Antonyms for bandying
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : ban-dee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbæn di |
- abstain
- agree
- aid
- assist
- catch
- collect
- comply
- concur
- continue
- deny
- disconnect
- discourage
- dissuade
- endorse
- explain
- forget
- gather
- give in
- give up
- go along
- harmonize
- help
- hold
- ignore
- keep
- keep quiet
- keep silent
- leave alone
- let go
- maintain
- make peace
- overlook
- precede
- pull
- receive
- refuse
- release
- remain
- repress
- retreat
- slow
- stay
- stop
- support
- surrender
- yield
Definition of bandying
Origin :- 1570s, "to strike back and forth," from Middle French bander, from root of band (n.2). The sense apparently evolved from "join together to oppose," to opposition itself, to "exchanging blows," then metaphorically, to volleying in tennis. Bandy (n.) was a 17c. Irish game, precursor of field hockey, played with curved a stick (also called a bandy), hence bandy-legged (1680s).
- As in interchange : verb switch, exchange
- As in argue : verb verbally fight
- As in rotate : verb alternate
- As in swap/swop : verb exchange
- As in throw : verb propel something through the air
- As in swap : verb exchange
- As in compete : verb go up against in contest
- As in debate : verb argue, discuss
- As in exchange : verb trade
- It will be well for you to answer questions instead of bandying them.
- Extract from : « Little Novels of Italy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett
- "Still, there's nothing gained by bandying names," returned Brady.
- Extract from : « Jack of Both Sides » by Florence Coombe
- There was no sign of cynicism now, no bandying of compliments.
- Extract from : « The Daughters of Danaus » by Mona Caird
- Nor was he in the least the jollying, bandying person the younger ladies were familiar with.
- Extract from : « Selina » by George Madden Martin
- I remonstrated with him on the impropriety of bandying words with our servants.
- Extract from : « Roughing it in the Bush » by Susanna Moodie
- Impossible that she should keep them yet impossible to send them back as if in a bandying of rebuffs.
- Extract from : « Tante » by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
- They had known no empty words, no bandying of foolish phrases.
- Extract from : « The Wolves of God » by Algernon Blackwood
- This trick of bandying words is, of course, common in Shakespeare.
- Extract from : « English Literature: Modern » by G. H. Mair
- They spoke slowly—not bandying words but exchanging thoughts.
- Extract from : « In Kedar's Tents » by Henry Seton Merriman
- But we are not here for the purpose of bandying words with you, sir.
- Extract from : « Castle Craneycrow » by George Barr McCutcheon
Synonyms for bandying
- agitate
- altercate
- alternate
- answer
- attempt
- bandy
- bargain
- barrage
- barter
- battle
- be in the running
- bicker
- bid
- bombard
- break with
- buck
- bump heads
- bunt
- butt
- buy and sell
- cant
- canvass
- cash in
- cast
- castle
- catapult
- challenge
- change
- change hands
- chew the fat
- chuck
- clash
- cogitate
- collide
- commute
- confab
- confute
- connect
- consider
- contact
- contact with
- contend
- contest
- controvert
- convert
- convert into
- cope with
- correspond
- cross
- cross swords
- dash
- deal in
- deliberate
- deliver
- demonstrate
- differ
- disagree
- discept
- discharge
- dislodge
- displace
- disprove
- dispute
- drive
- emulate
- encounter
- ensue
- essay
- exchange
- face
- face down
- face off
- fell
- fence
- feud
- fight
- fire
- flick
- fling
- fling off
- flip
- flip-flop
- floor
- follow
- follow in sequence
- force
- gang up on
- get in one's face
- give and take
- go after
- go for
- go for broke
- go for the gold
- go one on one
- go over to
- grapple
- hammer
- hammer away
- hammer away at
- hash
- hash over
- hassle
- have at each other
- have at it
- heave
- hook up
- horse trade
- hurl
- impel
- in the hunt
- interact
- interchange
- interface
- invert
- jockey for position
- joust
- jump
- jump on
- kick around
- knock around
- lapidate
- launch
- let fly
- let go
- lift
- link up
- lob
- lock horns
- market
- match strength
- match wits
- mesh
- mix it up
- moot
- network
- oppose
- overturn
- overwhelm
- participate in
- pass to
- pay back
- peg
- pellet
- pelt
- pepper
- pettifog
- pick a bone
- pick an argument
- pit oneself against
- pitch
- play
- precipitate
- project
- prove
- push
- put
- put up a fight
- put up a struggle
- put up argument
- quarrel
- question
- quibble
- rearrange
- reason
- rebut
- reciprocate
- refute
- rehash
- relate
- relieve
- replace
- return the compliment
- reverse
- revise
- rival
- row
- run for
- sass
- scatter
- scramble for
- seek prize
- seesaw
- send
- set to
- shift
- shove
- shower
- shuffle
- shuttle
- shy
- sling
- sock it to
- spar
- spell
- splatter
- spray
- sprinkle
- squabble
- start
- stick it to
- stone
- strew
- strive
- struggle
- substitute
- succeed
- swap
- swap horses
- switch
- swop
- take on
- take part
- take turns
- talk back
- talk game
- thrash out
- thrust
- tilt
- toss
- toss around
- trade
- traffic
- transact
- transfer
- transpose
- truck
- try
- tumble
- turn the tables
- tussle
- unhorse
- unseat
- upset
- vie
- volley
- waft
- wrangle
- wrestle
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