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disagreements

NOUN

dispute, quarrel

Synonyms

STRONGEST

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

STRONG

altercation atmospherics breach break contention contest cross-purposes dissidence disunion hassle rupture variance vendetta words

WEAK

clashing divisiveness falling out ill feeling ill will jarring

Antonyms

STRONGEST

accord agreement concord concurrence friendship harmony juncture peace understanding

WEAK

acquiescence likeness sameness similarity

NOUN

difference, unlikeness

Synonyms

STRONGEST

clash discrepancy disparity divergence inconsistency

STRONG

discordance disharmony dissimilarity dissimilitude divergency diversity incompatibility incongruity incongruousness variance

WEAK

disaccord disharmonism

Antonyms

STRONGEST

agreement consistency harmony sameness similarity

STRONG

compatibility

WEAK

acquiescence likeness peace

Example Sentences

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Homelessness has been a vexing problem throughout American history, an issue riven by disagreements among policymakers and legislators over how best to help people in need of shelter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Ultimately, the nanozymes hypothesis is intended to provide a broader framework that may help reconcile long standing disagreements among competing origin-of-life theories.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

But the multi-billion-dollar programme was beset by disagreements between the firms involved -- France's Dassault Aviation and Airbus, which represents Germany and Spain.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

Chief executive Dario Amodei founded Anthropic after working several years at OpenAI, a company he left after disagreements with its chief executive Sam Altman.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

This was before my time; I joined the college in 1965 at the tail end of the bitterness, when similar disagreements forced another Nobel Prize-winning Master, Sir Nevill Mott, to resign.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking