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81bicker — squabble, spat, tiff, quarrel, wrangle, altercate (see under QUARREL n) Analogous words: *contend, fight, battle, war …
82concur — 1 conjoin, *unite, combine, cooperate Analogous words: accord, harmonize, *agree, jibe 2 *agree, coincide Analogous words: consent, *assent, accede, acquiesce, agree Antonyms: contend: altercate …
83contend — 1 Contend, fight, battle, war come into comparison when they mean to strive in opposition to someone or something. Contend, the most general of these words, always implies a desire or an effort to overcome that which is opposed, but it may imply… …
84debate — n disputation, forensic, *argumentation, dialectic Analogous words: controversy, *argument, dispute: contention, dis sension (see DISCORD) debate vb dispute, argue, *discuss, agitate Analogous words: * …
85fight — vb 1 battle, war, *contend Analogous words: struggle, strive (see ATTEMPT): dispute, debate (see Discuss): wrangle, squabble, quarrel, altercate (see under QUARREL n) 2 *resist, withstand, contest, oppose, combat, conflict, antagonize fight n… …
86spat — n bickering, squabble, *quarrel, wrangle, altercation, tiff Analogous words: dispute, controversy, *argument: contention, difference, variance, *discord Contrasted words: agreement, concurrence, coincidence (see corresponding verbs at AGREE) spat …
87squabble — n *quarrel, wrangle, altercation, bickering, spat, tiff Analogous words: dispute, controversy, *argument: row, rumpus, scrap, *brawl, broil squabble vb quarrel, wrangle, altercate, bicker, spat, tiff (see under QUARREL n) Analogous words:… …
88tiff — n *quarrel, bickering, spat, squabble, wrangle, altercation Analogous words: scrap, rumpus, row, *brawl, broil: difference, variance, dissension, contention, *discord tiff vb spat, bicker, quarrel, squabble, wrangle, altercate (see under QUARREL… …
89wrangle — vb quarrel, altercate, squabble, bicker, spat, tiff (see under QUARREL n) Analogous words: argue, dispute, debate (see DISCUSS): fight, *contend Contrasted words: *agree, concur, coincide wrangle n *quarrel, altercation, squabble, bickering, spat …
90bicker — v 1. wrangle, argue, altercate, jangle, dispute; quarrel, have words, Inf. row, Inf. scrap, squabble, spat, tiff; conflict, clash, lock horns, fight, battle, spar, fence, cross swords; disagree, fall out, jar, be at loggerheads, be at variance,… …
