Need another word that means the same as “contend”? Find 38 synonyms and 30 related words for “contend” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Contend” are: fight, struggle, argue, debate, fence, postulate, cope, deal, get by, grapple, make do, make out, manage, compete, vie, contest, repugn, cope with, face, grapple with, deal with, take on, pit oneself against, challenge, assert, maintain, hold, claim, profess, affirm, aver, avow, insist, state, declare, pronounce, allege, plead
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “contend” as a verb can have the following definitions:
affirm | To declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true. The referendum affirmed the republic s right to secede. |
allege | Report or maintain. He alleged that he had been assaulted. |
argue | Have an argument about something. It stands to reason she argued. |
assert | Assert to be true. The company asserts that the cuts will not affect development. |
aver | To declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true. He averred that he was innocent of the allegations. |
avow | Assert or confess openly. He avowed that he had voted Labour in every election. |
challenge | Issue a challenge to. A certain number of jurors may be challenged. |
claim | Lay claim to as of an idea. They claimed on the maximum allowable amount. |
compete | Compete for something engage in a contest measure oneself against others. No one can compete with his physical prowess. |
contest | Oppose (an action or theory) as mistaken or wrong. She declared her intention to contest the presidency. |
cope | (of a machine or system) have the capacity to deal successfully with. The roads are barely adequate to cope with the present traffic. |
cope with | Come to terms with. |
deal | Succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available. Many of the men are dealing drugs. |
deal with | Direct the course of; manage or control. |
debate | Have an argument about something. MPs debated the issue in the Commons. |
declare | Declare to be. Do you have anything to declare. |
face | Cover the surface of something with a layer of a different material. If you were suddenly faced with an emergency would you know how to cope. |
fence | Enclose or separate an area with a fence. We fenced in our yard. |
fight | Be engaged in a fight carry on a fight. The country is still fighting a civil war. |
get by | Go or come after and bring or take back. |
grapple | Succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available. The two men grappled with each other for several minutes. |
grapple with | Come to terms with. |
hold | Contain or hold have within. This theory still holds. |
insist | Beg persistently and urgently. I must insist. |
maintain | Maintain for use and service. The need to maintain close links between industry and schools. |
make do | Add up to. |
make out | Reach a destination, either real or abstract. |
manage | Be the manager of a sports team or a performer. Catherine managed on five hours sleep a night. |
pit oneself against | Remove the pits from. |
plead | Make an allegation in an action or other legal proceeding especially answer the previous pleading of the other party by denying facts therein stated or by alleging new facts. She pleaded not guilty. |
postulate | Take as a given assume as a postulate or axiom. His theory postulated a rotatory movement for hurricanes. |
profess | Practice as a profession teach or claim to be knowledgeable about. He had professed his love for her only to walk away. |
pronounce | Speak pronounce or utter in a certain way. She pronounces French words in a funny way. |
repugn | To affect a person with repugnance or aversion Also without object to cause repugnance. |
state | Put before. Judges must give both sides an equal opportunity to state their case. |
struggle | Strive to achieve or attain something in the face of difficulty or resistance. Before she could struggle he lifted her up. |
take on | Take on a certain form attribute or aspect. |
vie | Compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others. The athletes were vying for a place in the British team. |
argue | Exchange or express diverging or opposite views, typically in a heated or angry way. I tried to argue him out of it. |
assertion | A declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary. The assertion of his legal rights. |
athlete | A person who takes part in competitive track and field events (athletics). He had the broad shouldered build of a natural athlete. |
battle | Battle or contend against in or as if in a battle. He died in battle. |
bellicose | Demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight. A mood of bellicose jingoism. |
challenger | A person who engages in a contest. Heroic challengers of authority. |
claim | Ask for legally or make a legal claim to as of debts for example. Each of them was to be rewarded with a farm and a number of mining claims in the land. |
compete | Compete for something engage in a contest measure oneself against others. No one can compete with his physical prowess. |
competition | The activity or condition of striving to gain or win something by defeating or establishing superiority over others. The competition for university places is greater than ever this year. |
competitor | An organization or country engaged in commercial or economic competition with others. Two competitors were banned for taking drugs. |
conflict | Be in conflict. Bewildered by her own inner conflict she could only stand there feeling vulnerable. |
contender | A person or group competing with others to achieve something. A presidential contender. |
contention | A contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement. The teams were in fierce contention for first place. |
contentious | (of a person) given to provoking argument. The socio economic plan had been the subject of contentious debate. |
contest | An occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants. They contested the outcome of the race. |
discord | A harsh mixture of sounds. The music faded in discord. |
enemy | A personal enemy. He viewed lawyers as the real enemy. |
objector | A person who expresses opposition to or disagreement with something. Objectors to the housing plans. |
opponent | Characterized by active hostility. Opponent or opposing armies. |
oppose | Be against; express opposition to. We oppose the ban on abortion. |
overtake | Catch up with and possibly overtake. He overtook in the face of oncoming traffic. |
postulate | Take as a given assume as a postulate or axiom. Perhaps the postulate of Babylonian influence on Greek astronomy is incorrect. |
protester | A person who dissents from some established policy. The decision was hailed by protesters against the closure as a triumph. |
rival | Be the rival of be in competition with. She has no rivals as a female rock singer. |
rivalry | Competition for the same objective or for superiority in the same field. There always has been intense rivalry between the clubs. |
strive | Attempt by employing effort. We must strive to secure steady growth. |
struggle | Make one’s way with difficulty. Before she could struggle he lifted her up. |
unseat | Remove (a government or person in authority) from power. The Republicans are trying to unseat the liberal Democrat. |
vie | Compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others. The athletes were vying for a place in the British team. |
wrangling | Engagement in a long, complicated dispute or argument. Weeks of political wrangling. |
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