Synonyms for arguing
ar·gu·ing

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1. controversy, contention, contestation, disputation, disceptation, tilt, argument, arguingnoun

   a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement

   "they were involved in a violent argument"

   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, statement, argumentation, logical argument, public debate, parameter

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1. • Dispute

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1. List of paraphrases for "arguing":

   claiming, alleging, affirming, contending, asserting, stating, saying, citing

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1. Vilhjlmur Stefnsson:

   The philosophers of the Middle Ages demonstrated both that the Earth did not exist and also that it was flat. Today they are still arguing about whether the world exists, but they no longer dispute about whether it is flat.

2. United States:

   The administration is arguing that by inflicting this harm, on children and parents, this stress, they're sending a message, a deterrent message, for people not to seek asylum in the United States, what they're doing is making it very difficult for people seeking asylum to actually cross at the legal border points.

3. Nan Aron:

   Although I am certainly not arguing that date rape victims ask for it, when playing the modern dating game women have to understand and accept the consequences of their sexuality.

4. Harold Ford Jr.:

   He was just a wealth of information. He loved what we do, he loved politics, he loved talking about it, he loved arguing about it. And I used to love- he used to sit on a chair outside by the studio out there, and he would just sit out there on a nice day all day long, you'd come by, he'd strike up a conversation with you. We will miss him.

5. Marcus Aurelius:

   Waste no time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.