Synonyms for challenge
ˈtʃæl ɪndʒchal·lenge

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.4 / 10 votes

1. challengeverb

   Synonyms:
   defy, summon, dare, question, investigate, brave, canvass

   Antonyms:
   pass, allow, grant, concede

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.3 / 3 votes

1. challengenoun

   a demanding or stimulating situation

   "they reacted irrationally to the challenge of Russian power"

2. challengenoun

   a call to engage in a contest or fight

3. challengenoun

   questioning a statement and demanding an explanation

   "his challenge of the assumption that Japan is still our enemy"

4. challengenoun

   a formal objection to the selection of a particular person as a juror

5. challengeverb

   a demand by a sentry for a password or identification

6. challenge, dispute, gainsayverb

   take exception to

   "She challenged his claims"

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

7. challengeverb

   issue a challenge to

   "Fischer challenged Spassky to a match"

   Synonyms:
   gainsay, take exception, dispute

8. challengeverb

   ask for identification

   "The illegal immigrant was challenged by the border guard"

   Synonyms:
   gainsay, take exception, dispute

9. challenge, take exceptionverb

   raise a formal objection in a court of law

   Synonyms:
   gainsay, take exception, dispute

Matched Categories

1. • Invite
   • Objection
   • Questioning
   • Request
   • Situation
   • Speech Act

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. challengeverb

   Synonyms:
   defy, dare, brave, invite to trial, call to combat, call to answer

2. challengeverb

   Synonyms:
   demand, require, claim, call for

3. challengeverb

   Synonyms:
   (Law.) object to, take exceptions to

4. challengenoun

   Synonyms:
   defiance, summons to trial, call to combat, call to answer

5. challengenoun

   Synonyms:
   (Law.) exception, objection

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:3.3 / 3 votes

1. challengenoun

   Synonyms:
   defiance, exception, objection

2. challengeverb

   Synonyms:
   defy, dare, brave

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:2.8 / 12 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "challenge":

   challenges, problem, defiance, défi, gauntlet, difficulty, defy, contest, reto, task, provocation, recusal, challenging, difficult, issue, difficulties, obstacle, contestation, disqualification

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How to use challenge in a sentence?

1. Turkmenistans President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov:

   The pandemic has exposed serious systemic failings in the international response to this challenge.

2. Brian Heyworth:

   Make no mistake, we are still in the foothills on this journey, the positive thing is that more people are now asking for help, but we also need to accept that there are probably more people who need help too. The next phase of the challenge is creating the conditions where we can reverse that trend.

3. Lisa Bitel:

   I think the challenge will be whether or not people who give the money agree with those who are doing the rebuilding about how the cathedral should be rebuilt, this is a national monument in France and they will not spare money to rebuild.

4. David Chalian:

   This notion of a sour mood that the country finds itself in – a pretty persistent one since Covid that the country hasn’t really bounced out of – is a challenge for our political leadership, i don’t know that a president alone can really upend this.

5. Michael Osterholm:

   I worry desperately in the next six to 12 weeks, we're going to see a situation with this pandemic unlike anything we've seen yet to date, that is really a challenge that I don't think most people realize yet.