| Main Entry: | bandy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | verbal exchange |
Synonyms: |
banter, barter, carriage, cart, discuss, exchange, spar, swap, toss, trade |
| Main Entry: | argue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | verbally fight |
Synonyms: |
altercate, bandy, battle, bicker, break with, buck, bump heads, contend, cross, cross swords, disagree, dispute, face down, face off, feud, gang up on, get in one's face, go one on one, hammer, hammer away, hash, hash over, hassle, have at each other, have at it, jump, jump on, knock around, lock horns, mix it up, pettifog, pick an argument, put up a fight, put up a struggle, quarrel, quibble, rehash, row, sass, set to, sock it to, squabble, stick it to, talk back, wrangle |
Antonyms: |
agree, harmonize, ignore, overlook |
| Main Entry: | compete |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go up against in contest |
Synonyms: |
attempt, bandy, battle, be in the running, bid, challenge, clash, collide, contend, contest, cope with, emulate, encounter, essay, face, fence, fight, go after, go for broke, go for the gold, go for, grapple, in the hunt, jockey for position, joust, lock horns, match strength, match wits, oppose, participate in, pit oneself against, play, rival, run for, scramble for, seek prize, spar, strive, struggle, take on, take part, tilt, try, tussle, vie, wrestle |
| Main Entry: | debate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | argue, discuss |
Synonyms: |
agitate, altercate, answer, bandy, bicker, bump heads, canvass, chew the fat, cogitate, confab, confute, consider, contend, contest, controvert, cross swords, deliberate, demonstrate, differ, discept, disprove, dispute, hammer away at, hash over, hassle, have at it, kick around, knock around, lock horns, moot, oppose, pettifog, pick a bone, prove, put up argument, question, reason, rebut, refute, rehash, set to, talk back, talk game, thrash out, toss around, wrangle |
Antonyms: |
agree, go along |
| Main Entry: | exchange |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | trade |
Synonyms: |
alternate, bandy, bargain, barter, buy and sell, cash in, castle, change, change hands, commute, contact with, convert into, correspond, deal in, displace, flip-flop, give and take, go over to, hook up, horse trade, interchange, invert, link up, market, network, pass to, pay back, rearrange, reciprocate, replace, return the compliment, reverse, revise, seesaw, shift, shuffle, shuttle, substitute, swap, swap horses, switch, traffic, transact, transfer, transpose, truck, turn the tables |
Antonyms: |
hold, keep |
| Main Entry: | interchange |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | switch, exchange |
Synonyms: |
alternate, bandy, barter, commute, connect, contact, convert, interact, interface, mesh, network, reciprocate, relate, reverse, substitute, swap, trade, transpose |
| Main Entry: | rotate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | alternate |
Synonyms: |
bandy, ensue, exchange, follow, follow in sequence, interchange, relieve, spell, succeed, switch, take turns |
| Notes: | revolve and rotate are synonyms in everyday writing, but not in scientific/technical writing: the Earth revolves around the Sun and rotates upon its axis |
Antonyms: |
stay |
| Main Entry: | swap/swop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exchange |
Synonyms: |
bandy, bargain, barter, change, interchange, substitute, switch, trade, traffic, truck |
Antonyms: |
keep, maintain |
| Main Entry: | throw |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | propel something through the air |
Synonyms: |
bandy, barrage, bombard, buck, bunt, butt, cant, cast, catapult, chuck, dash, deliver, discharge, dislodge, drive, fell, fire, flick, fling, fling off, flip, floor, force, heave, hurl, impel, lapidate, launch, let fly, let go, lift, lob, overturn, overwhelm, peg, pellet, pelt, pepper, pitch, precipitate, project, push, put, scatter, send, shove, shower, shy, sling, splatter, spray, sprinkle, start, stone, strew, thrust, toss, tumble, unhorse, unseat, upset, volley, waft |
Antonyms: |
catch, receive |
| Main Entry: | swap |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exchange |
Synonyms: |
bandy, bargain, barter, change, interchange, substitute, switch, swop, trade, traffic, truck |
Antonyms: |
keep, maintain |