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argue
verb as in verbally fight
Strong matches
altercate, bandy, battle, bicker, buck, cross, feud, hammer, hash, hassle, jump, pettifog, rehash, row, sass, wrangle
Weak matches
break with, bump heads, cross swords, face down, face off, gang up on, get in one's face, go one-on-one, hammer away, hash over, have at each other, have at it, jump on, knock around, lock horns, mix it up, pick an argument, put up a fight, put up a struggle, set to, sock it to, stick it to, talk back
verb as in try to convince; present support
Strongest matches
appeal, assert, claim, contend, defend, demonstrate, explain, indicate, maintain, plead, present, suggest, testify
Strong matches
attest, controvert, denote, display, elucidate, establish, evince, exhibit, hold, imply, justify, manifest, persuade, reason, show, vindicate, warrant, witness
Weak matches
verb as in discuss, dispute
Strong matches
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Example Sentences
In the book, Tavris and Aronson argue that the same ability to overlook minor flaws in a marriage leads to overlooking major ones.
Mailer would argue, for example, that timidity does more harm to the novelist than donning a mask of extreme self-confidence.
One could argue that this was never exactly hidden from her readers.
“Women go to the bathroom together and gossip, talk and argue all the time,” Vithi Cuc told The National.
Starting with the idea of androgyny, you argue that there is a woman in every man, and vice versa.
"But I can't stop to argue about it now;" and, saying this, he turned into a side path, and disappeared in the wood.
This seemed entirely unnecessary to mine host, and he wanted to argue the point.
When people argue in this strain, I immediately assume the offensive.
But she knew it was useless to argue with Henry, so she hastily groped in the bag for the matches and handed them to her brother.
It would argue too much literary conceit on my part were I anxious to restore it to the light of day.
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On this page you'll find 206 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to argue, such as: contend, disagree, dispute, quarrel, quibble, and squabble.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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