1. (verb)
contend, postulate
- maintain or assert Synonyms: fence, fight, ask, demand, make do, involve, need, deal, vie, manage, compete, struggle, necessitate, posit, debate, argue, repugn, postulate, grapple, require, take, contend, cope, make out, get by, call for, contest
2. (verb)
argue, contend, debate, fence
- have an argument about something Synonyms: fence, fight, palisade, make do, indicate, consider, turn over, vie, deliberate, deal, postulate, manage, compete, struggle, debate, argue, wall, repugn, grapple, reason, surround, contend, cope, make out, moot, fence in, get by, contest
3. (verb)
contest, contend, repugn
- to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation Synonyms: fence, fight, make do, deal, vie, manage, compete, struggle, debate, argue, repugn, postulate, grapple, contend, cope, make out, get by, contest
4. (verb)
cope, get by, make out, make do, contend, grapple, deal, manage
- come to terms with Synonyms: wield, take, finagle, discern, bang, screw, vie, handle, recognise, deal, grapple, distinguish, debate, repugn, make love, divvy up, do, jazz, spot, roll in the hay, fuck, cut, escape, be intimate, get along, address, fight, lot, pick out, get out, portion out, eff, dole out, make do, compete, plow, bed, do it, consider, superintend, have intercourse, make out, share, manage, struggle, tell apart, supervise, neck, apportion, contest, fill in, administer, treat, parcel out, sell, have it away, sleep with, bring off, dispense, get off, dish out, contend, come, issue, love, argue, hump, get laid, fence, negociate, get away, pull off, allot, have it off, get it on, oversee, sleep together, cover, get by, distribute, write out, carry on, carry off, cope, recognize, bonk, know, wangle, mete out, look at, postulate, have sex, complete, grip, care, fare, lie with, deal out, trade, shell out, have a go at it, conduct, fill out
5. (verb)
compete, vie, contend
- compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others Synonyms: fence, fight, make do, repugn, deal, vie, manage, struggle, debate, argue, compete, postulate, grapple, contend, cope, make out, get by, contest
6. (verb)
contend, fight, struggle
- be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight Synonyms: fence, fight, make do, skin, sputter, shinny, agitate, crusade, shin, scramble, press, deal, vie, manage, compete, oppose, struggle, debate, argue, defend, repugn, postulate, grapple, campaign, fight down, contend, cope, make out, fight back, clamber, get by, push, contest
Synonyms of 'contend'
