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Exact Match:

contend

maintain or assert; "He contended that Communism had no future"

be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight; "the tribesmen fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting"; "Militant groups are contending for control of the country"

Synonyms:

• affirm,
• agonize,
• allege,
• announce,
• annunciate,
• antagonize,
• argue,
• argufy,
• assert,
• assever,
• asseverate,
• aver,
• avouch,
• avow,
• bandy words,
• battle,
• beat against,
• beat up against,
• bicker,
• bicker over,
• box,
• brawl,
• breast the wave,
• broil,
• brook no denial,
• buck,
• buffet,
• buffet the waves,
• bump heads,
• cavil,
• charge,
• choplogic,
• claim,
• clash,
• close,
• close with,
• collide,
• combat,
• come to blows,
• compete with,
• confront,
• contend about,
• contend against,
• contest,
• contrapose,
• contraposit,
• contrast,
• cope with,
• counteract,
• cross swords,
• cut and thrust,
• declare,
• defend,
• dictate,
• discept,
• dispute,
• duel,
• encounter,
• enjoin,
• enunciate,
• exchange blows,
• express,
• face,
• fence,
• feud,
• fight,
• fight a duel,
• fight against,
• fight over,
• front,
• give and take,
• give satisfaction,
• grapple,
• grapple with,
• grunt and sweat,
• hassle,
• have,
• have it out,
• hold,
• huff and puff,
• insist,
• insist on,
• insist upon,
• issue a manifesto,
• join battle with,
• join issue,
• jostle,
• joust,
• justify,
• labor against,
• lay down,
• lie opposite,
• lock horns,
• logomachize,
• maintain,
• manifesto,
• match,
• meet,
• meet head-on,
• militate against,
• mix it up,
• moot,
• offer resistance,
• oppose,
• oppugn,
• persist,
• pettifog,
• plead,
• polarize,
• polemicize,
• polemize,
• pose against,
• predicate,
• prescribe,
• press,
• proclaim,
• profess,
• pronounce,
• protest,
• put,
• put in opposition,
• put it,
• quarrel,
• quarrel over,
• quibble,
• rassle,
• reluct,
• reluctate,
• report,
• resist,
• riot,
• rival,
• run a tilt,
• say,
• scramble,
• scuffle,
• set down,
• set over against,
• skirmish,
• spar,
• speak,
• speak out,
• speak up,
• squabble over,
• stand,
• stand for,
• stand on,
• stand opposed,
• stand opposite,
• state,
• stem the tide,
• stick to,
• strive,
• strive against,
• struggle,
• struggle against,
• submit,
• subtend,
• take issue with,
• take no denial,
• take on,
• take sides,
• tell,
• thrash out,
• thrust and parry,
• tilt,
• tourney,
• try conclusions,
• tug,
• tussle,
• urge,
• vie,
• vie with,
• vindicate,
• wage war,
• war,
• warrant,
• withstand,
• wrangle,
• wrangle over,
• wrestle