| Main Entry: | canvass |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | poll; discuss issues |
Synonyms: |
agitate, analyze, apply, argue, campaign, check, check over, consult, debate, dispute, electioneer, examine, inspect, investigate, review, run, scan, scrutinize, sift, solicit, study, survey, ventilate |
| Notes: | canvas is the noun (fabric etc.) and canvass is generally a verb (to solicit, question) - though a canvass can be an examination of pros and cons |
| Main Entry: | argue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discuss |
Synonyms: |
agitate, canvass, clarify, debate, dispute, expostulate, hold, maintain, question, reason, remonstrate, talk about |
Antonyms: |
abstain, keep quiet, keep silent |
| Main Entry: | ask |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | question |
Synonyms: |
buzz*, canvass, catechize, challenge, cross-examine, demand, direct, enjoin, examine, give the third degree, go over, grill, hit*, hunt for, inquire, institute, interrogate, investigate, needle, pick one's brains, pop the question, pry into, pump, put the screws to, put through the wringer, query, quiz, request, roast, sweat* |
Antonyms: |
answer, claim, command, insist, reply, repudiate, tell |
| Main Entry: | beg |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | request |
Synonyms: |
abjure, advocate, apply to, ask, beseech, besiege, call to, canvass, conjure, crave, desire, entreat, impetrate, implore, importune, invoke, nag, obsecrate, obtest, petition, plead, pray, press, requisition, solicit, sue, supplicate, urge, woo, worry |
Antonyms: |
answer |
| Main Entry: | campaign |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attempt to win political election |
Synonyms: |
agitate, barnstorm, canvass, contend for, contest, crusade, electioneer, go to grass roots, hit the trail, lobby, mend fences, muckrake, mudsling, politick, press the flesh, ring doorbells, run, run for, shake hands and kiss babies, solicit votes, stand for, stump, tour, whistle-stop |
| Main Entry: | case |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | check something in detail |
Synonyms: |
canvass, check out, check over, check up, examine, inspect, scrutinize, study, view |
| 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: | discuss |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk over with another |
Synonyms: |
altercate, argue, bounce off, canvass, compare notes, confabulate, confer, consider, consult with, contend, contest, converse, debate, deliberate, descant, discept, discourse about, dispute, dissert, dissertate, examine, exchange views on, explain, figure, get together, go into, groupthink, hash over, hold forth, jaw, kick about, knock around, moot, put heads together, reason about, review, sift, take up, thrash out, toss around, ventilate, weigh |
Antonyms: |
be quiet |
| Main Entry: | discussion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | talk with another |
Synonyms: |
altercation, analysis, argument, argumentation, canvass, colloquy, confabulation, conference, consideration, consultation, contention, controversy, conversation, debate, deliberation, dialogue, discourse, disputation, dispute, dissertation, examination, exchange, excursus, groupthink, huddle, interview, meet, meeting, powwow, quarrel, review, scrutiny, symposium, ventilation, wrangling |
Antonyms: |
quiet, silence |
| Main Entry: | dispute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | argue |
Synonyms: |
agitate, altercate, bicker, brawl, bump heads, canvass, challenge, clash, confute, contend, contest, contradict, controvert, debate, deny, disaffirm, discept, discuss, disprove, doubt, gainsay, hassle, have at, impugn, jump on one's case, kick around, lock horns, moot, negate, pick a bone, quarrel, question, quibble, rebut, refute, squabble, take on, thrash out, toss around, wrangle |
Antonyms: |
agree, give in, go along |