Synonyms of the word

bicker

• v. To quarrel in a tiresome, insulting manner.
• v. To move tremulously, quiver, shimmer (of a water stream, of a flame).
• v. To skirmish; to exchange blows; to fight.
• n. A skirmish; an encounter.
• n. (Scotland, obsolete) A fight with stones between two parties of boys.
• n. A wrangle; also, a noise, as in angry contention.
• n. (Scotland) A wooden drinking-cup or other dish.

argue

• v. (obsolete) To prove.
• v. To show grounds for concluding (that); to indicate, imply.
• v. (intransitive) To debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints.
• v. (intransitive) To have an argument, a quarrel.
• v. (transitive) To present (a viewpoint or an argument therefor).

bickering

• n. Petty quarreling. Usually considered a childish behaviour, although often applied to adults.
• v. present participle of bicker.

brabble

• v. (obsolete) To clamour; to contest noisily.
• v. To babble (of a stream or other watercourse).
• n. (obsolete) A broil; a noisy contest; a wrangle.

contend

• v. To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.
• v. To struggle or exert oneself to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend.
• v. To strive in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue.

debate

• n. (obsolete) Strife, discord.
• n. An argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting, often with more than two people,…
• n. An informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views.
• n. (uncountable) Discussion of opposing views.
• n. (Frequently in French form débat) A type of literary composition, taking the form of a discussion or disputation,…
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To participate in a debate; to dispute, argue, especially in a public arena.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To fight.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To engage in combat for; to strive for.
• v. (transitive) To consider (to oneself), to think over, to attempt to decide.

dustup

• n. (informal) A scuffle or fight.
• n. (informal, by extension) An argument or dispute.

fence

• n. A thin, human-constructed barrier which separates two pieces of land or a house perimeter.
• n. Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods,…
• n. Skill in oral debate.
• n. The art or practice of fencing.
• n. A guard or guide on machinery.
• n. (figuratively) A barrier, for example an emotional barrier.
• n. (computing, programming) A memory barrier.
• v. (transitive) To enclose, contain or separate by building fence.
• v. (transitive) To defend or guard.
• v. (transitive) To engage in the selling or buying of stolen goods.
• v. (intransitive, sports) To engage in (the sport) fencing.
• v. (intransitive, equestrianism) To jump over a fence.

fuss

• n. (countable or uncountable) Excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something.
• n. A complaint or noise; a scene.
• n. An exhibition of affection or admiration.
• v. (intransitive) To be very worried or excited about something, often too much.
• v. (intransitive) To fiddle; fidget; wiggle, or adjust; to worry about something.
• v. (intransitive, especially of babies) To cry or be ill-humoured.
• v. (intransitive, with over) To show affection for, especially animals.
• v. (transitive) To pet.

niggle

• n. A minor complaint or problem.
• n. (obsolete) Small, cramped handwriting.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To trifle with; to deceive; to mock.
• v. (transitive) To use, spend, or do in a petty or trifling manner.
• v. (intransitive) To dwell too much on minor points or on trifling details.
• v. (intransitive, chiefly Britain) To fidget, fiddle, be restless.

pettifog

• v. To quibble over trivial matters; nitpick.
• v. To do a petty business as a lawyer, or carry out law business in a petty or tricky way.

pettifoggery

• n. The actions of a pettifogger; a trivial quarrel.

quarrel

• n. A verbal dispute or heated argument.
• n. A ground of dispute or objection; a complaint.
• n. (obsolete) earnest desire or longing.
• v. (intransitive) To disagree.
• v. (intransitive) To contend, argue fiercely, squabble.
• v. (intransitive) To find fault; to cavil.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To argue or squabble with.
• n. A diamond-shaped piece of coloured glass forming part of a stained glass window.
• n. A square tile; quarry tile.
• n. A square-headed arrow for a crossbow.
• n. A small opening in window tracery, of which the cusps etc. make the form nearly square.
• n. A four-sided cutting tool or chisel with a diamond-shaped end.

quibble

• n. A trivial or minor complaint, objection or argument.
• n. A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; a cavil.
• n. (obsolete) A pun.
• v. (intransitive) To complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner.

row

• n. A line of objects, often regularly spaced, such as seats in a theatre, vegetable plants in a garden etc.
• n. A line of entries in a table, etc., going from left to right, as opposed to a column going from top to…
• n. (weightlifting) An exercise performed with a pulling motion of the arms towards the back.
• v. (transitive or intransitive, nautical) To propel (a boat or other craft) over water using oars.
• v. (transitive) To transport in a boat propelled with oars.
• v. (intransitive) To be moved by oars.
• n. A noisy argument.
• n. A continual loud noise.
• v. (intransitive) to argue noisily.

run-in

• n. An encounter; a scrape or brush, especially one involving trouble or difficulty.
• n. end-phase of a competition.

spat

• v. simple past tense and past participle of spit.
• n. The spawn of shellfish, especially oysters and similar molluscs.
• n. A juvenile shellfish which has attached to a hard surface.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To spawn. Used of shellfish as above.
• n. A covering or decorative covering worn over a shoe.
• n. (automotive) (UK, Australia) A piece of bodywork that covers the upper portions of the rear tyres of a…
• n. a brief argument, falling out, quarrel.
• v. to quarrel or argue briefly.
• n. A light blow with something flat.
• v. (transitive and intransitive) To strike with a spattering sound.
• v. (US, dialect) To slap, as with the open hand; to clap together, as the hands.
• n. An obsolete unit of distance in astronomy (symbol S), equal to one billion kilometres.

squabble

• n. A minor fight or argument as between children, for example.
• v. (intransitive) To participate in a minor fight or argument.
• v. (transitive, printing) To disarrange, so that the letters or lines stand awry and require readjustment.

tiff

• n. A small argument; a petty quarrel.
• n. Liquor; especially, a small draught of liquor.
• v. (intransitive) To quarrel.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To deck out; to dress.

words

• n. plural of word.
• n. Angry debate or conversation; argument.
• n. Lines in a script for a performance.
• v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of word.

wrangle

• v. (intransitive) To bicker, or quarrel angrily and noisily.
• v. (transitive) To herd (horses or other livestock); (humorously) to supervise, manage (people).
• v. (transitive) To involve in a quarrel or dispute; to embroil.
• v. Misspelling of wangle.
• n. An act of wrangling.
• n. An angry dispute.