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
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Synonyms and Antonyms of contend 
