| 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: | 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 |
| Main Entry: | wrangle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fight, argue |
Synonyms: |
altercate, bicker, brawl, bump heads, contend, cross swords, disagree, dispute, fall out, hassle, have at it, have words, lock horns, pick a bone, put up a fight, quarrel, quibble, row, scrap, spat, squabble, take on, tangle, tiff |
| Notes: | to wangle means to gain by trickery; to wrangle means to argue or debate something angrily |
Antonyms: |
agree, give in |