Antonyms for contending
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : kuhn-tend |
| Phonetic Transcription : kənˈtɛnd |
Definition of contending
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
- I got through it, only after contending with these impediments for three miles.
- Extract from : « Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia » by Thomas Mitchell
- But after contending with himself, he concluded to repeat nothing.
- Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
- We hear the fierce roar of the contending surges, yet we see them not.
- Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 2 August 1848 » by Various
- He dressed among the contending lights, and went through his money.
- Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster
- Are they charioteers of contending pairs of steeds, or pilots of vessels?
- Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
- He will reconcile the contending factions, and unite them against their external enemies.
- Extract from : « Laws » by Plato
- He lay still after that, his brain whirling with contending emotions.
- Extract from : « Hidden Water » by Dane Coolidge
- The contending rivals are in reality uniting to stimulate each other.
- Extract from : « The Ethics of Coperation » by James Hayden Tufts
- Mr. Blake is only contending that there are two sides to every question.
- Extract from : « St. Cuthbert's » by Robert E. Knowles
- The young man was evidently agitated by contending thoughts.
- Extract from : « The Young Miner » by Horatio Alger, Jr.
Synonyms for contending
- 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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