Argument

Noun

 * 1) A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason.
 * 2) A verbal dispute; a quarrel.
 * 3) A process of reasoning.
 * 4)  A series of statements organized so that the final statement is a conclusion which is intended to follow logically from the preceding statements, which function as premises.
 * 5)  The independent variable of a function.
 * 6)  A value, or reference to a value, passed to a function.
 * 7)  A parameter in a function definition; a formal argument.
 * 8)  Any of the phrases that bears a syntactic connection to the verb of a clause.

Adjectives for Argument
ingenious; powerful; affirmative; reasonable; sound; winning; crowning; notable crushing; logical; acceptable; exhaustive; irresistible; conclusive; weighty; strong; favorable; effective; broad; doughty;truthful;unanswerable; cogent; forceful; basic; substantial; formidable; lucid; imaginative; eager; precious; matchless; intensive; illuminating; flawless; clear-cut; telling; close-knit; irrefutable; practical; heated; forensic; sonorous; eloquent; vehement; revolutionary; bitter; fiery; sharp; impassioned; ferocious; stale; fallacious; insidious; spurious; old; painful; futile; nervous;confused; specious; needless; feeble; conflicting; fruitless; influential; nation-wide; mild; half-playful; solemn; mathematical;typical; endless; extended; editorial; interminable; constant; protracted; final; prolific; deliberate; persistent; lengthy; wordless; delightful; good-selling; long-standing; widespread; impetuous; inevitable; rapid brilliant; well-rounded ; acrimonious; theistic; undeniable;  utiitarian;  scientific; moral;   inconsiderable; violent; lofty; bloody; dispassionate; solid; grave; vulgar; absent; craven; staple; personal;positive; labored; rational; earnest; common¬place; hair-splitting; ampler; penetrating;embodied; outspoken; equivocal; irritating;convincing; coarse; adverse; timid; stubborn;  wearisome; wretched; judicious;superfluous; honest; enticing;   slender;abusive; keen; potent; concise; odd; maternal; clear; close.

Verbs for Argument
admit—; advance—; anticipate—; arm with—; arrange—; attack—; base—; bolster—;bolt—; bring forth—; burnish—; clinch—;color—; combat—; construct—; counter with—; debate—; deduce—; demolish—; derive—from; destroy—; dispense with—; dispute—; dread—; drive home—; employ—; engage in—; enumerate—; explain—; fashion—; force—; found on—; ground upon—;indulge in—; invalidate—; kindle—; maintain—; marshal —; meet—; open—; oppose—; permit of—; premise—; proffer—;propose—; prove—; provoke—; pursue—; push—; qualify—; question—; rebut—; reduce to—; refute—; reiterate—; remove—;resume—; scorn—; settle—; sift—; steel with—; stir—; substantiate—; support—;weigh—; —appeals; —confounds; —depends on; —drones on; —fades away; — implies; —impresses; —infers; —involves;—rages ; —rests on; — simmer down; — wax hot.

Thesaurus
action; addend; affray; altercation; anagnorisis; angle; answer; antilogarithm; apologetics; apologia; apology; architectonics; architecture; argumentation; argumentum; assertion; atmosphere; background; barney; base; basis; bicker; bickering; binomial; blood feud; brawl; broil; case; casuistry; cat-and-dog life; catastrophe; characteristic; characterization; claim; coefficient; color; combat; combination; complement; complication; conflict; congruence; cons; consideration; constant; contention; contentiousness; contest; contestation; continuity; contrivance; controversy; cosine; cotangent; counterstatement; cube; cut and thrust; debate; decimal; defence; defense; demurrer; denial; denominator; denouement; derivative; design; determinant; development; device; difference; differential; disagreement; discriminate; disputation; dispute; dissension; dividend; divisor; donnybrook; donnybrook fair; e; elenchus; embroilment; enmity; episode; equation; evidence; exception; exponent; exponential; fable; factor; falling action; falling-out; feud; fight; fighting; fliting; flyting; formula; foundation; fracas; fray; function; fuss; gimmick; ground; hassle; head; hostility; hubbub; hurrah; i; ignoratio elenchi; imbroglio; incident; increment; index; integral; line; litigation; local color; logic; logomachy; matrix; matter; minuend; mood; motif; motive; movement; multiple; multiplier; mythos; norm; numerator; objection; open quarrel; paper war; parameter; passage of arms; peripeteia; permutation; pi; plaidoyer; plan; plea; pleading; pleadings; plot; point; polemic; polemics; polynomial; position; posture; power; proof; proposition; pros; pros and cons; quarrel; quarreling; quarrelsomeness; quaternion; quotient; radical; radix; reason; rebuttal; reciprocal; recognition; refutation; remainder; reply; response; rhubarb; riposte; rising action; root; row; rumpus; scheme; scrap; scrapping; secant; secondary plot; set-to; sharp words; sine; slanging match; slant; snarl; spat; special demurrer; special pleading; squabble; squabbling; stance; standpoint; statement; statement of defense; story; strife; structure; struggle; subject; subject matter; submultiple; subplot; subtrahend; summation; summing up; switch; talking point; tangent; tensor; testimony; text; thematic development; theme; thesis; tiff; tone; topic; tussle; twist; variable; vector; vendetta; verbal engagement; versine; war; war of words; warfare; wherefore; why; whyfor; words; wrangle; wrangling

Related terms

 * argue
 * arguer
 * arguable
 * argumentative
 * argumentation