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Synonyms for put up argument
verb disagree over minor issues- bicker
- carp
- spar
- squabble
- waffle
- wrangle
- altercate
- argufy
- avoid
- cavil
- chicane
- criticize
- dispute
- equivocate
- evade
- fence
- flip-flop
- hassle
- pettifog
- pretend
- prevaricate
- shift
- argue over
- blow hot and cold
- catch at straws
- have at it
- hem and haw
- hypercriticize
- make a big thing about
- nit-pick
- paralogize
- put up an argument
- set to
- split hairs
- talk back
Antonyms for put up argument
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.
contended
verb. argue
- affirm
- allege
- assert
- aver
- avow
- blast
- charge
- claim
- come at
- cross
- debate
- defend
- dictate
- dispute
- enjoin
- fly in face of
- gang up on
- go at
- have at
- have bone to pick
- hold
- insist
- jump on
- justify
- lace into
- lay into
- let have it
- light into
- lock horns with
- maintain
- mix
- mix it up
- prescribe
- put up argument
- report
- rip
- say
- set to
- sock it to one
- stick it to
- take on
- tell
- urge
- vindicate
- warrant
- zap
contending
verb. argue
- affirm
- allege
- assert
- aver
- avow
- blast
- charge
- claim
- come at
- cross
- debate
- defend
- dictate
- dispute
- enjoin
- fly in face of
- gang up on
- go at
- have at
- have bone to pick
- hold
- insist
- jump on
- justify
- lace into
- lay into
- let have it
- light into
- lock horns with
- maintain
- mix
- mix it up
- prescribe
- put up argument
- report
- rip
- say
- set to
- sock it to one
- stick it to
- take on
- tell
- urge
- vindicate
- warrant
- zap
contends
verb. argue
- affirm
- allege
- assert
- aver
- avow
- blast
- charge
- claim
- come at
- cross
- debate
- defend
- dictate
- dispute
- enjoin
- fly in face of
- gang up on
- go at
- have at
- have bone to pick
- hold
- insist
- jump on
- justify
- lace into
- lay into
- let have it
- light into
- lock horns with
- maintain
- mix
- mix it up
- prescribe
- put up argument
- report
- rip
- say
- set to
- sock it to one
- stick it to
- take on
- tell
- urge
- vindicate
- warrant
- zap
debate
verb. argue, 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
verb. argue, 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
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.