Synonyms for disputation
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Noun
1. Argument
argument, controversy, dispute, quarrel, contestation, arguing, contention, altercation, tilt, strife, brawl, bickering, logomachy, disceptation dated
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Definitions
- n. 1
The act of disputing; a dispute or argument.
Related words
- Word family
- disputable disputant disputatious dispute
Forms
- Plural
- disputations → arguments, controversies, disputes, quarrels…
Example sentences
- argument No one could get the better of him in an argument.
- dispute Go is a game of dispute and conquest of territory.
- controversy She has waded into one controversy after another.
- quarrel The quarrel left a gulf between the two families.
- debate The matter of his successor is still under debate.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| disputation | steady | |
| argument | steady | |
| dispute | steady | |
| controversy | falling | |
| quarrel | falling | |
| debate | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- tilt1
- 5 letters
- brawl1
- 6 letters
- debate2, strife1
- 7 letters
- dispute2, arguing3, quarrel2
- 8 letters
- argument3
- 9 letters
- bickering3, logomachy
- 10 letters
- contention3
- 11 letters
- controversy4, altercation4
- 12 letters
- contestation, disceptation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (debate2 = 2 syllables).