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Synonyms for argue
ˈɑr gyuar·gue

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English Synonyms and Antonyms3.8 / 4 votes

  1. argue

    To plead for one is to employ argument or persuasion, or both in his behalf, usually with earnestness or importunity; similarly one may be said to plead for himself or for a cause, etc., or with direct object, to plead a case; in legal usage, pleading is argumentative, but in popular usage, pleading always implies some appeal to the feelings. One argues a case solely on rational grounds and supposably with fair consideration of both sides; he advocates one side for the purpose of carrying it, and under the influence of motives that may range all the way from cold self-interest to the highest and noblest impulses; he pleads a cause, or pleads for a person with still more intense feeling. Beseech, entreat, and implore imply impassioned earnestness, with direct and tender appeal to personal considerations. Press and urge imply more determined or perhaps authoritative insistence. Solicit is a weak word denoting merely an attempt to secure one's consent or cooperation, sometimes by sordid or corrupt motives.

    Synonyms:
    advocate, ask, beg, beseech, entreat, implore, plead, press, solicit, urge

    Preposition:
    Plead with the tyrant for the captive; plead against the oppression or the oppressor; plead to the indictment; at the bar; before the court; in open court.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms5.0 / 1 vote

  1. argue

    Synonyms:
    discuss, debate, prove, question, evidence, establish, imply, sift, dispute, persuade, controvert, contend, demonstrate, reason

    Antonyms:
    dictate, assert, propound, command

Princeton's WordNet3.8 / 5 votes

  1. argue, reasonverb

    present reasons and arguments

    Synonyms:
    reason out, indicate, debate, reason, conclude, fence, contend

  2. argue, contend, debate, fenceverb

    have an argument about something

    Synonyms:
    fence, fight, palisade, make do, indicate, consider, turn over, vie, deliberate, deal, postulate, manage, compete, struggle, debate, wall, repugn, grapple, reason, surround, contend, cope, make out, moot, fence in, get by, contest

  3. argue, indicateverb

    give evidence of

    "The evidence argues for your claim"; "The results indicate the need for more work"

    Synonyms:
    suggest, designate, indicate, fence, show, debate, reason, signal, point, betoken, bespeak, contend

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Dictionary of English Synonymes5.0 / 2 votes

  1. argueverb

    Synonyms:
    reason, plead, offer reasons, use arguments

  2. argueverb

    Synonyms:
    dispute, debate, chop logic, try conclusions, bandy words or arguments, hold or carry on an argument

  3. argueverb

    Synonyms:
    show, indicate, evince, denote, imply, betoken, prove

  4. argueverb

    Synonyms:
    debate, discuss, VENTILATE, sift, contest, controvert, moot, reason upon

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. argueverb

    Synonyms:
    reason, plead, remonstrate, expostulate, contend, dispute, controvert, moot, discuss, prove, evince, betoken, indicate, imply, denote

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "argue":

    contend, allege, claim, assert, plead, discuss, say, support, affirm

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#268show
#422press
#438point
#496say
#592question
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#1246reason
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#3159indicate
#3284debate
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#4615demonstrate
#5676dispute
#5905struggle
#6554compete
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#7451advocate
#8175fence
#8297surround
#8648conclude
#9811urge
#9848cope
#10787imply
#13093assert
#13120designate
#14968beg
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#15634deliberate
#17882persuade
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#20325contend
#21425solicit
#24551plead
#26576moot
#33817sift
#34397allege
#38502grapple
#48394postulate
#53000beseech
#54452palisade
#71598implore
#83495entreat
#187481bespeak
#269524controvert

How to use argue in a sentence?

  1. Brad McMillan:

    There are very legitimate reasons for concerns, you could argue the market response has been very rational.

  2. Chris Cooper:

    Clearly [Hines]wants to capitalize on the vein that Cawthorn has created and to argue that the Republican Party can be the party of young people, the difference, of course, is that Madison Cawthorn ran in open seat election. ...Hines is running against an entrenched incumbent.

  3. Ben Simon:

    ( Sleep loss) radically alters how we are as social, emotional beings, which you could argue is the very essence of human interaction and what it means to live a fulfilling, meaningful human existence.

  4. Audrey Benoualid:

    Major labels would undoubtedly, and have already begun to, argue that their copyrights (and their artists’ intellectual property rights) are being infringed.

  5. Andrew Freeman:

    You take someone who is using all sorts of substances and lives a very high-stress life, likely doesn't exercise regularly or eat well, sometimes bad things are gon na happen, yes, there can be a slight chance of a heart attack or something bad happening during any kind of intense exertion, but I would argue that there's significant risk in not exercising.


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