Synonyms for have words

Most common

call down · dress down · take to task · lecture · dispute · quarrel

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

Definitions

1. v. 1

   To argue, to have an argument.

2. v. 2

   To speak sternly, angrily, or in an argumentative manner to.

Example sentences

• lecture I ought to have attended the lecture but I didn't.
• dispute Go is a game of dispute and conquest of territory.
• quarrel The quarrel left a gulf between the two families.

By length

3 letters

jaw¹, rag¹

4 letters

spat¹, tiff¹

5 letters

scold¹, chide¹

6 letters

rebuke², bicker², berate²

7 letters

dispute², lecture², quarrel², wrangle², trounce¹, lambast

8 letters

lamblast

9 letters

reprimand³

11 letters

remonstrate

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (rebuke² = 2 syllables).