Contest

Noun

 * 1)  controversy; debate
 * 2)  struggle for superiority; combat
 * 3)  a competition

Verb

 * 1)  to contend
 * 2)  to call into question; to oppose

Adjectives for Contest
unequal; remarkable; obstinate; decisive; interstate; animated; bloody; deadly; dread; formal; sanguinary; passionate; inevitable; pending; civic; naked; spirited; frightful; ceaseless; violent; diplomatic; jarring; dramatic; tremendous; culminating; emotional; costly; tedious; amicable; bitter; mighty; audacious.

Verbs for Contest
attend—; ballyhoo—; cheer—; debate—; develop into—; dispute—; emerge from—; enter—; invite to—; lose—; prepare for —; relish—; renew—; strive in—; struggle in—; vie in—; win—; witness—; — awards; —excites; —proceeds.

Adverbs for Contest
fiercely; energetically; gallantly; bitterly; unequally; remarkably; obstinately; decisively; animatedly; bloodily; passionately; inevitably; ceaselessly; violently; diplomatically; dramatically; amicably; audaciously.

Synonyms for Contest
noun
 * (controversy): controversy, debate, discussion
 * (combat): battle, combat, fight
 * (competition): competition, pageant
 * conflict, altercation, struggle, engagement, feud, dispute, argument, match, race

verb
 * (contend): compete, contend, go in for
 * (oppose): call into question, oppose
 * debate, object, dispute, argue, defend, battle, fight, question.

Antonyms for Contest
noun
 * peace, calm, quietness, tranquility, repose, stillness, rest

verb
 * (oppose): support
 * agree, stop, abandon, retire, forsake, give up, resign, relinquish.

Derived terms

 * contest shape
 * Eurovision Song Contest
 * fashion contest
 * no contest


 * pissing contest
 * popularity contest
 * wet t-shirt contest
 * will contest

Thesaurus
battle, be contrary to, be diffident, be doubtful, be dubious, be skeptical, be uncertain, beat against, beat up against, belie, bicker, bicker over, bickering, bout, box, brawl, breast the wave, broil, brush, buck, buffet, buffet the waves, call in question, call into question, cat-and-dog life, cavil, challenge, championship, choplogic, clash, close, close with, collide, combat, come to blows, compete with, competition, concours, conflict, confute, contend, contend about, contend against, contention, contentiousness, contestation, contradict, contravene, controversy, controvert, counter, cross, cross swords, cut and thrust, debate, decathlon, deny, derby, disaffirm, disallow, disavow, discept, disclaim, disown, disprove, disputation, dispute, distrust, double-header, doubles, doubt, duel, emulation, encounter, engagement, enmity, event, exchange blows, fence, feud, fight, fight a duel, fight against, fight over, fighting, forswear, foursome, gainsay, game, games, games of chance, give and take, give satisfaction, go, grapple, grapple with, greet with skepticism, gymkhana, half believe, harbor suspicions, hassle, have it out, have reservations, hostility, impugn, join battle with, join issue, join issue upon, jostle, joust, labor against, litigation, lock horns, logomachize, logomachy, match, matching, meet, meeting, militate against, misgive, mistrust, mix it up, moot, negate, not accept, not admit, nullify, object to, offer resistance, oppose, oppugn, paper war, pentathlon, pettifog, play, play-off, plead, polemic, polemicize, polemize, proving, quarrel, quarrel over, quarreling, quarrelsomeness, query, question, quibble, race, raise a question, rally, rassle, rebut, recant, refuse to admit, refute, reject, reluct, reluctate, rencontre, renounce, repudiate, retract, revoke, riot, rival, rivalry, run a tilt, runoff, scramble, scrapping, scruple, scuffle, singles, skirmish, smell a rat, spar, sport, squabble over, squabbling, stem the tide, strife, strive, strive against, striving, struggle, struggle against, suspect, take back, take issue with, take on, take sides, test, testing, thrash out, threesome, throw doubt upon, thrust and parry, tilt, tournament, tourney, traverse, treat with reserve, trial, try conclusions, trying, tug-of-war, tussle, twosome, vie with, wage war, war, war of words, warfare, words, wrangle, wrangle over, wrangling, wrestle

Etymology
From contestere:, from  contestor:

Pronunciation
Noun



Verb

Noun

 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese: 争论
 * Greek: συναγωνισμός
 * Polish: ,


 * Romanian: controversă, dispută, dezbatere
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: mashindano
 * Telugu: చర్చనీయాంశము


 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese: 奋斗, 战斗
 * Greek:, πάλη
 * Polish:


 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili: mashindano
 * Telugu: పోటీ పడు


 * Armenian:
 * Azeri:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese: 竞赛, 比赛
 * Czech:
 * Esperanto: konkurso
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: διαγωνισμός
 * Hebrew:


 * Italian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: competiție, întrecere
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swahili:
 * Telugu: పోటీలు
 * Turkish:, ,  müsabaka

Verb

 * Bulgarian:
 * Hebrew: התחרה
 * Spanish:


 * Swahili: shindana
 * Telugu: పోటీ చేయు


 * Bulgarian: споря, оспорвам
 * Finnish: (to call into question) kyseenalaistaa, kritisoida; (to oppose) vastustaa, kieltää


 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swahili: mashindano
 * Telugu: ఎదిరించు