Thesaurus / contend
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synonyms for contend
- argue
- confront
- cope
- dispute
- go after
- grapple
- meet
- oppose
- push for
- resist
- vie
- battle
- clash
- contest
- controvert
- emulate
- encounter
- face
- jostle
- litigate
- oppugn
- push
- rival
- skirmish
- stand
- strive
- struggle
- tug
- withstand
- give all one's got
- give one's all
- go for
- go for broke
- go for it
- go for jugular
- have at
- jockey for position
- knock oneself out
- lock horns
- make play for
- mix it up with
- scramble for
- shoot at
- shoot for
- tangle with
See also synonyms for: contended / contender / contending / contends
- allege
- assert
- charge
- claim
- defend
- dispute
- insist
- maintain
- say
- tell
- urge
- affirm
- aver
- avow
- blast
- cross
- debate
- dictate
- enjoin
- hold
- justify
- mix
- prescribe
- report
- rip
- vindicate
- warrant
- zap
- come at
- fly in face of
- gang up on
- go at
- have at
- have bone to pick
- jump on
- lace into
- lay into
- let have it
- light into
- lock horns with
- mix it up
- put up argument
- set to
- sock it to one
- stick it to
- take on
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Several characteristics of Waun Mawn link it to Stonehenge, the scientists contend.
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THE BUCCANEERS EMBODY TAMPA’S LOVE OF PIRATES. IS THAT A PROBLEM?JAMIE GOODALLFEBRUARY 5, 2021WASHINGTON POSTWhen it comes to a mass-participation event, you have to contend with thousands of people traveling to and from the race, not to mention the inevitable clusters of spectators along the route.
WILL MAJOR MARATHONS ACTUALLY COME BACK THIS FALL?MARTIN FRITZ HUBERFEBRUARY 4, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINECongressional Democrats in Maryland contend the lopsided supply and demand undermines the state’s goal of making sure those who need the vaccine most get it first.
MARYLAND DEMOCRATS CALL FOR ‘COURSE CORRECTION’ AMID REGIONWIDE FRUSTRATION OVER VACCINE ROLLOUTERIN COX, REBECCA TAN, ANTONIO OLIVOFEBRUARY 3, 2021WASHINGTON POSTAmazon’s Andy Jassy is also going to have to contend with new scrutiny over Amazon’s business practices and its treatment of workers that has led to the first major unionization drive in the company’s history.
WITH BEZOS OUT AS AMAZON CEO, ZUCKERBERG IS THE LAST MAN STANDINGELIZABETH DWOSKINFEBRUARY 3, 2021WASHINGTON POSTRescuers, however, contend that the videos that went viral on social media suggest the incident had been planned.
THE UNLIKELY DOLPHIN RESCUE HOT SPOT: PAKISTANCHARU KASTURIFEBRUARY 2, 2021OZYGenerally, the company contends that it takes privacy seriously and doesn’t conduct its own surveillance.
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT QUIET ON RELATIONSHIPS WITH ‘PREDICTIVE POLICING’ COMPANYJESSE MARXFEBRUARY 2, 2021VOICE OF SAN DIEGOHealth-care workers have had to contend with ever-changing guidelines on whom to vaccinate and the availability of doses.
I JUMPED THE QUEUE TO GET AN EXPIRING VACCINE. DID I DO THE RIGHT THING?NIALL FIRTHFEBRUARY 1, 2021MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWWORDS RELATED TO CONTEND
- altercates
- bandies
- battles
- bickers
- breaks with
- bucks
- bumps heads
- contends
- crosses
- crosses swords
- disagrees
- disputes
- faces down
- faces off
- feuds
- gangs up on
- gets in one's face
- goes one on one
- hammers
- hammers away
- has at each other
- has at it
- hash over
- hashes
- hassles
- jumps
- jumps on
- knocks around
- locks horns
- mixes it up
- pettifos
- picks an argument
- puts up a fight
- puts up a struggle
- quarrels
- quibbles
- rehashes
- rows
- sasses
- sets to
- socks it to
- squabbles
- sticks it to
- talks back
- wrangles
- altercating
- bandying
- battling
- bickering
- breaking with
- bucking
- bumping heads
- contending
- crossing
- crossing swords
- disagreeing
- disputing
- facing down
- facing off
- feuding
- ganging up on
- getting in one's face
- going one on one
- hammering
- hammering away
- hash over
- hashing
- hassling
- having at each other
- having at it
- jumping
- jumping on
- knocking around
- locking horns
- mixing it up
- pettifoing
- picking an argument
- putting up a fight
- putting up a struggle
- quarrelling
- quibbling
- rehashing
- rowing
- sassing
- setting to
- socking it to
- squabbling
- sticking it to
- talking back
- wrangling
- advancing
- affirming
- alleging
- arguing
- attesting
- averring
- avouching
- avowing
- butt in
- citing
- claiming
- contending
- defending
- horning in
- justifying
- mouth off
- popping off
- predicating
- pressing
- proclaiming
- professing
- pronouncing
- protesting
- putting forward
- saying
- shooting off one's mouth
- shooting one's wad
- standing up for
- stating
- stressing
- swearing
- upholding
- vindicating
- warranting
- advances
- affirms
- alleges
- argues
- attests
- avers
- avouches
- avows
- butt in
- cites
- claims
- contends
- defends
- horns in
- justifies
- mouth off
- pops off
- predicates
- presses
- proclaims
- professes
- pronounces
- protests
- puts forward
- says
- shoots off one's mouth
- shoots one's wad
- stands up for
- states
- stresses
- swears
- upholds
- vindicates
- warrants
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