WORD ORIGIN
1520s, "to contend with words," from Latin altercatus, past participle of altercari (see altercation).
MORE RELATED WORDS FOR ALTERCATE
brawl
verbfight nastilycontest
verbfightcontests
verbfightdebate
verbargue, discuss- agitate
- altercate
- answer
- bandy
- bicker
- bump heads
- canvass
- chew the fat
- cogitate
- confab
- confute
- consider
- contend
- contest
- controvert
- cross swords
- deliberate
- demonstrate
- differ
- discept
- disprove
- dispute
- hammer away at
- hash over
- hassle
- have at it
- kick around
- knock around
- lock horns
- moot
- oppose
- pettifog
- pick a bone
- prove
- put up argument
- question
- reason
- rebut
- refute
- rehash
- set to
- talk back
- talk game
- thrash out
- toss around
- wrangle
debated
verbargue, discuss- agitate
- altercate
- answer
- bandy
- bicker
- bump heads
- canvass
- chew the fat
- cogitate
- confab
- confute
- consider
- contend
- contest
- controvert
- cross swords
- deliberate
- demonstrate
- differ
- discept
- disprove
- dispute
- hammer away at
- hash over
- hassle
- have at it
- kick around
- knock around
- lock horns
- moot
- oppose
- pettifog
- pick a bone
- prove
- put up argument
- question
- reason
- rebut
- refute
- rehash
- set to
- talk back
- talk game
- thrash out
- toss around
- wrangle
debating
verbargue, discuss- agitate
- altercate
- answer
- bandy
- bicker
- bump heads
- canvass
- chew the fat
- cogitate
- confab
- confute
- consider
- contend
- contest
- controvert
- cross swords
- deliberate
- demonstrate
- differ
- discept
- disprove
- dispute
- hammer away at
- hash over
- hassle
- have at it
- kick around
- knock around
- lock horns
- moot
- oppose
- pettifog
- pick a bone
- prove
- put up argument
- question
- reason
- rebut
- refute
- rehash
- set to
- talk back
- talk game
- thrash out
- toss around
- wrangle
disagree
verbargue; hold differing opinion- altercate
- battle
- bicker
- brawl
- break with
- bring action
- clash
- contend
- contest
- controversialize
- controvert
- debate
- differ
- disaccord
- discept
- discord
- dispute
- dissent
- divide
- fall out
- feud
- fight
- go for the jugular
- haggle
- have words
- jump on
- lay into
- let have it
- logomachize
- object
- oppose
- palter
- quarrel
- quibble
- rip
- row
- scrap
- set to
- skirmish
- spar
- spat
- sue
- take issue
- take on
- war
- wrangle
- zap
disagreed
verbargue; hold differing opinion- altercate
- battle
- bicker
- brawl
- break with
- bring action
- clash
- contend
- contest
- controversialize
- controvert
- debate
- differ
- disaccord
- discept
- discord
- dispute
- dissent
- divide
- fall out
- feud
- fight
- go for the jugular
- haggle
- have words
- jump on
- lay into
- let have it
- logomachize
- object
- oppose
- palter
- quarrel
- quibble
- rip
- row
- scrap
- set to
- skirmish
- spar
- spat
- sue
- take issue
- take on
- war
- wrangle
- zap
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.