| Main Entry: | spat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dispute, quarrel |
Synonyms: |
altercation, argument, beef, bickering, brouhaha, conflict, difference of opinion, disagreement, discord, dissension, embroilment, falling-out, feud, flare-up, fracas, friction, fuss, hubbub, miff, misunderstanding, row, rumpus, run-in, squabble, strife, tiff, words |
| 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: | bicker |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | nastily argue |
Synonyms: |
altercate, brawl, caterwaul, cause a scene, cavil, dig, disagree, dispute, fall out, fight, hassle, pick at, quarrel, quibble, row, scrap, scrape, spar, spat, squabble, tiff, trade zingers, wrangle |
| Notes: | to bicker is to quarrel and to dicker is to haggle or bargain |
Antonyms: |
agree, concede, discuss |
| Main Entry: | brawl |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fight nastily |
Synonyms: |
altercate, argue, battle, bicker, buck*, caterwaul, dispute, kick up a row, quarrel, raise Cain, roughhouse, row, rumble*, scrap, scuffle, spat, squabble, tussle, wrangle, wrestle |
Antonyms: |
make peace |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | disagree |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | argue; hold differing opinion |
Synonyms: |
altercate, battle, bicker, brawl, break with, bring action, clash, contend, contest, controversialize, controvert, debate, differ, disaccord, discept, discord, dispute, dissent, divide, fall out, feud, fight, go for the jugular, haggle, have words, jump on, lay into, let have it, logomachize, object, oppose, palter, quarrel, quibble, rip, row, scrap, set to, skirmish, spar, spat, sue, take issue, take on, war, wrangle, zap |
Antonyms: |
accept, acquiesce, agree, concur, consent |
| Main Entry: | disagreement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dispute, quarrel |
Synonyms: |
altercation, animosity, antagonism, argument, atmospherics, bickering, breach, break, clash, clashing, conflict, contention, contest, controversy, cross-purposes, debate, difference, discord, dissent, dissidence, disunion, disunity, division, divisiveness, falling out, feud, fight, friction, hassle, hostility, ill feeling, ill will, jarring, misunderstanding, opposition, rupture, spat, split, squabble, strife, tension, variance, vendetta, words, wrangle |
Antonyms: |
acquiescence, agreement, harmony, peace |
| Main Entry: | dissent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disagreement, disapproval |
Synonyms: |
bone of contention, bone to pick, bone, clinker, conflict, contention, denial, difference, disaccord, discord, dissension, dissidence, disunity, far cry, flak, hassle, heresy, heterodoxy, misbelief, nonagreement, nonconcurrence, nonconformism, nonconformity, nope, objection, opposition, poles apart, protest, refusal, resistance, schism, sour note, spat, split, strife, unorthodoxy, variance |
Antonyms: |
agreement, approval, authorization, concurrence, endorsement, ratification, sanction |
| Main Entry: | falling-out |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | quarrel or altercation |
Synonyms: |
altercation, argument, bicker, brawl, clash, contention, disagreement, dispute, exchange, feud, fight, fracas, friction, fuss, misunderstanding, quarrel, row, run-in, sharp words, snarl, spat, squabble, strife, tiff |
| Main Entry: | fighting |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | battle, encounter |
Synonyms: |
argument, battle royal, beef, bloodshed, blowup, bout, brannigan, brawling, brush, combat, conflict, contention, dispute, donnybrook, exchange, flap, fracas, free-for-all, go, hassle, hell broke loose, hostility, joust, match, melee, mix, punch out, riot, roughhouse, row, rowdy, rumble, rumpus, run-in, scramble, scrap*, scrimmage, scuffle, set-to, spat, strife, struggle, tiff, war, warfare, words, wrangle |
Antonyms: |
ceasefire, peace, surrender |