Defenition of the word contend

• Defenition of the word contend

  • To attack as false or wrong.
  • To fight or argue in order to get a purpose.
  • have an argument about something
  • compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others
  • maintain or assert; "He contended that Communism ahd no future"
  • make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation; "They contested the outcome of the race"
  • come to terms or deal successfully with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas."
  • maintain or assert; "He contended that Communism had no future"
  • to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation; "They contested the outcome of the race"
  • come to terms or deal successfully with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"
  • maintain or assert
  • to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation
  • be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight
  • come to terms with

Synonyms for the word contend

• • argue
  • compete
  • contest
  • cope
  • deal
  • debate
  • fence
  • get by
  • grapple
  • make do
  • make out
  • manage
  • postulate
  • repugn
  • vie

Hyponyms for the word contend

• • altercate
  • argufy
  • assail
  • attack
  • bandy
  • battle
  • bear down
  • bicker
  • box
  • brabble
  • challenge
  • chicken-fight
  • chickenfight
  • combat
  • cope with
  • cut
  • defend
  • dispute
  • duel
  • emulate
  • engage
  • equal
  • extemporize
  • fence
  • fend
  • feud
  • fight
  • fight back
  • fight down
  • fistfight
  • gainsay
  • get back
  • go for
  • hack
  • improvise
  • join battle
  • joust
  • match
  • meet
  • niggle
  • oppose
  • pettifog
  • play
  • quarrel
  • quibble
  • race
  • rival
  • rub along
  • run
  • run off
  • scrap
  • scrape along
  • scrape by
  • scratch along
  • scuffle
  • settle
  • skirmish
  • spar
  • squabble
  • squeak by
  • squeeze by
  • stickle
  • touch
  • tourney
  • try for
  • tug
  • tussle
  • wage
  • war
  • wrestle

Hypernyms for the word contend

• • act
  • claim
  • converse
  • discourse
  • move
  • oppose

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