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What is another word for
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Verb
Contending for a title or championship
Present participle for to assert something as a position in an argument
Present participle for to have a heated argument or disagreement
Present participle for to make a concerted effort towards achieving a result
Present participle for to succeed, survive, or manage, at least at a minimal level
Present participle for to apply oneself to, or start work on, a given task or issue
Present participle for to enter or participate in a contest, usually as a political candidate
Present participle for to offer for discussion or debate
Present participle for to be able to match or compete with (a competitor, opponent or peer)
Present participle for to have or hold as an opinion or belief
(
with object
)
Present participle for to say something in order to convey information or to express a feeling
Present participle for to declare to be untrue
Present participle for to deal with (something), usually effectively
Adjective
In the position of a rival or opponent
Engaged in war
Of, pertaining to, or caused by factions
Noun
The conduct of a lawsuit
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Verb
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Contending for a title or championship
in contention
challenging
competing
contesting
striving
struggling
vying
battling
fighting
grappling
in competition
tussling
warring
up there
in the running
in with a shout
clashing
locking horns
opposing
crossing swords
combatting
combating
wrangling
confronting
wrestling
rivalling
UK
rivaling
US
brawling
scrapping
encountering
taking on
feuding
quarrelling
UK
quarreling
US
scuffling
facing
attacking
engaging
sparring
conflicting
racing
coming to blows
skirmishing
jostling
waging war
squabbling
disputing
dueling
US
duelling
UK
doing battle
disagreeing
scrimmaging
arguing
altercating
bickering
jousting
jockeying
having a dust-up
vying with
jockeying for position
meeting
pushing
countering
tilting
exchanging blows
tangling
competing with
resisting
assaulting
rowing
matching
disaccording
colliding
having a punch-up
going up against
bumping heads
clashing with
going for
competing against
defying
campaigning
dissenting
withstanding
debating
quibbling
discording
locking antlers
playing off
roughhousing
contending with
controverting
engaging in hostilities
going to war
coming into conflict
emulating
scrambling
doing battle with
striving against
going head to head
engaging in conflict
scrambling for
going for broke
taking issue
skirmishing with
going after
having a dispute
pitting
campaigning against
taking up arms
having a set-to
struggling against
crusading
tackling
repelling
squaring off
boxing
tourneying
rassling
differing
nonconcurring
running
oppugning
rivalizing
spatting
making war
having a fight
bucking
demurring
discepting
objecting
tugging
taking the field
taking issue with
carrying on hostilities
joining battle
coming up against
engaging in combat
having a barney
bearing arms
going up against in contest
going for the jugular
fighting for
standing up to
playing
fighting like cat and dog
failing to agree
entering the lists
coming to blows with
tangling with
putting up a fight
scrapping with
laying into
taking exception
pitting oneself against
squaring up
having a scrap
breaking a lance
setting to
cuffing
jarring
flying in the face of
going for the gold
grappling with
trying to beat
going at it
protesting against
mixing it up
romping
raising Cain
contending against
breaking
messing
trading punches
slugging
fighting a duel
going out
messing with
defending
becoming involved
mounting an attack
having a row
duking it out
manhandling
seeking to displace
braving
taking part
taking part in a race
raising your fists
starting fighting
going for each other
slugging it out
going eyeball to eyeball with
contenting against
going toe to toe with
outdoing
facing off against
going one on one with
tussling with
trying to put out
matching yourself against
trying to extinguish
sweating
trading blows
surpassing
outvying
argy-bargying
falling out
agitating
shooting
taking the field against
marching against
bombarding
conducting a war
coming to grips
meeting head-on
putting in opposition
setting against
setting as rivals
facing down
dissenting from
rebelling against
feuding with
rallying against
fighting against
chopping logic
butting heads
bandying words
cutting and thrusting
arguing against
questioning
objecting to
quarreling with
speaking
pressing
working
lobbying
contrasting
contradicting
gainsaying
setting your face against
putting up a fight against
speaking against
opposing action
arguing with
taking a stand against
putting up an argument
making a stand against
sparing no effort
standing up and be counted against
jumping on
zapping
letting someone have it
haggling
ripping into each other
paltering
having words
contradicting each other
mismatching
disharmonizing
interfering
assailing
differing from
screaming at
diverging from
fighting with
assaulting each other
stoushing
swedging
trying
bandying
fencing
essaying
bidding
attempting
matching strength
participating in
matching wits
pitching oneself against
coping with
seeking prize
running for
wresting with
launching
waging war against
falling on
joining battle with
battling with
setting upon
entering into combat with
waging war on
striking
coming to close quarters with
giving battle to
mounting an attack on
taking up arms against
beginning battle with
plying weapons
scrimmaging with
exchanging blows with
punching each other
racing with
going the knuckle
traversing
fighting like Kilkenny cats
bandying with
protecting
taking all comers
racing against
lighting to
sparring with
carrying on war
tasting battle
hitting each other
taking up the gauntlet
attacking each other
flaring up
warring against
brushing with
hassling
trying to win
battling for
struggling for
trying for
fighting over
contending for
competing for
tussling for
vying for
challenging for
standing
coping
litigating
going for jugular
pushing for
shooting at
nominating yourself
giving all one's got
knocking oneself out
dealing with
putting up with
going for it
putting yourself forward
making play for
mixing it up with
giving your all
having at
shooting for
more ❯
“We have to
contend
against the best horses of other nations in this race.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to assert something as a position in an argument
asserting
declaring
claiming
stating
avowing
professing
affirming
maintaining
averring
alleging
insisting
arguing
avouching
purporting
warranting
holding
pronouncing
protesting
saying
reasoning
pleading
charging
dictating
telling
putting up argument
proclaiming
asseverating
attesting
swearing
advancing
suggesting
guaranteeing
announcing
certifying
vowing
testifying
advocating
predicating
upholding
adducing
laying down
citing
submitting
postulating
propounding
implying
pressing
opining
supporting
vouching
deposing
moving
putting forward
emphasizing
US
stressing
emphasising
UK
positing
confirming
indicating
presenting
acknowledging
pretending
representing
backing
making out
proposing
verifying
defending
establishing
offering
pledging
admitting
putting forth
making a case
conveying
swearing up and down
expostulating
challenging
intimating
insinuating
corroborating
reasserting
reaffirming
substantiating
signifying
assuring
owning
repeating
stipulating
witnessing
proving
validating
volunteering
confessing
venturing
crossing heart
endorsing
expressing
vouching for
swearing on bible
championing
sponsoring
saying so
vindicating
swearing to
insisting on
answering for
bearing witness
bearing out
standing up for
bringing forward
espousing
hypothecating
syllogizing
advising
premising
putting
connoting
publishing
broadcasting
laying claim to
drawing conclusions
making a claim to
setting forth
promising
voicing
ensuring
underwriting
undertaking
reiterating
questioning
explaining
uttering
notifying
justifying
insuring
guarantying
using as an excuse
disclosing
testifying to
sustaining
rumouring
rumoring
putting about that
securing
passing
rendering
allegating
informing
remonstrating
mouthing off
popping off
shooting off one's mouth
shooting one's wad
appealing
speaking out
delegating
bolstering
backing up
standing by
prevailing upon
making a case for
standing behind
giving testimony
taking an oath
giving grounds for
giving reasons for
pushing for
insisting upon
authenticating
pressing for
sticking up for
ratifying
demonstrating
discussing
debating
exploring
disputing
seeming
evidencing
meaning
appearing
intending
importing
impersonating
seconding
extenuating
going over
thrashing out
hashing out
hinting
singing
spieling
spouting
constating
soapboxing
stumping
okaying
personating
denoting
laying claim
betokening
cosigning
averting
bearing witness to
recounting
setting oneself up
posing as
giving credence to
pleading for
doing justice to
lending weight to
attesting to
owning up
rubber-stamping
acknowledging publicly
declaring publicly
giving evidence
talking big
opening up
coming out
setting oneself up as
passing for
alleging that one is
masquerading as
acting as if
getting off your chest
getting on soapbox
blowing hot air
making a public declaration of
being responsible for
maintaining that one is
implying that one is
proclaiming that one is
feigning the identity of
pointing to
representing oneself as
asserting that one is
passing oneself off as
signing for
bearing testimony
getting behind
giving an affidavit
acting as a witness
revealing
showing
recognizing
US
manifesting
evincing
covenanting
exposing
recognising
UK
showing beyond doubt
giving an undertaking
giving substance to
conceding
allowing
showing to be true
binding oneself
engaging
accepting
made known
giving an assurance
giving one's word
ascertaining
agreeing
contracting
documenting
circumstantiating
buttressing
committing oneself
determining
divulging
making evident
granting
swearing an oath
sanctioning
leaking
communicating
acceding
making public
giving your word
letting on
approving
illustrating
exhibiting
plighting
committing
realizing
US
unveiling
giving weight to
bespeaking
giving away
checking out
noting
spilling
vouchsafing
expounding
checking
assenting
airing
pointing out
realising
UK
discovering
baring
laying bare
making a deposition
showing clearly
underpinning
blurting out
stating under oath
fessing up
accrediting
giving proof of
coming clean
formalizing
US
legitimizing
US
signalling
UK
signaling
US
betraying
signing off on
accounting for
reflecting
blurting
imparting
formalising
UK
legitimising
UK
babbling
releasing
disseminating
settling
soaking
publicizing
US
reporting
registering
sealing
reinforcing
showcasing
favoring
US
narrating
favouring
UK
elucidating
swearing on the Bible
appreciating
posting
countenancing
deponing
yielding
clarifying
acquiescing
being aware of
subscribing
making plain
blabbing
showing once and for all
seeing
stating on oath
embracing
giving out
publicising
UK
letting slip
talking about
owning up to
letting out
passing on
coming out with
submitting proof
demonstrating the truth
subscribing to
producing evidence
putting oneself down for
giving your oath
arguing for
witnessing to the fact that
giving your word of honour
speaking for
witnessing to
letting the cat out of the bag
submitting evidence
giving substance to the fact that
blowing the lid off
demonstrating the truth of
producing proof
establishing evidence
going along with
underscoring
binding
reenforcing
enforcing
invoking
checking up
obligating
daring say
finding
strengthening
crossing one's heart and hope to die
adjuring
projecting
pointing
prescribing
giving a pledge
giving assurances
copping
countersigning
resulting
developing
convincing
fixing
laying out
saying under oath
standing for
giving an undertaking to
living up to
giving force to
adding up
having a case
shoring up
telling the truth
making clean breast
allowing to be valid
providing
speaking with confidence
effecting
remarking
providing evidence of
flagging up
swearing under oath
setting out
arranging
deposing to
throwing your weight behind
making a commitment
giving assurance of
standing bail for
asserting under oath
showing the truth of
going bail for
observing
icing
locking on
nailing down
cinching
making safe
locking up
setting the seal on
sewing up
clinching
undertaking solemnly
giving word of honor
interposing
interjecting
mentioning
explicating
perceiving
cognizing
knowing
animadverting
concurring with
cooperating with
bowing to
acceding to
acquiescing in
approving of
agreeing to
seeing to it
making certain
displaying
deferring to
commenting
editorializing
US
editorialising
UK
taking something on board
duly noting
taking on board
coming out of closet
copping a plea
bringing out
weighing in
double-checking
taking care
satisfying oneself
doing not forget to
gaining
adopting
taking
consenting to
accommodating
entertaining
having
receiving
welcoming
solemnly promising
pledging oneself
promising under oath
swearing blind
relating
unfolding
swearing by
giving witness
confiding
talking
uncovering
concurring
swearing to God
making an affidavit
circulating
inferring
commending
spelling out
making clear
constituting proof of
constituting evidence of
coughing
getting across
clearing up
ostending
bringing into the open
spilling the beans about
going into details
coming out of the closet
bringing to light
making a clean breast
blowing the gaff on
coughing up
telling all about
spilling your guts
copping to
squealing about
making a clean breast of
indorsing
letting drop
letting fall
alluding
coming clean about
bringing to public attention
bringing to public notice
bringing out into open
giving the game away
bringing out into the open
dishing the dirt
going public with
breaking the news
blowing the gaff
letting on about
putting cards on table
taking the wraps off
taking the lid off
blowing wide open
getting out of your system
giving the low-down
going public on
giving the show away
patronizing
US
sounding off
clueing in
imputing
touting
giving someone to understand
hinting at
referring to
giving someone to believe
giving an inkling
alluding to
giving a hint
alluding to the fact
conveying the impression
making reference to the fact
driving at
ascribing
tipping someone the wink about
tipping off
dropping a hint
spilling the beans
pointing toward
giving a clue
getting at
giving someone an inkling of
saying indirectly
inviting
encouraging
patronising
UK
siding with
agitating for
working for
pulling for
rooting for
lending support to
campaigning for
going for
more ❯
“He wants to
contend
that the difference between Mark Twain and Howard Stern is a matter of kind and not just degree.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to have a heated argument or disagreement
quarrelling
UK
quarreling
US
arguing
squabbling
wrangling
fighting
disputing
bickering
rowing
scrapping
altercating
disagreeing
spatting
quibbling
brawling
clashing
argufying
controverting
hassling
tiffing
jarring
brabbling
feuding
differing
sparring
battling
dissenting
warring
contesting
tangling
caterwauling
cavilling
UK
caviling
US
varying
locking horns
falling out
crossing swords
having words
bandying words
having a row
chopping logic
failing to agree
having a fight
setting to
taking on
having a misunderstanding
taking exception
fighting like cat and dog
having a tiff
mixing it up
objecting to
going at it hammer and tongs
breaking with
finding fault
getting tough with
having it out
debating
having a spat
bumping heads
having a disagreement
having at it
picking a bone
having an altercation
skirmishing
fencing
threaping
discussing
bandying
discepting
agitating
canvasing
canvassing
mooting
hashing out
hashing over
talking over
thrashing out
exchanging views
tossing around
batting around
jumping on one's case
kicking around
having an argument
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to make a concerted effort towards achieving a result
striving
attempting
trying
aiming
aspiring
endeavouring
UK
struggling
endeavoring
US
labouring
UK
seeking
toiling
undertaking
essaying
venturing
working
straining
assaying
competing
laboring
US
driving
fighting
pushing
hustling
jockeying
scrambling
travailing
drudging
moiling
offering
ploughing
UK
plowing
US
scrabbling
slaving
slogging
sweating
tackling
applying oneself
exerting oneself
exerting yourself
making an effort
trying hard
busting a gut
making every effort
pegging away
sparing no effort
banging away
beavering away
bending over backwards
breaking your neck
doing all one can
falling over backwards
going all out
going for it
having a go at
jumping through hoops
knocking oneself out
leaning over backwards
rupturing yourself
trying for
bearing down
digging away
doing all you can
doing one's best
doing your best
doing your damnedest
doing your utmost
making an all-out effort
shooting for
taking on
having a crack at
having a stab at
leaving no stone unturned
giving it a whirl
giving it your all
giving it your best shot
going for broke
pulling out all the stops
going the limit
going for the jugular
digging deep
digging deeper
Verb
▲
Present participle for to succeed, survive, or manage, at least at a minimal level
coping
managing
surviving
dealing
enduring
grappling
hacking
handling
facing
faring
living
subsisting
weathering
struggling
suffering
wrestling
battling
confronting
dispatching
tangling
tussling
getting by
carrying on
getting along
getting on
getting through
scraping by
coming through
dealing with
making it
making out
muddling along
bearing up
getting a handle on
looking after oneself
muddling through
rubbing along
shifting for oneself
struggling through
fending
weathering the storm
making it out alive
keeping the wolf from the door
keeping your head above water
paddling your own canoe
Verb
▲
Present participle for to apply oneself to, or start work on, a given task or issue
attacking
addressing
confronting
tackling
undertaking
challenging
engaging
facing
fighting
handling
managing
contesting
attending to
concentrating on
contending with
coping with
dealing with
diving into
embarking on
engaging in
focusing on
grappling with
having a stab at
occupying oneself with
setting to work on
looking after
plunging into
seeing to
setting about
setting to
taking on
taking up
wading into
applying oneself to
buckling down to
starting in on
taking care of
getting cracking on
getting started on
getting stuck into
getting weaving on
devoting oneself to
getting to work on
going to work on
having a crack at
having a go at
having a shot at
trying to deal with
trying to sort out
directing attention to
Verb
▲
Present participle for to enter or participate in a contest, usually as a political candidate
running
competing
challenging
contesting
participating
standing
entering
stumping
opposing
politicking
standing for
taking part
putting oneself forward for
ringing doorbells
shaking hands
standing for election as
putting yourself up for
standing as a candidate for
hitting the campaign trail
kissing babies
Verb
▲
Present participle for to offer for discussion or debate
propounding
advancing
proposing
suggesting
advocating
offering
posing
presenting
proffering
putting forward
submitting
postulating
bouncing
broaching
discussing
hypothesising
UK
hypothesizing
US
introducing
mentioning
mooting
peddling
promoting
setting forth
tendering
voting
adducing
advising
affirming
asking
asserting
counselling
UK
counseling
US
inviting
kibitzing
naming
nominating
positing
preferring
pressing
promulgating
proponing
propositioning
recommending
requesting
soliciting
spitballing
spreading
stating
urging
volunteering
yielding
bringing up
putting forth
bringing forward
coming up with
hitting on
holding out
laying before
laying down
moving for
putting to
putting up
setting out
making a motion
making a pitch
speaking one's piece
laying on the line
moving
tabling
bidding
lodging
filing
bringing
initiating
projecting
floating
canvassing
laying out
pressing for
putting
extending
giving
raising
questioning
querying
producing
providing
pitching
throwing up
putting on the table
trotting out
selling
approaching
supplying
having in mind
delivering
framing
expounding
asking about
revealing
rendering
mounting
citing
carrying
staging
showing
setting
seeking the answer to
getting the answer to
establishing
inquiring
enquiring
UK
bringing out
forwarding
setting before
ventilating
turning
transposing
venting
translating
airing
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to be able to match or compete with (a competitor, opponent or peer)
keeping up
competing
matching
rivalling
UK
rivaling
US
challenging
equalling
UK
equaling
US
touching
vying
competing with
vying with
keeping abreast
keeping pace
keeping up with
keeping pace with
staying even with
keeping abreast of
staying shoulder to shoulder
staying beside
keeping step
running with
paralleling
parallelling
approaching
emulating
meeting
approximating
comparing with
measuring up to
amounting to
holding a candle to
coming up to
corresponding to
tying with
reaching
coming near to
totting up to
agreeing with
measuring up
squaring with
living up to
tying
coming to
tallying with
equating to
coordinating with
being equal to
equalising
UK
rising up to
contending with
equalizing
US
equating with
bearing comparison with
resembling
nearing
coming close to
standing the test
standing the pace
comparing
matching up to
according with
harmonizing with
going with
answering
suiting
comporting with
conforming
fitting the pattern
coinciding with
dovetailing with
imitating
jibing with
correlating to
checking with
chording with
sorting with
corresponding with
satisfying
rhyming with
marrying with
cohering with
riming with
fitting
evening up
deadlocking
drawing
finishing even
finishing equal
squaring
balancing
breaking even
achieving
adding up to
Verb
▲
Present participle for to have or hold as an opinion or belief
believing
considering
estimating
guessing
imagining
maintaining
reckoning
thinking
assuming
conjecturing
fancying
feeling
having a feeling
having the feeling
presuming
supposing
suspecting
taking it
concluding
deducing
expecting
gathering
putting forward
reasoning
theorising
UK
theorizing
US
allowing
hypothesising
UK
hypothesizing
US
opining
weening
taking as a hypothesis
judging
surmising
conceiving
expressing an opinion
passing judgment
giving opinion
speculating
postulating
positing
propounding
suggesting
proposing
submitting
hypothecating
presupposing
premising
philosophizing
US
philosophising
UK
saying
figuring
advancing
predicating
asserting
formulating a theory
forming a theory
taking for granted
having a hunch
claiming
averring
formulating
projecting
forming theories
scheming
guesstimating
offering
doping out
hazarding a guess
calling the turn
figuring out
calling it
stating
understanding
deeming
taking
pretending
viewing
dreaming
regarding
posing
setting forth
taking as gospel truth
having sneaking suspicion
swearing by
taking stock in
broaching
proponing
more ❯
Verb
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(
with object
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Present participle for to say something in order to convey information or to express a feeling
speaking
saying
talking
articulating
stating
telling
uttering
enunciating
mentioning
pronouncing
voicing
announcing
citing
exclaiming
expressing
proclaiming
verbalising
UK
verbalizing
US
vocalising
UK
vocalizing
US
affirming
airing
claiming
declaring
professing
relating
alleging
asserting
asseverating
attesting
broadcasting
conveying
detailing
disclosing
divulging
intimating
noting
opining
pressing
promulgating
reciting
relaying
remarking
reporting
venting
wording
addressing
admitting
advertising
advertizing
arguing
averring
avouching
blurting
chattering
communicating
crying
delivering
denoting
enouncing
explaining
imparting
maintaining
mouthing
mumbling
muttering
offering
orating
outlining
phrasing
pleading
predicating
presenting
proposing
protesting
publicising
UK
publicizing
US
purporting
repeating
revealing
shouting
sounding
spilling
spouting
testifying
vouching
blabbing
chirping
clarifying
confessing
declaiming
drawling
emphasising
UK
emphasizing
US
evincing
exposing
gabbing
gassing
indicating
intoning
jawing
lipping
modulating
murmuring
narrating
passing
perorating
piping
quoting
reading
recounting
regurgitating
rehearsing
retelling
signalling
UK
signaling
US
soliloquizing
specifying
spieling
stressing
suggesting
summarising
UK
summarizing
US
swearing
translating
whispering
yakking
yammering
bringing out
making public
popping off
giving away
made known
putting forth
putting into words
speaking about
talking about
coming out with
getting across
giving utterance to
giving voice to
putting across
putting forward
spelling out
throwing out
reeling off
sounding out
getting off
making clear
piping up with
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to declare to be untrue
refuting
denying
repudiating
contradicting
rejecting
gainsaying
disclaiming
disavowing
disaffirming
negating
disowning
disconfirming
rebutting
negativing
opposing
disallowing
countering
contesting
disputing
contravening
cancelling
UK
canceling
US
crushing
exposing
cancelling out
canceling out
arguing against
showing up
tearing down
blowing sky high
declaring to be untrue
giving thumbs down to
taking a stand against
replying to
arguing
challenging
debunking
disproving
controverting
addressing
examining
discrediting
mooting
questioning
querying
answering
altercating
bandying
canvassing
invalidating
canvasing
wrangling
confuting
pettifogging
squelching
quashing
debating
calling into question
disagreeing with
objecting to
arguing about
proving false
proving wrong
contending over
dissenting against
putting up argument
quibbling over
hammering away at
picking a bone
differing with
quibbling about
agitating against
taking issue with
picking an argument with
shooting down
showing to be false
proving to be wrong
proving to be false
arguing the pros and cons of
showing to be wrong
protesting against
bandying words concerning
shooting full of holes
wondering about
shooting down in flames
blowing out of the water
having an argument about
dissenting from
disagreeing
impugning
disacknowledging
declaring untrue
oppugning
arguing with
renouncing
demurring against
crossing
demurring about
disapproving of
exploding
disbelieving
calling in question
doubting
belying
disliking
strongly disagreeing
speaking against
frowning on
frowning at
having a problem with
not supporting
going against
reversing
traversing
impeaching
undermining
infirming
nullifying
forswearing
flying in the face of
rebuffing
taking back
retracting
not buying
taking exception to
recanting
having bone to pick
giving the lie to
annulling
abandoning
retorting
bucking
revoking
counteracting
confronting
responding
confounding
backtalking
fighting
brushing aside
combating
withstanding
resisting
combatting
naysaying
saying the opposite of
deflecting
breaking
calling in
discussing
shaking one's head
thinking wrong
making a nonsense of
refusing to accept
counterclaiming
rendering null and void
parrying
abjuring
defending against
pleading against
retaliating against
eschewing
interrogating
inquiring
refusing
welshing
reneging
defending oneself against
denouncing
litigating
investigating
testing
accosting
remonstrating
giving up
washing your hands of
worming out of
weaseling out of
weaselling out of
going back on your word
dropping out
enquiring
UK
calling out
firmly opposing
strenuously disagreeing
forcefully opposing
throwing down
backpedaling
US
backpedalling
UK
spurning
withsaying
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to deal with (something), usually effectively
playing
addressing
handling
managing
fielding
maneuvering
US
manoeuvring
UK
negotiating
hacking
manipulating
swinging
treating
taking
contending with
coping with
grappling with
Adjective
▲
In the position of a rival or opponent
rival
opposing
conflicting
enemy
competing
opposed
combatant
challenging
corrival
battling
combating
competitive
contesting
emulating
emulous
striving
vying
in competition
in conflict
in opposition
antagonistic
hostile
Adjective
▲
Engaged in war
warring
conflicting
hostile
belligerent
fighting
clashing
opposed
warlike
aggressive
antagonistic
at war
battling
combatant
competing
embattled
martial
militant
opposing
pugnacious
quarreling
US
quarrelling
UK
quarrelsome
warmongering
bellicose
combative
ill-disposed
rival
sparring
at daggers drawn
at loggerheads
combating
argumentative
militaristic
violent
disputatious
chippy
feisty
gladiatorial
agonistic
brawly
assaultive
scrappy
contentious
discordant
confrontational
truculent
military
offensive
jingoistic
sabre-rattling
hawkish
inimical
bloodthirsty
at each other's throats
aggers
threatening
soldierly
biffo
unfriendly
gung-ho
ructious
contrary
sanguinary
war
attacking
on the warpath
assertive
active
vigorous
pushy
radical
forceful
fierce
two-fisted
extreme
ultra-active
extremist
enthusiastic
fanatical
zealous
assertory
warrish
revolutionary
rebellious
up in arms
in arms
cantankerous
ornery
irascible
stroppy
captious
inhospitable
angry
defiant
litigious
fiery
adversarial
malevolent
ill-tempered
mean
hot-tempered
touchy
bad-tempered
oppugnant
controversial
unkind
irritable
spoiling for a fight
unsympathetic
petulant
surly
fractious
rancorous
polemical
spiteful
factious
wrathful
uncongenial
vitriolic
polemic
bickering
unsociable
quick-tempered
choleric
nasty
bitter
malicious
antipathetic
disputative
wrangling
malignant
adverse
difficult
venomous
catty
sour
hateful
viperous
bolshie
vicious
testy
arsey
cavilling
UK
grouchy
negative
abusive
cross
snappy
intimidating
ferocious
virulent
disapproving
huffy
caviling
US
jaundiced
challenging
unreceptive
ready for a fight
churlish
unpleasant
foul
salty
ready to fight
have chip on shoulder
have a bone to pick
having a chip on one's shoulder
destructive
loudmouthed
prickly
expansionist
sullen
pettish
unwelcoming
narky
grumpy
provocative
perverse
splenetic
miffy
snappish
crabby
disagreeable
alien
adversary
cranky
snarly
bellicistic
bellicist
courageous
spirited
spunky
soreheaded
uncharitable
rude
dissentious
ardent
hot
flip
maleficent
unpropitious
biting
malefic
excitable
inconsiderate
vindictive
skirmishing
dissentient
dour
cold
short-tempered
war-mongering
war-loving
querulous
peevish
spiky
opinionated
thin-skinned
opposite
joyless
furious
brawling
malign
on the outs
filthy
have it in for
ill-humored
US
mean-spirited
ill-natured
evil-minded
ill-humoured
UK
rapacious
intrusive
invasive
acrimonious
macho
pro-war
determined
plucky
uncooperative
awkward
troublesome
armed
cussed
sulky
dissenting
disruptive
rough
itching
colonialistic
imperialistic
bad
tetchy
browbeating
terrorizing
US
bullying
oppositional
terrorising
UK
chauvinistic
wrestling
tilting
carnivorous
ratty
shirty
militarist
warmonger
resistant
hotheaded
exasperated
tempestuous
arguesome
grumbling
peckish
liverish
crotchety
curmudgeonly
waxy
under arms
dissident
self-assertive
itching to fight
paramilitary
soldierlike
battle-hardened
trigger-happy
impassioned
turbulent
unruly
passionate
eristic
unwilling
reluctant
adversative
accusatorial
oppugning
fretful
mighty
peppery
flag-waving
on a short fuse
short-fused
allergic
fire-eating
rotten
obnoxious
wretched
cruel
hurtful
vile
looking for trouble
at odds
negativistic
wounding
poisonous
tough
passive-aggressive
sensitive
battleful
enemy
gutsy
peppy
gritty
frisky
mettlesome
lively
alive
energetic
bubbly
gutty
zestful
game
hearty
hot-blooded
go-getting
full-blooded
high-strung
full of pep
defensive
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Of, pertaining to, or caused by factions
factious
divided
split
argumentative
disagreeing
dissenting
quarreling
US
quarrelling
UK
tumultuous
clashing
conflicting
contentious
discordant
disharmonious
disputatious
dissident
insurrectionary
mutinous
quarrelsome
rebellious
schismatic
sectarian
seditious
turbulent
warring
alienated
belligerent
controversial
contumacious
disaffected
divisive
estranged
fighting
hostile
insubordinate
insurgent
litigious
malcontent
partisan
refractory
rival
troublemaking
at loggerheads
at odds
at variance
Noun
▲
The conduct of a lawsuit
litigation
lawsuit
case
action
proceedings
suit
trial
prosecution
cause
indictment
hearing
process
dispute
contention
disputing
legal action
court case
legal proceedings
judicial proceedings
legal process
legal dispute
legal contest
legal proceeding
suit at law
judicial proceeding
legal case
bringing of charges
proceeding
claim
complaint
contest
justice
appeal
law
arraignment
impeachment
industrial tribunal
court martial
court action
habeas corpus
bringing to book
charge
action at law
cause in court
legal cause
tribunal
civil case
inquiry
US
enquiry
UK
argument
presentment
accusation
assumpsit
bill
replevin
retrial
counterclaim
cross-examination
citation
court-martial
judicial examination
authority
constitutionality
due process
administration of the law
examination
inquest
assize
trying
session
assembly
denunciation
inculpation
plaint
summons
inquisition
beef
incrimination
bill of indictment
review
investigation
congress
council
more ❯
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