Antonyms for contend
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : kuhn-tend |
| Phonetic Transcription : kənˈtɛnd |
Definition of contend
Origin :- mid-15c., from Old French contendre, from Latin contendere "to stretch out, strive after," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + tendere "to stretch" (see tenet). Related: Contended; contending.
- verb compete, fight
- verb argue
- You are your mother's girl, think what you will; and have violent spirits to contend with.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- Having this matter attended to, there are other enemies with which we must contend.
- Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 » by Various
- They have to contend with the powers of darkness and the corruptions of nature.
- Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox
- There are a lot of things to contend with at first; you won't enjoy it at all, to begin with.
- Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
- Nor was this the only evil with which she had now to contend.
- Extract from : « Theresa Marchmont » by Mrs Charles Gore
- These were the very troops with whom at a later period we had to contend.
- Extract from : « The Autobiography of Sergeant William Lawrence » by William Lawrence
- We do not say that art should be despised by the novelist; we only contend that it should not be polluted.
- Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 5. May 1848 » by Various
- But to contend with a master of legions is ever an unequal struggle.
- Extract from : « Byzantine Churches in Constantinople » by Alexander Van Millingen
- For me to contend for the contrary, would be to contend with the wind.
- Extract from : « Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia » by Various
- It is better not to contend, either with others or against our own body.
- Extract from : « The Golden Fountain » by Lilian Staveley
Synonyms for contend
- affirm
- allege
- argue
- assert
- aver
- avow
- battle
- blast
- charge
- claim
- clash
- come at
- confront
- contest
- controvert
- cope
- cross
- debate
- defend
- dictate
- dispute
- emulate
- encounter
- enjoin
- face
- fly in face of
- gang up on
- give all one's got
- give one's all
- go after
- go at
- go for
- go for broke
- go for it
- go for jugular
- grapple
- have at
- have bone to pick
- hold
- insist
- jockey for position
- jostle
- jump on
- justify
- knock oneself out
- lace into
- lay into
- let have it
- light into
- litigate
- lock horns
- lock horns with
- maintain
- make play for
- meet
- mix
- mix it up
- mix it up with
- oppose
- oppugn
- prescribe
- push
- push for
- put up argument
- report
- resist
- rip
- rival
- say
- scramble for
- set to
- shoot at
- shoot for
- skirmish
- sock it to one
- stand
- stick it to
- strive
- struggle
- take on
- tangle with
- tell
- tug
- urge
- vie
- vindicate
- warrant
- withstand
- zap
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