Antonyms for debaters

Grammar : Noun

Spell : dih-beyt

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈbeɪt

listener

Definition of debaters

Origin : late 14c., "to quarrel, dispute," also "discuss, deliberate upon the pros and cons of," from Old French debatre (13c., Modern French débattre), originally "to fight," from de- "down, completely" (see de-) + batre "to beat" (see battery). Related: Debated; debating.

As in talker : noun speaker
As in talker : noun conversationalist

Example sentences :

The debaters were the keenest in the land, the theme they were engaged on the loftiest and most vital.
Extract from : « Ulysses » by James Joyce

He is, I think, the most interesting of all the great European debaters.
Extract from : « Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches » by Justin McCarthy

The soil is prepared and we are already a nation of debaters.
Extract from : « The Portland Sketch Book » by Various

The other classes all elected their debaters, and I fancy they want us to do the same.
Extract from : « Betty Wales Freshman » by Edith K. Dunton

"It was only the debaters shaking a little interest into me," replied Nat.
Extract from : « The Bobbin Boy » by William M. Thayer

Here I found that the debaters had split hairs on what the fathers had done.
Extract from : « Children of the Market Place » by Edgar Lee Masters

Douglas was a man of extraordinary powers, and one of the readiest of the American debaters of his time.
Extract from : « The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3 » by Various

So angry were the debaters, and so heated the feeling, that it was feared the country would go to pieces.
Extract from : « Historic Papers on the Causes of the Civil War » by Mrs. Eugenia Dunlap Potts

They were fighters, not debaters; fighters, not disciplined soldiers; fighters, not persuading Christians.
Extract from : « A Short History of Monks and Monasteries » by Alfred Wesley Wishart

He had now come to know, that this was a place for warm debate, with the druggist ever conspicuous as one of the debaters.
Extract from : « The Forged Note » by Oscar Micheaux

Synonyms for debaters

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