Synonyms of the word

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.

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).

argument

• n. A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason.
• n. A verbal dispute; a quarrel.
• n. A process of reasoning.
• n. (philosophy, logic) A series of propositions organized so that the final proposition is a conclusion which…
• n. (mathematics) The independent variable of a function.
• n. (mathematics) The phase of a complex number.
• n. (programming) A value, or reference to a value, passed to a function.
• n. (programming) A parameter in a function definition; an actual parameter, as opposed to a formal parameter.
• n. (linguistics) Any of the phrases that bears a syntactic connection to the verb of a clause.
• n. (astronomy) The quantity on which another quantity in a table depends.
• n. The subject matter of a discourse, writing, or artistic representation; theme or topic; also, an abstract…
• n. Matter for question; business in hand.

argumentation

• n. Inference based on reasoning from given propositions.
• n. An exchange of arguments.

consider

• v. (transitive) To think about seriously.
• v. (transitive) To think of doing.
• v. (ditransitive) To assign some quality to.
• v. (transitive) To look at attentively.
• v. (transitive) To take up as an example.
• v. (transitive, parliamentary procedure) To debate or dispose of a motion.
• v. To have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect.

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.

converse

• v. (formal, intransitive) To talk; to engage in conversation.
• v. To keep company; to hold intimate intercourse; to commune; followed by with.
• v. (obsolete) To have knowledge of (a thing), from long intercourse or study.
• n. (now literary) Familiar discourse; free interchange of thoughts or views; conversation; chat.
• adj. Opposite; reversed in order or relation; reciprocal.
• n. The opposite or reverse.
• n. (logic) Of a proposition or theorem of the form: given that "If A is true, then B is true", then "If B…
• n. (semantics) One of a pair of terms that name or describe a relationship from opposite perspectives; converse…

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.

deliberate

• adj. Done on purpose; intentional.
• adj. Of a person, weighing facts and arguments with a view to a choice or decision; carefully considering the…
• adj. Formed with deliberation; well-advised; carefully considered; not sudden or rash.
• adj. Not hasty or sudden; slow.
• v. To consider carefully.

discourse

• n. (uncountable, archaic) Verbal exchange, conversation.
• n. (uncountable) Expression in words, either speech or writing.
• n. (countable) A formal lengthy exposition of some subject, either spoken or written.
• n. (countable) Any rational expression, reason.
• n. (social sciences, countable) An institutionalized way of thinking, a social boundary defining what can…
• n. (obsolete) Dealing; transaction.
• v. (intransitive) To engage in discussion or conversation; to converse.
• v. (intransitive) To write or speak formally and at length.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To debate.
• v. To exercise reason; to employ the mind in judging and inferring; to reason.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To produce or emit (musical sounds).

discuss

• v. (obsolete, transitive) To drive away, disperse, shake off; said especially of tumors.
• v. (transitive) To converse or debate concerning a particular topic.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To communicate, tell, or disclose (information, a message, etc.).
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To break to pieces; to shatter.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To deal with, in eating or drinking.
• v. (transitive, law) To examine or search thoroughly; to exhaust a remedy against, as against a principal…

discussion

• n. Conversation or debate concerning a particular topic.
• n. Text giving further detail on a subject.

disputation

• n. The act of disputing; a reasoning or argumentation in opposition to something, or on opposite sides; controversy…
• n. A rhetorical exercise in which parties reason in opposition to each other on some question proposed.

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.

give-and-take

• n. The settling of differences through compromise and mutual concessions.
• n. A lively exchange of conversation.

moot

• adj. (current in Britain, rare in the US) Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable,…
• adj. (Canada, US, chiefly law) Being an exercise of thought; academic.
• adj. (Canada, US) Having no practical impact or relevance.
• n. A moot court.
• n. A system of arbitration in many areas of Africa in which the primary goal is to settle a dispute and reintegrate…
• n. (Scouting) A gathering of Rovers, usually in the form of a camp lasting 2 weeks.
• n. (paganism) A social gathering of pagans, normally held in a public house.
• n. (historical) An assembly (usually for decision making in a locality).
• n. (shipbuilding) A ring for gauging wooden pins.
• v. To bring up as a subject for debate, to propose.
• v. To discuss or debate.
• v. (US) To make or declare irrelevant.
• v. To argue or plead in a supposed case.
• v. (regional, obsolete) To talk or speak.
• v. (Scotland, Northern England) To say, utter, also insinuate.
• n. (Scotland, Northern England) A whisper, or an insinuation, also gossip or rumors.
• n. (Scotland, Northern England, rural) Talk.
• n. (Australia) Vagina.

speaking

• adj. Used in speaking.
• adj. Expressive; eloquent.
• adj. Involving speaking.
• adj. Having the ability of speech.
• n. One's ability to communicate vocally in a given language.
• n. The act of communicating vocally.
• n. An oral recitation of e.g. a story.
• v. present participle of speak.

speechmaking

• n. The delivery of speeches.

word

• n. The smallest unit of language which has a particular meaning and can be expressed by itself; the smallest…
• n. Something which is like such a unit of language.
• n. The fact or act of speaking, as opposed to taking action.
• n. (now rare outside certain phrases) Something which has been said; a comment, utterance; speech.
• n. (obsolete outside certain phrases) A watchword or rallying cry, a verbal signal (even when consisting…
• n. (obsolete) A proverb or motto.
• n. News; tidings (used without an article).
• n. An order; a request or instruction; an expression of will.
• n. A promise; an oath or guarantee.
• n. A brief discussion or conversation.
• n. (in the plural) See words.
• n. (theology, sometimes Word) Communication from God; the message of the Christian gospel; the Bible, Scripture.
• n. (theology, sometimes Word) Logos, Christ.
• v. (transitive) To say or write (something) using particular words; to phrase (something).
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To flatter with words, to cajole.
• v. (transitive) To ply or overpower with words.
• v. (transitive, rare) To conjure with a word.
• v. (intransitive, archaic) To speak, to use words; to converse, to discourse.
• interj. (slang, African American Vernacular) Truth, indeed, that is the truth! The shortened form of the statement…
• interj. (slang, emphatic, stereotypically, African American Vernacular) An abbreviated form of word up; a statement…
• v. Alternative form of worth (to become).