Synonyms and Antonyms of contend
synonym (synonym of contend)
also (also)
- be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight (verb.competition)force or drive back (verb.competition)
hypernym (contend IS A KIND OF .... relation)
- maintain or assert (verb.communication)assert or affirm strongly; state to be true or existing (verb.communication)
- to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation (verb.communication)be against; express opposition to (verb.communication)
hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF contend relation)
- be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight (verb.competition)exert full strength (verb.competition)
- (verb.competition)fight against or resist strongly (verb.competition)
- (verb.competition)joust against somebody in a tournament by fighting on horseback (verb.competition)
- (verb.competition)fight while sitting on somebody's shoulders (verb.competition)
- come to terms with (verb.social)manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand (verb.social)
- (verb.social)manage one's existence barely (verb.social)
- (verb.competition)compete with successfully; approach or reach equality with (verb.competition)
- have an argument about something (verb.communication)dispute or argue stubbornly (especially minor points) (verb.communication)
entail (entailment relations of contend)
- have an argument about something (verb.communication)be of different opinions (verb.communication)
derivation (.... is derived from contend)
- be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight (verb.competition)a boxing or wrestling match (noun.act)
- (noun.act)a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war (noun.act)
- (noun.artifact)a high-speed military or naval airplane designed to destroy enemy aircraft in the air (noun.artifact)
- (noun.person)someone who fights (or is fighting) (noun.person)
- compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others (verb.competition)the act of competing as for profit or a prize (noun.act)
- (noun.person)the contestant you hope to defeat (noun.person)
- have an argument about something (verb.communication)a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal (noun.communication)
- (noun.communication)a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement (noun.communication)
- maintain or assert (verb.communication)a point asserted as part of an argument (noun.communication)
- to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation (verb.communication)a struggle between rivals (noun.act)
- (noun.person)a winner (of a race or an election etc.) whose victory is contested (noun.person)
- (noun.linkdef)the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time (noun.linkdef)
