Synonyms for debate
dɪˈbeɪtde·bate

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1. debate

   An individual considers, meditates, ponders, reflects, by himself; he weighs a matter in his own mind, and is sometimes said even to debate with himself. Consult and confer always imply two or more persons, as does debate, unless expressly limited as above. Confer suggests the interchange of counsel, advice, or information; consult indicates almost exclusively the receiving of it. A man confers with his associates about a new investment; he consults his physician about his health; he may confer with him on matters of general interest. He consults a dictionary, but does not confer with it. Deliberate, which can be applied to a single individual, is also the word for a great number, while consult is ordinarily limited to a few; a committee consults; an assembly deliberates. Deliberating always carries the idea of slowness; consulting is compatible with haste; we can speak of a hasty consultation, not of a hasty deliberation. Debate implies opposing views; deliberate, simply a gathering and balancing of all facts and reasons. We consider or deliberate with a view to action, while meditation may be quite purposeless.

   Synonyms:
   confer, consider, consult, deliberate, meditate, ponder, reflect, weigh

   Preposition:
   We deliberate on or upon, also about or concerning a matter: the first two are preferable.

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1. debate

   Synonyms:
   contend, dispute, argue, moot, controvert, contest, wrangle, discuss, deliberate, question, ventilate

   Antonyms:
   yield, concede, surrender, admit, allow

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1. argument, argumentation, debatenoun

   a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal

   "the argument over foreign aid goes on and on"

   Synonyms:
   disceptation, logical argument, argumentation, contention, argument, tilt, controversy, disputation, line, contestation, arguing, statement, literary argument, line of reasoning, public debate, parameter

2. debate, disputation, public debateverb

   the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote)

   Synonyms:
   contestation, controversy, public debate, disceptation, disputation, tilt, contention, argument, arguing, argumentation

3. debateverb

   argue with one another

   "We debated the question of abortion"; "John debated Mary"

   Synonyms:
   deliberate, consider, moot, fence, argue, contend, turn over

4. consider, debate, moot, turn over, deliberateverb

   think about carefully; weigh

   "They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind"

   Synonyms:
   turn, reckon, dig, flip, pass on, weigh, view, fence, reach, take, roll, study, see, deal, tump over, moot, think, contend, conceive, give, deliberate, overturn, bowl over, delve, pass, tip over, count, upset, believe, flip over, turn over, regard, argue, consider, knock over, look at, hand, cut into

5. debate, deliberateverb

   discuss the pros and cons of an issue

   Synonyms:
   consider, fence, moot, argue, turn over, deliberate, contend

6. 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, argue, wall, repugn, grapple, reason, surround, contend, cope, make out, moot, fence in, get by, contest

Matched Categories

1. • Deliberate
   • Discuss
   • Discussion

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1. debatenoun

   Synonyms:
   disputation, controversy

2. debatenoun

   Synonyms:
   altercation, contest, contention, dispute, logomachy, strife of words, war of words

3. debateverb

   Synonyms:
   discuss, argue, dispute, contest, canvass

4. debateverb

   Synonyms:
   argue, dispute, deliberate, hold an argument

5. debateverb

   Synonyms:
   (Rare.) fight, contend, struggle

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1. debatenoun

   Synonyms:
   discussion, argument, moot, dispute, controversy, disputation, forensic

2. debateverb

   Synonyms:
   argue, discuss, moot, contend, controvert

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1. List of paraphrases for "debate":

   discussion, segment, discuss, debates, discussions, debated, debating, vita, controversy, débat, dialogue, discourse, life, discussed, argument

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1. Donald Trump:

   At the South Carolina debate, we had a total of 10 RNC donors there out of 1,600 people. Ten people gave to the RNC. That is what it is.

2. Ind President Barack Obama:

   I think that there has been a healthy debate in the Democratic Party, and it's almost over.

3. Bucky Hellwig:

   Clearly economic growth has got some momentum here in the U.S., conversely, with the other developed nations, their growth is either flat or slowing, that causes some debate about what the ECB might do at its meeting this week.

4. John Kasich on Sunday:

   I have to do well enough there, and I think I will …. I'll catch fire. And if I catch fire, I think the sky is the limit. Poor showings in both or either of those first two primaries can doom a campaign. The next debate is being hosted by Fox Business and is on January 14. John Kasich on Sunday express optimism that he ’ll be in the main-stage debate and declined to comment on fellow GOP candidate Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul saying he wo n’t compete in the second-tier contest if demoted as a result of FOX Business criteria, which involves rankings in national, Iowa and New Hampshire polls.

5. Galia Slayen:

   It's tongue in cheek, there were obviously no crickets on the debate stage.