CONTENTION: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for CONTENTION?

Need another word that means the same as “contention”? Find 16 synonyms and 30 related words for “contention” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Contention” are: arguing, argument, contestation, controversy, disceptation, disputation, tilt, competition, rivalry, disagreement, dispute, variance, claim, plea, submission, allegation

Contention as a Noun

Definitions of "Contention" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “contention” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A point asserted as part of an argument.
• Heated disagreement.
• An assertion, especially one maintained in argument.
• A contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement.
• The act of competing as for profit or a prize.

Synonyms of "Contention" as a noun (16 Words)

allegation	A claim or assertion that someone has done something illegal or wrong, typically one made without proof. An allegation of malpractice.
arguing	A contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement.
argument	An independent variable associated with a function or proposition and determining its value For example in the expression y F x x the arguments of the function F are x and x and the value is y. I ve had an argument with my father.
claim	An application for compensation under the terms of an insurance policy. His claim that he was innocent.
competition	Interaction between animal or plant species, or individual organisms, that are attempting to gain a share of a limited environmental resource. A beauty competition.
contestation	A contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement. Ideological contestation over social policy in the European Union.
controversy	Prolonged public disagreement or heated discussion. The design of the building has caused controversy.
disagreement	A conflict of people’s opinions or actions or characters. There was some disagreement about the details.
disceptation	Disputation, debate, discussion; an instance of this.
disputation	A contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement. Scholastic disputations.
dispute	A disagreement or argument. He had a dispute with his wife.
plea	A defendant’s answer by a factual matter (as distinguished from a demurrer. Her plea of a headache was not entirely false.
rivalry	The act of competing as for profit or a prize. There always has been intense rivalry between the clubs.
submission	The condition of having submitted to control by someone or something else. They were forced into submission.
tilt	A combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances. The court s tilt toward conservative rulings.
variance	The fact or quality of being different, divergent, or inconsistent. A zoning variance.

Usage Examples of "Contention" as a noun

• Freud's contention that all dreams were wish fulfilment.
• The teams were in fierce contention for first place.
• The captured territory was the main area of contention between the two countries.

Associations of "Contention" (30 Words)

argue	Present reasons and arguments. She was too tired to argue the point.
argument	An independent variable associated with a function or proposition and determining its value For example in the expression y F x x the arguments of the function F are x and x and the value is y. He rejected the argument that keeping the facility would be costly.
bellicose	Having or showing a ready disposition to fight. A mood of bellicose jingoism.
combative	Having or showing a ready disposition to fight. He made some enemies with his combative style.
competition	A business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers. Business competition can be fiendish at times.
contend	Assert something as a position in an argument. Factions within the government were contending for the succession to the presidency.
contentious	Causing or likely to cause an argument; controversial. A central and contentious element of the book.
contentiousness	An inclination to be quarrelsome and contentious.
contest	An occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants. A coalition was formed to contest the presidential elections.
controversy	Prolonged public disagreement or heated discussion. The design of the building has caused controversy.
counterattack	Make a counterattack.
debatable	Open to doubt or debate. It is debatable whether the country is coming out of recession.
debate	Have an argument about something. Last night s debate on the Education Bill.
disagreement	The speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing. Disagreements between parents and adolescents.
discord	Lack of agreement or harmony between things. We discorded commonly on two points.
disputatious	Fond of having heated arguments. It s a congenial hang out for disputatious academics.
dispute	A disagreement or argument about something important. An industrial dispute.
dissension	Disagreement that leads to discord. The mill was the cause of a dissension in 1620.
fight	Be engaged in a fight carry on a fight. The men were fighting.
hassel	Norwegian chemist noted for his research on organic molecules (1897-1981.
issue	Prepare and issue for public distribution or sale. I like him though I have some issues with the guy.
litigious	Of or relating to litigation. Our increasingly litigious society.
polemical	Of or involving strongly critical or disputatious writing or speech. A polemical essay.
quarrel	A heated argument or disagreement, typically about a trivial issue and between people who are usually on good terms. They had a quarrel.
quarrelsome	Given to or characterized by quarrelling. Quarrelsome when drinking.
rivalry	The act of competing as for profit or a prize. There always has been intense rivalry between the clubs.
row	The act of rowing as a sport. Her villa stood in a row of similar ones.
strife	Trouble or difficulty of any kind. Decades of civil strife.
wrangle	Have a long, complicated dispute or argument. An insurance wrangle is holding up compensation payments.
wrangling	An instance of intense argument (as in bargaining. Weeks of political wrangling.