Thesaurus / de-bate
FEEDBACK- as inargument
- as inargument
- as inmisunderstanding
- as innegotiation
- as inattention
- as inquestion
- as inspeech
- as inbattle
- as instudy
- as inunrest
- as inbone of contention
- as incause celebre
- as indifference of opinion
- as inbargaining table
- as inpalaver
- as inparley
- as incause célèbre
- as inargumentation
- as incontestation
- as inforensics
- as inheedfulness
- as inlucubration
- as inpolemic
- as inprelection
- as inregardfulness
- as inconcentration
- as inconsideration
- as incontest
- as inconversation
- as indebate
- as indeliberation
- as indialectic
- as indifference
- as indisagreement
- as indiscussion
- as indisputation
- as indispute
- as inheed
- as innegotiate
- as inoppose
- as inoppugn
- as inponder
- as inreason
- as inrefute
- as inventilate
- as inbat around
- as incanvass
- as inclamor
- as inconfer
- as inconsult
- as incontend
- as incontest
- as incontrovert
- as indebate
- as indeliberate
- as indiffer
- as inagitate
- as indisagree
- as indiscourse
- as indiscuss
- as indispute
- as inhesitate
synonyms for de-bate
synonyms for de-bate
- altercation
- bickering
- brawl
- clash
- controversy
- debate
- disagreement
- dispute
- exchange
- feud
- quarrel
- squabble
- beef
- blowup
- bone
- brush
- crusher
- dustup
- face-off
- finisher
- flap
- fuss
- gin
- go
- hassle
- knockdown
- out
- rhubarb
- romp
- row
- ruckus
- ruction
- rumpus
- run-in
- scene
- scrap
- set-to
- shindy
- spat
- static
- stew
- tiff
- words
- wrangle
- bone of contention
- bone to pick
- brannigan
- difference of opinion
- donnybrook
- falling-out
- knock-down-drag-out
- assertion
- case
- claim
- contention
- debate
- discussion
- exchange
- logic
- plea
- questioning
- reason
- reasoning
- argumentation
- defense
- expostulation
- grounds
- pleading
- polemic
- proof
- remonstrance
- remonstration
- line of reasoning
- breach
- clash
- conflict
- difference
- difficulty
- disagreement
- discord
- dissension
- feud
- quarrel
- rift
- squabble
- blowup
- break
- debate
- fuss
- row
- run-in
- rupture
- set-to
- spat
- tiff
- variance
- words
- bad vibes
- crossed wires
- falling-out
- sour note
- agreement
- arbitration
- compromise
- conference
- consultation
- debate
- diplomacy
- discussion
- intervention
- mediation
- meeting
- transaction
- colloquy
- consideration
- debate
- mind
- scrutiny
- thinking
- thought
- absorption
- application
- assiduity
- contemplation
- deliberation
- diligence
- engrossment
- heed
- heedfulness
- immersion
- industry
- intentness
- study
- thoughtfulness
- argument
- challenge
- confusion
- debate
- difficulty
- dispute
- mystery
- objection
- problem
- query
- uncertainty
- contention
- demur
- demurral
- dubiety
- enigma
- misgiving
- protest
- puzzle
- remonstrance
- remonstration
- address
- appeal
- commentary
- debate
- lecture
- paper
- rhetoric
- sermon
- allocution
- bombast
- declamation
- diatribe
- discourse
- disquisition
- dissertation
- eulogy
- exhortation
- harangue
- homily
- invocation
- keynote
- opus
- oration
- oratory
- panegyric
- parlance
- parley
- pitch
- recitation
- salutation
- spiel
- stump
- tirade
- valedictory
- chalk talk
- pep talk
- prelection
- application
- class
- consideration
- course
- debate
- examination
- exercise
- inquiry
- inspection
- investigation
- research
- review
- subject
- survey
- abstraction
- analyzing
- attention
- cogitation
- comparison
- concentration
- contemplation
- cramming
- deliberation
- lesson
- meditation
- memorizing
- muse
- musing
- pondering
- questioning
- reading
- reasoning
- reflection
- reverie
- rumination
- schoolwork
- scrutiny
- thought
- trance
- weighing
- academic work
- anarchy
- anxiety
- confusion
- controversy
- crisis
- discontent
- discord
- dissension
- insurrection
- protest
- rebellion
- strife
- tension
- trouble
- tumult
- turmoil
- uproar
- altercation
- annoyance
- bickering
- bother
- chagrin
- change
- contention
- debate
- disaffection
- disease
- disquiet
- dissatisfaction
- distress
- dither
- ennui
- grief
- irritation
- malaise
- moodiness
- mortification
- perplexity
- perturbation
- quarrel
- restlessness
- sedition
- sorrow
- tizzy
- unease
- uneasiness
- upset
- vexation
- worry
- altercation
- apple of discord
- argument
- beef
- conflict
- controversy
- debate
- disagreement
- dispute
- grounds for war
- issue
- matter at hand
- point in question
- problem
- sore point
- tender spot
- hot potato
- talk of the town
- uproar
- affair
- controversial case
- controversial issue
- controversy
- debate
- fuss
- grist for the gossip mill
- matter of the moment
- political football
- rumor
- scandal
- topic of the day
- war of words
- disagreement
- dissension
- dissent
- friction
- altercation
- argument
- bone of contention
- conflict
- debate
- dispute
- irreconcilable difference
- run-in
- strife
- babble
- blab
- cajolery
- chatter
- chitchat
- clack
- conference
- conversation
- debate
- dialogue
- discussion
- flatter
- flummery
- gab
- parley
- talk
- wheedle
- bone of contention
- celebrated case
- controversy
- debate
- grist for the gossip mill
- hot potato
- moot point
- political football
- scandal
- war of words
- absorption
- application
- assiduity
- attentiveness
- concentration
- consideration
- contemplation
- debate
- deliberation
- diligence
- engrossment
- heed
- immersion
- industry
- intentness
- mind
- scrutiny
- study
- thinking
- thought
- thoughtfulness
- regardfulness
- application
- attention
- calculation
- cogitation
- concentration
- consideration
- contemplation
- debate
- deliberation
- discussion
- examination
- forethought
- heed
- reflection
- regard
- review
- scrutiny
- study
- thinking
- thought
- spat
- altercation
- beef
- bicker
- bickering
- blowup
- bone
- brawl
- brush
- clash
- contention
- controversy
- crusher
- debate
- difficulty
- disagreement
- dispute
- dustup
- exchange
- face-off
- feud
- fight
- finisher
- flap
- fuss
- gin
- go
- hassle
- knockdown
- out
- quarrel
- rhubarb
- romp
- row
- ruckus
- ruction
- rumpus
- run-in
- scene
- scrap
- set-to
- shindy
- squabble
- static
- stew
- tiff
- word
- words
- wrangle
- bone of contention
- bone to pick
- brannigan
- difference of opinion
- donnybrook
- falling-out
- knock-down-drag-out
- address
- allocution
- appeal
- bombast
- chalk talk
- commentary
- debate
- declamation
- diatribe
- discourse
- disquisition
- dissertation
- eulogy
- exhortation
- harangue
- homily
- invocation
- keynote
- lecture
- opus
- oration
- oratory
- panegyric
- paper
- parlance
- parley
- pep talk
- pitch
- recitation
- rhetoric
- salutation
- sermon
- spiel
- stump
- talk
- tirade
- valedictory
- absorption
- application
- assiduity
- attentiveness
- concentration
- consideration
- contemplation
- debate
- deliberation
- diligence
- engrossment
- heed
- heedfulness
- immersion
- industry
- intentness
- mind
- scrutiny
- study
- thinking
- thought
- thoughtfulness
- absorption
- combination
- consolidation
- application
- assembly
- centering
- centralization
- clustering
- compression
- concern
- congregation
- convergence
- converging
- debate
- deliberation
- fixing
- focusing
- heed
- intensification
- narrowing
- need
- single-mindedness
- study
- unity
- amassing
- bringing to bear
- close attention
- coalescing
- flocking
- massing
- application
- attention
- debate
- deliberation
- discussion
- examination
- review
- scrutiny
- study
- cogitation
- concentration
- contemplation
- forethought
- heed
- reflection
- regard
- thinking
- thought
- action
- battle
- brawl
- conflict
- debate
- encounter
- rivalry
- affray
- altercation
- beef
- brush
- combat
- controversy
- discord
- dispute
- emulation
- engagement
- fray
- go
- hassle
- row
- rumble
- run-in
- scrap
- set-to
- shock
- skirmish
- static
- strife
- striving
- tug-of-war
- warfare
- wrangle
- battle royal
- chat
- comment
- communication
- conference
- consultation
- debate
- discussion
- exchange
- gossip
- hearing
- observation
- questioning
- remark
- speech
- talk
- visit
- colloquy
- communion
- confab
- confabulation
- converse
- expression
- gab
- intercourse
- jive
- palaver
- parley
- repartee
- ventilation
- yak
- pillow talk
- talkfest
- tête-à-tête
- argument
- contest
- controversy
- deliberation
- dispute
- match
- agitation
- altercation
- argumentation
- cogitation
- contention
- controverting
- dialectic
- disputation
- hassle
- meditation
- mooting
- polemic
- rebutting
- reflection
- refuting
- tiff
- words
- wrangle
- blah-blah
- forensic
- conference
- consideration
- consultation
- debate
- speculation
- application
- attention
- calculation
- care
- carefulness
- caution
- cerebration
- circumspection
- cogitation
- confabulation
- forethought
- heed
- meditation
- prudence
- purpose
- rap
- ratiocination
- reflection
- study
- ventilation
- wariness
- brainwork
- argumentation
- contention
- debate
- deduction
- discussion
- disputation
- persuasion
- polemics
- ratiocination
- forensic
- logical argument
- mooting
- question-and-answer method
- argument
- clash
- conflict
- controversy
- debate
- disagreement
- discord
- dispute
- quarrel
- beef
- blowup
- brawl
- brush
- brush-off
- contention
- contrariety
- contretemps
- discordance
- dissension
- dissent
- dissidence
- disunity
- dustup
- estrangement
- hassle
- row
- run-in
- scrap
- set-to
- spat
- strife
- tiff
- variance
- words
- wrangle
- bone to pick
- brannigan
- disaccord
- animosity
- antagonism
- argument
- bickering
- clash
- conflict
- controversy
- debate
- difference
- discord
- dissent
- disunity
- division
- feud
- fight
- friction
- hostility
- misunderstanding
- opposition
- spat
- split
- squabble
- strife
- tension
- wrangle
- altercation
- atmospherics
- breach
- break
- contention
- contest
- cross-purposes
- dissidence
- disunion
- hassle
- rupture
- variance
- vendetta
- words
- clashing
- divisiveness
- falling out
- ill feeling
- ill will
- jarring
- analysis
- argument
- conference
- consideration
- consultation
- controversy
- conversation
- debate
- deliberation
- dialogue
- discourse
- dispute
- examination
- exchange
- interview
- meeting
- review
- scrutiny
- symposium
- wrangling
- altercation
- argumentation
- canvass
- colloquy
- confabulation
- contention
- disputation
- dissertation
- excursus
- groupthink
- huddle
- meet
- quarrel
- ventilation
- bickering
- brawl
- conflict
- controversy
- debate
- disagreement
- discord
- discussion
- disturbance
- feud
- friction
- misunderstanding
- quarrel
- row
- squabble
- strife
- wrangle
- altercation
- beef
- broil
- brouhaha
- commotion
- contention
- dissension
- embroilment
- fireworks
- flare-up
- fracas
- fuss
- hubbub
- miff
- polemic
- rumpus
- squall
- tiff
- uproar
- variance
- words
- bone of contention
- difference of opinion
- falling-out
- application
- attention
- carefulness
- caution
- cognizance
- concentration
- concern
- consideration
- debate
- deliberation
- ear
- heedfulness
- interest
- mark
- mind
- note
- notice
- observance
- observation
- regard
- remark
- respect
- spotlight
- study
- TLC
- watchfulness
- listen up
- tender loving care
- agree
- arrange
- confer
- consult
- debate
- haggle
- handle
- mediate
- settle
- work out
- accommodate
- adjudicate
- adjust
- arbitrate
- compose
- concert
- conciliate
- connect
- contract
- covenant
- deal
- dicker
- intercede
- manage
- moderate
- network
- parley
- referee
- stipulate
- swap
- transact
- treat
- umpire
- bring to terms
- bury the hatchet
- come across with
- cut a deal
- hammer out a deal
- horse-trade
- make a deal
- make peace
- make terms
- step in
- work out a deal
- argue
- assail
- attack
- debate
- defy
- deny
- disagree
- dispute
- face
- fight
- prevent
- protest
- resist
- assault
- bar
- battle
- bombard
- check
- combat
- confront
- contradict
- controvert
- counter
- counterattack
- cross
- disapprove
- encounter
- expose
- gainsay
- hinder
- neutralize
- reverse
- taunt
- thwart
- withstand
- call in question
- face down
- fly in the face of
- frown at
- not countenance
- run counter to
- search out
- speak against
- stand up to
- take a stand
- take issue
- take on
- turn the tables
- consider
- contemplate
- deliberate
- evaluate
- examine
- mull
- mull over
- puzzle over
- reflect
- speculate
- weigh
- appraise
- brood
- cerebrate
- cogitate
- daydream
- debate
- dwell
- excogitate
- figure
- meditate
- mind
- moon
- muse
- reason
- revolve
- roll
- ruminate
- study
- woolgather
- build castles in air
- give thought to
- noodle around
- perpend
- pipe-dream
- put on thinking cap
- think out
- think over
- turn over
- contend
- debate
- demonstrate
- discourse
- discuss
- dispute
- dissuade
- establish
- expostulate
- justify
- move
- prove
- remonstrate
- urge
- bring around
- point out
- prevail upon
- show error of ways
- talk into
- talk out of
- win over
- contradict
- counter
- disprove
- expose
- oppose
- quash
- rebut
- repudiate
- squelch
- abnegate
- break
- burn
- cancel
- confute
- contend
- contravene
- convict
- crush
- debate
- demolish
- disclaim
- dispute
- evert
- explode
- gainsay
- invalidate
- negate
- overthrow
- parry
- silence
- top
- argue against
- blow sky-high
- burn down
- cancel out
- disconfirm
- dispose of
- give the lie to
- give thumbs down to
- reply to
- shoot down
- shoot full of holes
- show up
- take a stand against
- tear down
- vent
- advertise
- air
- broach
- broadcast
- circulate
- debate
- deliberate
- discourse
- discuss
- examine
- express
- free
- give
- introduce
- moot
- publish
- put
- scrutinize
- sift
- state
- verbalize
- bring into the open
- bring up
- go into
- take up
- talk about
- talk of
- talk over
- thresh out
- agitate
- consult
- inspect
- scrutinize
- solicit
- analyze
- apply
- argue
- campaign
- check
- debate
- dispute
- electioneer
- examine
- investigate
- review
- run
- scan
- sift
- study
- survey
- ventilate
- check over
- holler
- shout
- agitate
- bark
- bawl
- bellow
- bluster
- claim
- debate
- demand
- dispute
- roar
- rout
- put up a howl
- raise Cain
- raise the roof
- advise
- argue
- brainstorm
- consult
- huddle
- negotiate
- speak
- bargain
- blitz
- breeze
- collogue
- confab
- confabulate
- converse
- deal
- debate
- discourse
- flap
- gab
- jaw
- parley
- talk
- treat
- get heads together
- give meeting
- groupthink
- kick ideas around
- pick one's brain
- toss ideas around
- argue
- brainstorm
- call in
- consider
- deliberate
- discuss
- examine
- huddle
- interview
- negotiate
- respect
- review
- turn to
- cogitate
- collogue
- commune
- confab
- confabulate
- debate
- flap
- interrogate
- parlay
- question
- regard
- treat
- ask advice of
- be closeted with
- compare notes
- groupthink
- kick ideas around
- pick one's brains
- put heads together
- refer to
- seek advice
- seek opinion of
- take account of
- take a meeting
- take counsel
- talk over
- toss ideas around
- 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
- litigate
- oppose
- blast
- debate
- dispute
- doubt
- push
- question
- tangle
- call in question
- give it one's all
- go for it
- go for jugular
- jockey for position
- jump on
- mix it up with
- object to
- scramble for
- shoot for
- stand up for
- break
- challenge
- confound
- confute
- contest
- contradict
- counter
- debate
- deny
- discuss
- disprove
- dispute
- oppugn
- question
- rebut
- refute
- wrangle
- disconfirm
- answer
- bicker
- consider
- contest
- deliberate
- oppose
- question
- wrangle
- agitate
- altercate
- bandy
- canvass
- cogitate
- confab
- confute
- contend
- controvert
- demonstrate
- differ
- disprove
- dispute
- hassle
- moot
- pettifog
- prove
- reason
- rebut
- refute
- rehash
- bump heads
- chew the fat
- cross swords
- discept
- hammer away at
- hash over
- have at it
- kick around
- knock around
- lock horns
- pick a bone
- put up argument
- set to
- talk back
- talk game
- thrash out
- toss around
- consider
- consult
- contemplate
- mull over
- ponder
- reflect
- weigh
- argue
- cerebrate
- cogitate
- debate
- excogitate
- judge
- meditate
- muse
- reason
- revolve
- roll
- ruminate
- speculate
- study
- bat it around
- chew over
- hammer away at
- kick around
- knock around
- pour it on
- put on thinking cap
- rack brains
- run up a flagpole
- stew over
- sweat over
- talk over
- turn over
- disagree
- dissent
- divide
- quarrel
- squabble
- vary
- bicker
- contend
- debate
- demur
- disaccord
- discord
- dispute
- fight
- jar
- object
- oppose
- war
- bump heads
- discept
- go after each other
- go at it
- hit a clinker
- hit a sour note
- lock horns
- protest against
- take issue
- alarm
- confuse
- disconcert
- distract
- disturb
- excite
- fluster
- incite
- inflame
- perturb
- work up
- argue
- arouse
- bug
- craze
- debate
- discompose
- discuss
- dispute
- disquiet
- examine
- ferment
- flurry
- move
- rouse
- ruffle
- spook
- stimulate
- stir
- trouble
- unhinge
- upset
- ventilate
- worry
- bug up
- burn up
- egg on
- get to
- make flip
- psych
- push buttons
- turn on
- bicker
- clash
- contend
- differ
- dissent
- divide
- feud
- haggle
- object
- oppose
- quarrel
- quibble
- spar
- wrangle
- altercate
- battle
- brawl
- contest
- controvert
- debate
- disaccord
- discord
- dispute
- fight
- palter
- rip
- row
- scrap
- skirmish
- spat
- sue
- war
- zap
- break with
- bring action
- controversialize
- discept
- fall out
- go for the jugular
- have words
- jump on
- lay into
- let have it
- logomachize
- set to
- take issue
- take on
- argue
- chew
- comment
- commentate
- confab
- confer
- converse
- debate
- declaim
- descant
- develop
- dispute
- dissertate
- elaborate
- enlarge
- expand
- expatiate
- explain
- expound
- harangue
- lecture
- modulate
- orate
- perorate
- remark
- sermonize
- talk
- treat
- voice
- dilate upon
- dissert
- give a meeting
- hold forth
- argue
- confer
- consider
- debate
- deliberate
- examine
- explain
- review
- take up
- altercate
- canvass
- confabulate
- contend
- contest
- converse
- descant
- dispute
- dissertate
- figure
- groupthink
- jaw
- moot
- sift
- ventilate
- weigh
- bounce off
- compare notes
- consult with
- discept
- discourse about
- dissert
- exchange views on
- get-together
- go into
- hash over
- hold forth
- kick about
- knock around
- put heads together
- reason about
- thrash out
- toss around
- challenge
- contend
- contest
- contradict
- deny
- discuss
- disprove
- doubt
- quarrel
- rebut
- refute
- wrangle
- agitate
- altercate
- bicker
- brawl
- canvass
- clash
- confute
- controvert
- debate
- gainsay
- hassle
- impugn
- moot
- negate
- question
- quibble
- squabble
- bump heads
- disaffirm
- discept
- have at
- jump on one's case
- kick around
- lock horns
- pick a bone
- take on
- thrash out
- toss around
- balk
- dither
- falter
- pause
- ponder
- stumble
- waffle
- waver
- alternate
- balance
- dally
- debate
- defer
- delay
- demur
- dillydally
- doubt
- equivocate
- flounder
- fluctuate
- fumble
- hang
- hedge
- hover
- linger
- oscillate
- pussyfoot
- scruple
- seesaw
- shift
- shrink
- stammer
- stop
- straddle
- stutter
- swerve
- tergiversate
- vacillate
- weigh
- be irresolute
- be reluctant
- be unwilling
- blow hot and cold
- hang back
- hem and haw
- hold back
- hold off
- pull back
- shy away
- sit on fence
- think about
- think twice
- accord
- agreement
- calm
- concurrence
- harmony
- likeness
- peace
- sameness
- similarity
- comprehension
- concord
- understanding
- agreement
- approval
- calm
- calmness
- composure
- contentedness
- contentment
- ease
- happiness
- harmony
- order
- peace
- comfort
- delight
- health
- joy
- pleasure
- rest
- disregard
- ignorance
- neglect
- thoughtlessness
- debt
- disdain
- disrespect
- failure
- heedlessness
- negligence
- omission
- carelessness
- disregard
- heedlessness
- ignorance
- imprudence
- inattention
- neglect
- negligence
- praise
- thoughtlessness
- accord
- agreement
- harmony
- peace
- approval
- authorization
- concurrence
- ratification
- alikeness
- assent
- consent
- accord
- agreement
- concord
- concurrence
- friendship
- harmony
- juncture
- peace
- understanding
- acquiescence
- likeness
- sameness
- similarity
- disdain
- disinterest
- disregard
- disrespect
- heedlessness
- ignorance
- indifference
- neglect
- negligence
- thoughtlessness
- carelessness
- inattention
- accept
- agree
- aid
- allow
- comply
- give in
- go along
- harmonize
- help
- retreat
- support
- surrender
- yield
- approve
- assist
- encourage
- forward
- make peace
- permit
- favor
- join
- participate
- agree
- aid
- allow
- approve
- assist
- concede
- help
- support
- concur
- endorse
- fix
- give in
- go along
- lose
- permit
- prove
- release
- surrender
- uphold
- yield
- ratify
- sanction
- affirm
- agree
- allow
- answer
- approve
- concede
- confirm
- corroborate
- endorse
- give in
- go along
- prove
- verify
- forbear
- harmonize
- make peace
- restrain
- appease
- calm
- clarify
- comfort
- discourage
- explain
- order
- organize
- pacify
- quiet
- reassure
- soothe
- tranquilize
- agree
- go along
- please
- lull
- agree
- approve
- concur
- consent
- give in
- join
- make peace
- go along
- harmonize
- accept
- acquiesce
- aid
- coincide
- help
- continue
- persist
- advance
- agree
- do well
- expedite
- face
- go
- go along
- hasten
- hurry
- meet
- remain
- rush
- stay
- attack
- carry on
- go ahead
- persevere
- resolve
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.