Synonyms of the word

dispute

• n. An argument or disagreement, a failure to agree.
• n. Verbal controversy; contest by opposing argument or expression of opposing views or claims; controversial…
• v. (intransitive) To contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another.
• v. (transitive) To make a subject of disputation; to argue pro and con; to discuss.
• v. To oppose by argument or assertion; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call in question;…
• v. To strive or contend about; to contest.
• v. (obsolete) To struggle against; to resist.

altercate

• v. (transitive) To argue, quarrel or wrangle with someone.

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).

argufy

• v. to argue without any aim; to dispute; wrangle; to disagree.

challenge

• n. A confrontation; a dare.
• n. A difficult task, especially one that the person making the attempt finds more enjoyable because of that…
• n. (law) A procedure or action.
• n. (hunting) The opening and crying of hounds at first finding the scent of their game.
• v. To invite someone to take part in a competition.
• v. To dare someone.
• v. To dispute something.
• v. (law) To make a formal objection to a juror.
• v. (obsolete) To claim as due; to demand as a right.
• v. (obsolete) To censure; to blame.
• v. (military) To question or demand the countersign from (one who attempts to pass the lines).
• v. (US) To object to the reception of the vote of, e.g. on the ground that the person is not qualified as…
• v. (Canada, US) To take (a final exam) in order to get credit for a course without taking it.

conflict

• n. A clash or disagreement, often violent, between two opposing groups or individuals.
• n. An incompatibility, as of two things that cannot be simultaneously fulfilled.
• v. (intransitive, with ‘with’) To be at odds (with); to disagree or be incompatible.
• v. (intransitive, with ‘with’) To overlap (with), as in a schedule.

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.

contest

• n. (uncountable) Controversy; debate.
• n. (uncountable) Struggle for superiority; combat.
• n. (countable) A competition.
• v. (intransitive) To contend.
• v. (transitive) To call into question; to oppose.
• v. (transitive) To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend.
• v. (law) To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist, as a claim, by course…

contravention

• n. The act of contravening a rule, regulation, or law, or of not fulfilling an obligation, promise, or agreement.

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.

difference

• n. (uncountable) The quality of being different.
• n. (countable) A characteristic of something that makes it different from something else.
• n. (countable) A disagreement or argument.
• n. (countable, uncountable) Significant change in or effect on a situation or state.
• n. (countable) The result of a subtraction; sometimes the absolute value of this result.
• n. (obsolete) Choice; preference.
• n. (heraldry) An addition to a coat of arms to distinguish two people's bearings which would otherwise be…
• n. (logic) The quality or attribute which is added to those of the genus to constitute a species; a differentia.
• v. (transitive) To distinguish or differentiate.

disagreement

• n. An argument or debate.
• n. A condition of not agreeing or concurring.

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.

gainsay

• v. To contradict; to withsay; to deny, refute; to controvert; to dispute; to forbid.

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.

repugn

• v. (archaic) To oppose or resist.

resistance

• n. The act of resisting, or the capacity to resist.
• n. (physics) A force that tends to oppose motion.
• n. (physics) Shortened form of electrical resistance.
• n. An underground organisation engaged in a struggle for liberation from forceful occupation; a resistance…

scrap

• n. A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.
• n. (usually in the plural) Leftover food.
• n. Discarded objects (especially metal) that may be dismantled to recover their constituent materials, junk.
• n. (ethnic slur, offensive) A Hispanic criminal, especially a Mexican or one affiliated to the Norte gang.
• n. The crisp substance that remains after drying out animal fat.
• v. (transitive) To discard.
• v. (transitive, of a project or plan) To stop working on indefinitely.
• v. (intransitive) To scrapbook; to create scrapbooks.
• v. (transitive) To dispose of at a scrapyard.
• v. (transitive) To make into scrap.
• n. A fight, tussle, skirmish.
• v. to fight.