Antonyms for contended
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : kuhn-tend |
| Phonetic Transcription : kənˈtɛnd |
Definition of contended
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
- Gotleib contended that Arledge could sustain the reduction required.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- God gives spiritual rewards, it is contended, not material ones.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- There was, he contended, some diversion and diversity in card-playing.
- Extract from : « De Libris: Prose and Verse » by Austin Dobson
- From the earliest times it has been contended that woman is undeveloped man.
- Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
- Weissman and his co-workers have contended that this unaided principle will serve.
- Extract from : « The Meaning of Evolution » by Samuel Christian Schmucker
- “Ministers must always be listened to with respect,” he contended.
- Extract from : « Blood and Iron » by John Hubert Greusel
- Mr. H., on the contrary, contended that he was a party aiding and assisting.
- Extract from : « Patrick Henry » by Moses Coit Tyler
- It is not contended, however, that every laborer actually does this.
- Extract from : « Rural Life and the Rural School » by Joseph Kennedy
- He contended that the fellow was very good with sheep, but was not fit for any girl to marry.
- Extract from : « Amy Foster » by Joseph Conrad
- Slade contended that one kind of marriage was as good as another.
- Extract from : « Bloom of Cactus » by Robert Ames Bennet
Synonyms for contended
- 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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