
had a stab at
occupied oneself with
setted to work on
looked after
plunged into
saw to
seen to
set about
set to
took on
taken on
took up
taken up
waded into
applied oneself to
buckled down to
started in on
took care of
taken care of
got cracking on
got started on
got stuck into
got weaving on
devoted oneself to
got to work on
went to work on
gone to work on
had a crack at
had a go at
had a shot at
tried to deal with
tried to sort out
directed attention to
Verb
▲
Past tense for to be able to match or compete with (a competitor, opponent or peer)
kept up
competed
matched
rivalledUK
rivaledUS
challenged
equalled
equaled
touched
vied
competed with
vied with
kept abreast
kept pace
kept up with
kept pace with
stayed even with
kept abreast of
stayed shoulder to shoulder
stayed beside
kept step
ran with
run with
paralleled
parallelled
approached
emulated
met
approximated
compared with
come up to
fit
corresponded to
tied with
measured up to
reached
tallied with
held a candle to
equalisedUK
coordinated with
contended with
agreed with
totted up to
equalizedUS
squared with
come to
lived up to
equated to
equated with
checked with
conformed
satisfied
cohered with
come near to
harmonized with
amounted to
jibed with
fitted
fitted the pattern
chorded with
suited
married with
correlated to
came up to
sorted with
rhymed with
dovetailed with
rimed with
measured up
corresponded with
tied
coincided with
answered
comported with
imitated
was equal to
been equal to
rose up to
were equal to
risen up to
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to have or hold as an opinion or belief
opined
believed
thought
supposed
reckoned
guessed
imagined
conjectured
considered
presumed
assumed
suspected
felt
fancied
judged
surmised
gathered
deduced
expected
concluded
conceived
estimated
theorisedUK
theorizedUS
reasoned
hypothesisedUK
hypothesizedUS
maintained
weened
took it
taken it
had a feeling
had the feeling
gave opinion
given opinion
expressed an opinion
took as a hypothesis
taken as a hypothesis
passed judgment
put forward
allowed
Verb
▲
Past tense for to declare to be untrue
refuted
denied
repudiated
contradicted
rejected
gainsaid
disclaimed
disavowed
disaffirmed
negated
disowned
disconfirmed
rebutted
negatived
opposed
disallowed
countered
contested
disputed
contravened
cancelledUK
canceledUS
crushed
exposed
cancelled out
canceled out
argued against
showed up
tore down
torn down
blew sky high
blown sky high
declared to be untrue
gave thumbs down to
given thumbs down to
took a stand against
taken a stand against
replied to
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to deal with (something), usually effectively
played
addressed
addrest
handled
managed
fielded
maneuveredUS
manoeuvredUK
negotiated
hacked
manipulated
swang
swung
swungen
treated
took
taken
contended with
coped with
grappled with
Adjective
▲
Giving rise or likely to give rise to controversy or public disagreement
controversial
contentious
debatable
disputable
disputed
disputatious
arguable
controvertible
delicate
difficult
divisive
dubious
polemical
sensitive
dubitable
emotive
moot
polemic
provocative
questionable
suspect
tendentious
vexed
awkward
contestable
contested
debateable
problematic
argued
challenged
debated
doubtable
doubtful
heated
hot
notorious
questioned
uncertain
hot-button
under discussion
at issue
in dispute
open to discussion
open to question
more ❯
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