Synonyms for dispute
dɪˈspyutdis·pute

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1. dispute

   A feud is enmity between families, clans, or parties, with acts of hostility mutually retaliated and avenged; feud is rarely used of individuals, never of nations. While all the other words of the group may refer to that which is transient, a feud is long-enduring, and often hereditary. Dissension is used of a number of persons, of a party or other organization. Bitterness is in feeling only; enmity and hostility involve will and purpose to oppose or injure. A quarrel is in word or act, or both, and is commonly slight and transient, as we speak of childish quarrels; contention and strife may be in word or deed; contest ordinarily involves some form of action. Contest is often used in a good sense, contention and strife very rarely so. Controversy is commonly in words; strife extends from verbal controversy to the contests of armies. Affray, brawl, and broil, like quarrel, are words of inferior dignity. An affray or broil may arise at a street corner; the affray always involves physical force; the brawl or broil may be confined to violent language.

   Synonyms:
   affray, animosity, bitterness, brawl, broil, contention, contest, controversy, dissension, enmity, feud, fray, hostility, quarrel, strife

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1. dispute

   Synonyms:
   argue, question, canvass, contest, contend, challenge, debate, controvert, controversy, difference, gainsay, impugn, quarrel, altercation

   Antonyms:
   waive, concede, allow, forego

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1. dispute, difference, difference of opinion, conflictnoun

   a disagreement or argument about something important

   "he had a dispute with his wife"; "there were irreconcilable differences"; "the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats"

   Synonyms:
   divergence, struggle, battle, difference of opinion, conflict, fight, remainder, contravention, deviation, departure, engagement, difference

2. dispute, contraventionverb

   coming into conflict with

   Synonyms:
   difference of opinion, conflict, difference, contravention

3. challenge, dispute, gainsayverb

   take exception to

   "She challenged his claims"

   Synonyms:
   altercate, take exception, gainsay, challenge, quarrel, scrap, argufy

4. quarrel, dispute, scrap, argufy, altercateverb

   have a disagreement over something

   "We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America"; "These two fellows are always scrapping over something"

   Synonyms:
   altercate, junk, gainsay, challenge, trash, quarrel, scrap, argufy

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1. disputeverb

   Synonyms:
   debate, argue, contend in argument

2. disputeverb

   Synonyms:
   bicker, wrangle, quarrel, BRAWL, spar, spat, jangle, squabble, TIFF, fall out, have words, have an altercation

3. disputeverb

   Synonyms:
   debate, discuss, agitate, ventilate, argue, reason about

4. disputeverb

   Synonyms:
   controvert, impugn, call in question, oppose by argument

5. disputenoun

   Synonyms:
   debate, disputation, discussion, controversy, altercation, verbal contest, verbal quarrel, war of words

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1. disputenoun

   Synonyms:
   disputation, controversy, argument, debate, logomachy, squabble, contention, polemic

2. disputeverb

   Synonyms:
   contend, argue, gainsay, controvert, altercate, wrangle, impugn, bicker, squabble, spar

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1. List of paraphrases for "dispute":

   disputes, conflict, controversy, litigation, disagreement, quarrel, conflicts, argument, disputed, differences, difference, contention, strife, disputing, contentieux, wrangling

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How to use dispute in a sentence?

1. Eric Schweitzer:

   The introduction of U.S. tariffs on China affects German businesses too, german companies could get into trouble because of the trade dispute between the United States and China.

2. Kamala Harris:

   I don't think that most reasonable people who are paying attention to the facts would dispute that there are racial disparities and a system that has engaged in racism in terms of how the laws have been enforced, it does us no good to deny that. Let's just deal with it. Let's be honest. These might be difficult conversations for some, but they're not difficult conversations for leaders, not for real leaders.

3. Ron DeSantis:

   While the U.S. has many vital national interests – securing our borders, addressing the crisis of readiness within our military, achieving energy security and independence, and checking the economic, cultural, and military power of the Chinese Communist Party – becoming further entangled in a territorial dispute between Ukraine and Russia is not one of them.

4. William Cheung:

   I think the dispute is still posing large uncertainties to the management of resources and conservation of ecosystems in the South China Sea, after the Hague ruling, the PRC (People's Republic of China) disputes the validity of the ruling. It means that cooperation between the countries bordering the South China Sea in managing the ecosystems is still challenging.

5. Charlotte Lam:

   We have had two months of political dispute, this is not a cyclical downturn. Moreover, this downturn is coming very quickly. Some people have described it as coming like a tsunami...the economic recovery will take a long time.