Dispute

Noun

 * 1) An argument or disagreement, a failure to agree.
 * 2) Verbal controversy; contest by opposing argument or expression of opposing views or claims; controversial discussion; altercation; debate.
 * 3) Contest; struggle; quarrel.

Verb

 * 1) To contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another.
 * 2) To make a subject of disputation; to argue pro and con; to discuss.
 * 3) To oppose by argument or assertion; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call in question; to deny the truth or validity of.
 * 4) To strive or contend about; to contest.
 * 5) To struggle against; to resist.

Adjectives for Dispute
doctrinal; theological; inevitable; learned; angry; bitter; dull; vain; laughing; demoralizing; serious; uncontrollable; pending; cold; international; academic; free; conceivable; long-standing; violent; notable; fierce; perpetual; territorial; fruitless; factional; leisurely.

Verbs for Dispute
adjudicate—; adjust—; arbitrate—; beguile into—; conciliate—; meditate—; quash—; quell—; solve—; suppress—; take part in—; —arise; —bubbles; —evaporates; —flares up; —foreshadows; —overshadows; — rages.

Adverbs for Dispute
skillfully; acrimoniously; consciously; angrily; subsequently; inhumanly; successfully; publicly; privately; religiously; prodigiously; fiercely.

Synonyms for Dispute
argument, disagreement, quarrel, debate, estrangement, controversy, discussion, contention, contest, conflict, altercation, denial, questioning, difference, feud, variance, dissension, discord.

Antonyms for Dispute
agreement, harmony, unison, concurrence, unity, accord, concession, amity.

Related terms

 * disputable
 * disputant
 * disputation
 * disputatious
 * disputative

Derived terms

 * industrial dispute

Thesaurus
polemize, press objections, probing, protest, pumping, quarrel, quarrel over, quarreling, quarrelsomeness, query, querying, question, questioning, quibble, quiz, quizzing, raise a howl, raise a question, rally, reaction, rebuff, rebut, recalcitrance, recalcitrancy, recalcitrate, recalcitration, recant, refractoriness, refuse to admit, refute, reluct, reluctance, remonstrance, remonstrate, renitence, renitency, renounce, repel, repellence, repellency, repudiate, repulse, repulsion, resistance, retract, revoke, revolt, rhubarb, row, rumpus, scrapping, scruple, seeking, set to, set-to, sharp words, show fight, sit in, slanging match, smell a rat, snarl, spar, spat, squabble, squabble over, squabbling, squawk, stand, stand at bay, stand up against, stand up to, state a grievance, strife, strike, strive against, struggle, suspect, take back, take exception to, take issue with, take sides, teach in, thrash out, throw doubt upon, tiff, traverse, treat with reserve, try conclusions, tussle, uncooperativeness, vendetta, verbal engagement, war, war of words, warfare, withstand, withstanding, words, wrangle, wrangle over, wrangling, yell bloody murder, Kilkenny cats, Socratic method, abjure, agitate, altercate, altercation, apologetics, apologia, apology, argue, argufy, argument, argumentation, asking, assert the contrary, awake a doubt, bandy words, be diffident, be doubtful, be dubious, be skeptical, be uncertain, beef, belie, bicker, bicker over, bickering, bitch, blood feud, boggle, boycott, brawl, bringing into question, broil, buck, call in question, canvass, casuistry, cat-and-dog life, catechizing, cavil, challenge, choplogic, combat, combative reaction, complain, complain loudly, complaint, conflict, confront, confute, contend, contend about, contend with, contention, contentiousness, contest, contestation, contradict, contravene, controversy, controvert, counter, counteraction, cross, cross swords, cry out against, cut and thrust, debate, defense, defiance, demonstrate, demonstrate against, demur, deny, differ, difference of opinion, disaffirm, disagree with, disagreement, disallow, disavow, discept, disclaim, discord, discuss, discussion, disown, disprove, disputation, dissension, dissent, dissent from, dissentience, distrust, disturbance, donnybrook, donnybrook fair, doubt, duel, embroilment, enmity, enter a protest, examination, expostulate, face down, face out, face up to, falling-out, feud, fight, fight against, fight over, fighting, flite, fliting, flyting, forswear, fracas, fractiousness, front, fuss, gainsay, give and take, greet with skepticism, half believe, harbor suspicions, hassle, have it out, have reservations, have words, holler, hostility, howl, hubbub, hurrah, imbroglio, impugn, inquiring, interpellation, interrogation, join issue, join issue upon, kick, kick against, litigation, lock horns, logomachize, logomachy, make a stand, march, meet head-on, miff, misgive, mistrust, moot, negativism, noncooperation, not accept, not admit, nullify, object, object to, objection, obstinacy, offer resistance, open quarrel, oppose, opposition, paper war, passage of arms, passive resistance, pettifog, picket, plead, polemic, polemicize, polemics,

Etymology
From disputen: <  desputer: (French disputer:) <  disputare: < dis-: + putare:, related to purus:. Compare compute, count, impute, repute, amputate, etc.

Noun

 * Armenian:
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:, полемика
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek: διένεξη, έριδα, διαμάχη


 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese: 論争,
 * Portuguese: disputa
 * Russian:, диспут
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: వివాదం (vivaadam)


 * Finnish: ,
 * Greek: αντιπαράθεση


 * Latin: disputatio
 * Scottish Gaelic:

Verb

 * Finnish:
 * Japanese: 反論する


 * Scottish Gaelic:


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 * Japanese: 議論する


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 * Japanese: 反対する


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 * Japanese: 争う


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Etymology
From disputare

Noun

 * 1) dispute

Related terms

 * disputer

Anagrams

 * stupide

Noun
dispute



Anagrams

 * stupide