| Main Entry: | contend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compete, fight |
Synonyms: |
argue, battle, clash, confront, contest, controvert, cope, dispute, emulate, encounter, face, give all one's got, give one's all, go after, go for, go for broke, go for it, go for jugular, grapple, have at, jockey for position, jostle, knock oneself out, litigate, lock horns, make play for, meet, mix it up with, oppose, oppugn, push, push for, resist, rival, scramble for, shoot at, shoot for, skirmish, stand, strive, struggle, tangle with, tug, vie, withstand |
Antonyms: |
abandon, desert, give up, leave, retreat |
| Main Entry: | contest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | argue, challenge |
Synonyms: |
blast, call in question, debate, dispute, doubt, give it one's all, go for it, go for jugular, jockey for position, jump on, litigate, mix it up with, object to, oppose, push, question, scramble for, shoot for, stand up for, tangle |
Antonyms: |
agree, allow, give up, resign |
| Main Entry: | doctor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adulterate, pervert |
Synonyms: |
add to, alter, change, cut, deacon, debase, dilute, disguise, dope up, falsify, fudge, gloss, load, misrepresent, mix with, sophisticate, spike*, tamper with, water down, weight |
| Notes: | the word doctor is derived from Latin doctus 'having been taught; learned' (from docere 'to teach'); physician comes from Latin physica 'natural science; physics' |
Antonyms: |
clean, purify |
| Main Entry: | fraternize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | associate with |
Synonyms: |
be friendly, be sociable with, club together, consort with, fall in with, go around with, hang out with, hobnob, keep company with, make friends, mingle with, mix with, rub elbows with, rub shoulders with, run with, socialize with |
Antonyms: |
disagree, ignore |
| Main Entry: | object |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disagree, argue against |
Synonyms: |
balk, be displeased, challenge, complain, crab, criticize, cross, demur, deprecate, disapprove, disavow, discommend, discountenance, disesteem, dispute, dissent, except, expostulate, frown, go-one-on-one, gripe, grouse, inveigh, kick*, make a stink, mix it up with, oppose, protest, rail, raise objection, rant, rave, remonstrate, sound off, spurn, squawk, storm, take exception, take on, tangle* |
Antonyms: |
accept, agree, concur, consent, go along |
| Main Entry: | duke it out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fight with |
Synonyms: |
battle, bump heads, cross swords with, do battle, fight, fight it out, fight to the finish, give no quarter, lock horns, mix it up with, struggle with, tangle with, wrestle with |
| Main Entry: | rub elbows with |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mingle with |
Synonyms: |
interact, mix with, rub shoulders with, socialize |