Contend

Verb

 * 1) to strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.
 * 2) to struggle or exert one's self to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend.
 * 3) to strive in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue.

Adverbs for Contend
pedantically; strenuously;  incredulously; physically; laboriously; forcefully; narrowly; fiercely; boldly; stoutly; optimistically; senselessly; shrewdly; ridiculously; acrimoniously; ironically; vigorously.

Synonyms for Contend

 * struggle, fight, combat, vie, strive, oppose, emulate, contest, litigate, dispute, debate

Related terms
contender; contention; contentious

Thesaurus
argue, argufy, assert, assever, asseverate, aver, avouch, avow, bandy words, battle, beat against, beat up against, bicker, bicker over, box, brawl, breast the wave, broil, brook no denial, buck, buffet, buffet the waves, bump heads, cavil, charge, choplogic, claim, clash, close, close with, collide, combat, come to blows, compete with, confront, contend about, contend against, contest, contrapose, contraposit, contrast, cope with, counteract, cross swords, cut and thrust, declare, defend, dictate, discept, dispute, duel, encounter, enjoin, enunciate, exchange blows, express, face, fence, feud, fight, fight a duel, fight against, fight over, front, give and take, give satisfaction, grapple, grapple with, grunt and sweat, hassle, have, have it out, hold, huff and puff, insist, insist on, insist upon, issue a manifesto, join battle with, join issue, jostle, joust, justify, labor against, lay down, lie opposite, lock horns, logomachize, maintain, manifesto, match, meet, meet head-on, militate against, mix it up, moot, offer resistance, oppose, oppugn, persist, pettifog, plead, polarize, polemicize, polemize, pose against, predicate, prescribe, press, proclaim, profess, pronounce, protest, put, put in opposition, put it, quarrel, quarrel over, quibble, rassle, reluct, reluctate, report, resist, riot, rival, run a tilt, say, scramble, scuffle, set down, set over against, skirmish, spar, speak, speak out, speak up, squabble over, stand, stand for, stand on, stand opposed, stand opposite, state, stem the tide, stick to, strive, strive against, struggle, struggle against, submit, subtend, take issue with, take no denial, take on, take sides, tell, thrash out, thrust and parry, tilt, tourney, try conclusions, tug, tussle, urge, vie, vie with, vindicate, wage war, war, warrant, withstand, wrangle, wrangle over, wrestle

Etymology
< contendere: < com-: + tendere:; see tend, and compare attend, extend, intend, subtend.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: съпернича,


 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian: боря се, сражавам се
 * Russian:


 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian: споря
 * Russian:


 * Spanish: