Contend


Synonyms for contend
verb compete, fight

vie
confront
cope
resist
grapple
oppose
meet
argue
dispute
withstand
litigate
clash

contest
emulate
rival
push
face
skirmish
controvert
jostle
stand
battle
strive
tug

oppugn
encounter
struggle
go for
lock horns
go after
push for
go for broke
go for it
go for jugular
have at
jockey for position

knock oneself out
make play for
mix it up with
scramble for
shoot at
shoot for
tangle with
give all one’s got
give one’s all

Antonyms for contend

comply
surrender
hide
retreat
desert

cede
give in
go along
agree
yield

make peace
abandon
give up
leave

Synonyms
verb argue

claim
urge
defend
charge
insist
assert
say
maintain
allege
tell
dispute
hold

vindicate
affirm
enjoin
prescribe
cross
rip
aver
mix
avow
dictate
report
blast

warrant
debate
zap
justify
come at
gang up on
lay into
take on
fly in face of
go at
have at
have bone to pick

jump on
lace into
let have it
light into
lock horns with
mix it up
put up argument
set to
sock it to one
stick it to

Antonyms

deny
desert
retreat
cede
give in

surrender
question
forget
divide
separate

abandon
give up
leave
unmix

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