What is another word for challenge?
Synonyms for challenge
ˈtʃæl ɪndʒchal·lenge
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Princeton's WordNet
challengenoun
a demanding or stimulating situation
"they reacted irrationally to the challenge of Russian power"
challengenoun
a call to engage in a contest or fight
challengenoun
questioning a statement and demanding an explanation
"his challenge of the assumption that Japan is still our enemy"
challengenoun
a formal objection to the selection of a particular person as a juror
challengeverb
a demand by a sentry for a password or identification
challenge, dispute, gainsayverb
take exception to
"She challenged his claims"
Synonyms:
altercate, take exception, gainsay, quarrel, dispute, scrap, argufychallengeverb
issue a challenge to
"Fischer challenged Spassky to a match"
Synonyms:
gainsay, take exception, disputechallengeverb
ask for identification
"The illegal immigrant was challenged by the border guard"
Synonyms:
gainsay, take exception, disputechallenge, take exceptionverb
raise a formal objection in a court of law
Synonyms:
gainsay, take exception, dispute
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
challengeverb
Synonyms:
defy, dare, brave, invite to trial, call to combat, call to answerchallengeverb
challengeverb
Synonyms:
(Law.) object to, take exceptions tochallengenoun
Synonyms:
defiance, summons to trial, call to combat, call to answerchallengenoun
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "challenge":
challenges, problem, defiance, défi, gauntlet, difficulty, defy, contest, reto, task, provocation, recusal, challenging, difficult, issue, difficulties, obstacle, contestation, disqualification
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#553 | problem | |
#592 | question | |
#604 | issue | |
#1928 | difficult | |
#2035 | task | |
#2185 | challenge | |
#3419 | challenges | |
#3575 | contest | |
#5311 | difficulty | |
#5676 | dispute | |
#5975 | difficulties | |
#6166 | investigate | |
#6722 | challenging | |
#8413 | dare | |
#9772 | brave | |
#12034 | scrap | |
#16523 | obstacle | |
#20514 | defiance | |
#27052 | gauntlet | |
#29505 | summon | |
#29907 | defy | |
#30227 | disqualification | |
#36034 | quarrel | |
#39860 | provocation | |
#50593 | canvass | |
#65545 | defi | |
#94648 | reto | |
#113763 | recusal | |
#123126 | contestation | |
#214744 | gainsay |
How to use challenge in a sentence?
Delegates from our political alliance will challenge the results, we will not allow a distortion of the popular will.
House Democrats defied history on a record of creating jobs, keeping families safe, investing in America, defending women’s freedom and the integrity of our democracy, voters rejected MAGA extremism and now House Republicans are in a state of disarray. With a razor-thin majority, Kevin McCarthy is being forced to kneel to extremism in a GOP conference that wants to ban abortion, challenge elections, hawk conspiracy theories that make us all less safe and sow even more hate and division in America.
These missiles do not even fall within the purview of 2231 and they are not illegal, iran will never use any means to attack any country, including our missiles. These are only for our defense. I challenge those who are complaining about Iran's missile program ... to make the same statement.
We're telling people [ two shots ] is what Anthony Fauci should do... and then we say,' Oops, we changed our mind' ? i think that would be a messaging challenge, to say the least.
All these steps are in the right direction, but the challenge is big and complex, and more needs to be done to even turn the corner.
Translations for challenge
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- التحدي, تحديArabic
- поканвам, предизвикателство, повиквам, оспорвам, възразявам, предизвиквам, предизвикване, отричамBulgarian
- desafiar, desafiu, desafiamentCatalan, Valencian
- vyzvat, výzvaCzech
- udfordreDanish
- herausfordern, HerausforderungGerman
- πρόκλησηGreek
- defiiEsperanto
- desafiar, desafío, reto, retarSpanish
- چالشPersian
- haaste, esteellisyysperuste, jääviFinnish
- défier, défi, challengeFrench
- dúshlánIrish
- dùbhlanScottish Gaelic
- desafío, desafiar, reto, retarGalician
- אתגרHebrew
- kihívásHungarian
- tantanganIndonesian
- sfidaItalian
- אתגרHebrew
- 挑戦, チャレンジJapanese
- ಸವಾಲುKannada
- 도전Korean
- prōvocō, challengeLatin
- төвөгтэй асуудалMongolian
- tarten, betwisten, uitdaging, wraken, uitdagenDutch
- utfordringNorwegian
- wyzwać, ośmielić, wyzwanie, zakwestionowaćPolish
- desafio, desafiarPortuguese
- provoca, provocareRomanian
- вызов, [[сложный, челлендж, испытание, [[трудный, вызыватьRussian
- izazovSerbo-Croatian
- utmana, ifrågasätta, utmaning, jävSwedish
- changa motoSwahili
- சவால்Tamil
- ఛాలెంజ్Telugu
- meydan okumaTurkish
- thử tháchVietnamese
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