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controversy

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Main Entry: controversy
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: debate, dispute

Synonyms:

altercation, argument, beef, bickering, brush, contention, difference, discussion, disputation, dissention, embroilment, falling-out, flak, fuss, hurrah, miff, polemic, quarrel, row, rumpus, scene, scrap, squabble, strife, tiff, words, wrangle, wrangling

Antonyms:

accord, agreement, forbearance, harmony, peace, quiet
Main Entry: altercation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: fight, often verbal

Synonyms:

argument, beef, bickering, blowup, bone of contention, brawl*, brush*, combat, contest, controversy, dispute, embroilment, flap, fracas*, fuss, go*, hassle, quarrel, row, rumble*, run-in, set-to, squabbling, tiff, words, wrangle

Antonyms:

agreement, concord, harmony, peace, union, unity
Main Entry: argument
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: verbal fight

Synonyms:

altercation, beef, bickering, blowup, bone, bone of contention, bone to pick, brannigan, brawl, brush, clash, controversy, crusher, debate, difference of opinion, disagreement, dispute, donnybrook, dustup, exchange, face-off, falling, feud, finisher, flap, fuss, gin, go*, hassle, knock down and drag out, knockdown, out, quarrel, rhubarb, romp, row, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, run-in, scene, scrap, set-to, shindy, spat, squabble, static*, stew, talking heads, tiff, words, wrangle
Main Entry: battle
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: struggle

Synonyms:

agitation, campaign, clash, conflict, contest, controversy, crusade, debate, disagreement, dispute, strife
Main Entry: cause célèbre
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: controversial issue

Synonyms:

bone of contention, celebrated case, controversy, debate, grist for the gossip mill, hot potato, moot point, political football, scandal, war of words
Main Entry: competition
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: contest

Synonyms:

antagonism, athletic event, bout, candidacy, championship, clash, concours, contention, controversy, counteraction, do or die, dog eat dog, emulation, encounter, engagement, event, fight, game, go for it, go for the gold, horse race, jungle*, match, matchup, meeting, one on one, one-upping, opposition, pairing off, puzzle, quiz, race, racing, rat race, rivalry, run, sport, strife, striving, struggle, tilt, tournament, trial, tug-of-war, warfare
Notes: competition refers to an abstract quality, whereas competitiveness implies a practical activity whose manifestation can be observed
Main Entry: contention
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: competition

Synonyms:

altercation, argument, battle, beef, belligerency, bone of contention, bone to pick, combat, conflict, contest, controversy, difference, disaccord, discord, dispute, dissension, dissent, dissidence, disunity, enmity, feuding, fight, flak, hassle, hostility, quarrel, rivalry, run-in, scene, scrap, set-to, squabble, static, strife, struggle, variance, war, wrangle, wrangling

Antonyms:

affection, consideration, friendliness, friendship, good will, kindness, sympathy
Main Entry: contest
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: fight, struggle

Synonyms:

action, affray, altercation, battle, battle royal, beef, brawl, brush, combat, conflict, controversy, debate, discord, dispute, emulation, encounter, engagement, fray, go*, hassle, rivalry, row, rumble*, run-in, scrap, set-to, shock, skirmish, static, strife, striving, tug-of-war, warfare, wrangle

Antonyms:

agreement, calm, peace, quiet, stillness, tranquility
Main Entry: debate
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: discussion of issues; consideration

Synonyms:

agitation, altercation, argument, argumentation, blah-blah, cogitation, contention, contest, controversy, controverting, deliberation, dialectic, disputation, dispute, forensic, hassle, match, meditation, mooting, polemic, rebutting, reflection, refuting, tiff, words, wrangle

Antonyms:

agreement
Main Entry: difference
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: opposing views

Synonyms:

argument, beef, blowup, bone to pick, brannigan, brawl, brush*, brush-off, catamaran, clash, conflict, contention, contrariety, contretemps, controversy, debate, disaccord, disagreement, discord, discordance, dispute, dissension, dissent, dissidence, disunity, dustup, estrangement, hassle, quarrel, row*, run-in, scrap*, set-to, spat, strife, tiff, variance, words, wrangle

Antonyms:

agreement, assent, concurrence, consent
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