1. (noun)argument, statement a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true Synonyms: debate, instruction, disceptation, logical argument, argumentation, assertion, command, contention, financial statement, affirmation, argument, tilt, controversy, disputation, line, contestation, arguing, program line, statement, literary argument, line of reasoning, parameter
2. (noun)controversy, contention, contestation, disputation, disceptation, tilt, argument, arguing a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement Synonyms: debate, disceptation, lean, list, rivalry, careen, inclination, sway, leaning, contention, line, rock, argument, tilt, joust, controversy, competition, disputation, literary argument, contestation, line of reasoning, arguing, statement, argumentation, logical argument, public debate, parameter
3. (noun)argument, argumentation, debate a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal Synonyms: debate, disceptation, logical argument, argumentation, contention, argument, tilt, controversy, disputation, line, contestation, arguing, statement, literary argument, line of reasoning, public debate, parameter
4. (noun)argument, literary argument a summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie Synonyms: parameter, contestation, statement, line, literary argument, disceptation, line of reasoning, disputation, debate, contention, argumentation, argument, arguing, logical argument, tilt, controversy
5. (noun)argument, parameter (computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program Synonyms: debate, disceptation, logical argument, argumentation, contention, parametric quantity, argument, tilt, controversy, disputation, line, contestation, arguing, statement, literary argument, line of reasoning, parameter
6. (noun)argument a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value determines the dependent variable; if f(x)=y, x is the independent variable Synonyms: parameter, contestation, statement, line, literary argument, disceptation, line of reasoning, disputation, debate, contention, argumentation, arguing, logical argument, tilt, controversy
7. (noun)argumentation, logical argument, argument, line of reasoning, line a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning Synonyms: course, billet, short letter, statement, phone line, melodic phrase, argumentation, controversy, railway line, argument, literary argument, product line, pedigree, parentage, melodic line, rail line, channel, tilt, business line, disceptation, debate, communication channel, job, contestation, line of products, cable, arguing, line of credit, occupation, credit line, blood line, personal line of credit, line of reasoning, pipeline, descent, demarcation, stemma, contention, bank line, agate line, parameter, line of work, contrast, dividing line, stock, business, crease, furrow, lineage, wrinkle, line of merchandise, note, origin, personal credit line, tune, disputation, line, line of descent, melody, telephone circuit, line of business, air, bloodline, transmission line, strain, telephone line, seam, crinkle, production line, subscriber line, ancestry, blood, logical argument, assembly line
Synonyms, Thesaurus & Antonyms of 'argument'
English Synonyms and Antonyms
1. argument While the cause of any event, act, or fact, as commonly understood, is the power that makes it to be, the reason of or for it is the explanation given by the human mind; but reason is, in popul Synonyms: reason, account, cause, end, motive, principle, aim, consideration, ground, object, purpose, argument, design
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