Synonyms for litigious
- adjective
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Contentious
contentious, quarrelsome, argumentative, combative, disputatious, factious, disputative, belligerent
2. Legalistic — inclined to engage in lawsuits
legalistic, litigatious rare, litiginous rare
Definitions
- adj. 1
Inclined to engage in lawsuits.
The United States is a litigious society.
- adj. 2
Of or relating to litigation.
Example sentences
- contentious Religion is a contentious topic for many people.
- argumentative Fadil became very difficult and argumentative.
- combative The combative patient was given a tranquilizer.
- quarrelsome Mary is quarrelsome, isn't she?
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| litigious | rising | |
| contentious | rising | |
| argumentative | rising | |
| combative | rising | |
| quarrelsome | steady | |
| legalistic | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 8 letters
- factious
- 9 letters
- combative3
- 10 letters
- legalistic4, litiginous
- 11 letters
- contentious3, belligerent4, quarrelsome3, disputative, litigatious
- 12 letters
- disputatious
- 13 letters
- argumentative5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (combative3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
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