What are the antonyms for CONTEND?
- gainsay, question, go along, hide, agree, separate, deny, disown, surrender, negate, yield, reject, divide, negative, make peace, contradict, forget, disprove, disclaim, desert, disavow, dispute, give up, challenge, give in, abandon, confute, leave, refute, retreat, cede, unmix, counter, rebut, comply.
Synonyms for CONTEND
- spar,
- quibble,
- show error of ways,
- keep safe,
- care for,
- fending off,
- justify,
- let have it,
- claim,
- stands firm,
- warrant,
- proclaim,
- emulate,
- politicks,
- have bone to pick,
- get through to,
- cares for,
- corroborate,
- Garrisoned,
- free from blame,
- broil,
- postulate,
- lay down the law,
- stood firm,
- conflict,
- admit,
- propound,
- avow,
- Romped,
- watched over,
- Spatted,
- disagree,
- quarrel,
- blast,
- talking out of,
- serene,
- pitch against,
- pit against,
- clamor,
- discording,
- point to,
- affirm,
- allege,
- looks after,
- insist,
- urge,
- vouch for,
- comfortable,
- spat,
- hold,
- verify,
- run against tide,
- stick it to,
- logomachize,
- put up argument,
- rip,
- debate,
- acknowledge,
- joust,
- make a stink,
- stand firm,
- beat off,
- Disculpate,
- hold on,
- cries out,
- hold at bay,
- pronounce,
- tiff,
- set down,
- combat,
- adjure,
- be firm,
- hold out against,
- stand up to,
- cope,
- ran with,
- state,
- Bulwarking,
- light into,
- struggle against,
- make out,
- keep from,
- deal,
- contend,
- holds on,
- left alone,
- Spatting,
- have words,
- cried out,
- square off with,
- manage,
- squabble,
- shaking hands,
- declare,
- aver,
- brawl,
- make do,
- dissent,
- take exception,
- promise,
- sustain,
- politick,
- satisfied,
- ratify,
- standing to,
- vindicate,
- mix,
- zap,
- accept,
- win over,
- say,
- jostle,
- romp,
- approve,
- cross,
- disharmonize,
- tilt,
- put in opposition,
- duel,
- fly in face of,
- repugn,
- altercate,
- validate,
- fence,
- cared for,
- bicker,
- at ease,
- bump heads with,
- avouch,
- certify,
- held out against,
- sock it to one,
- report,
- set to,
- submit,
- maintain,
- prescribe,
- gang up on,
- words,
- jump on,
- keeping pace,
- Garrisoning,
- ward off,
- charge,
- battle,
- go at,
- shake hands,
- Constate,
- panoplied,
- crying out,
- tangle,
- be displeased by,
- look after,
- row,
- guard against,
- dictate,
- looking after,
- standing firm,
- sound off,
- setting against,
- watching over,
- make/prove your/a point,
- lace into,
- mismatched,
- get by,
- support,
- asseverate,
- lock horns with,
- discorded,
- haggle,
- harded,
- pledge,
- die hard,
- testify,
- remain firm,
- defend,
- repel danger,
- contest,
- enjoin,
- running,
- lay into,
- take a stand,
- square with,
- bring action,
- try,
- cry out,
- collide,
- run with,
- assert,
- provide sanctuary,
- differ,
- watch over,
- set against,
- riot,
- grapple,
- is against,
- profess,
- back-talk,
- be against,
- harding,
- kiss babies,
- leave alone,
- abstain from,
- holds out against,
- stood up to,
- stand to,
- be a candidate,
- antagonize,
- confirm,
- inveigh against,
- Hards,
- ring doorbells,
- vie,
- Housed,
- whistlestop,
- war,
- abstains from,
- taking exception,
- express,
- endorse,
- come at,
- vouch,
- looked after,
- keep pace,
- tell,
- says no,
- mix it up,
- snug,
- complacent,
- controversialize,
- feud,
- retain,
- Bulwarked,
- easy,
- talk out of,
- take on,
- argue,
- hit the campaign trail,
- go for the jugular,
- assure,
- politicking,
- propose,
- rival,
- show,
- go for jugular,
- keep step,
- attest,
- say no,
- mismatching,
- fortify,
- compete,
- clash.
Usage Examples for CONTEND
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That was the last day on which barbarism was able to contend with civilization on equal terms. - "American Political Ideas Viewed From The Standpoint Of Universal History" by John Fiske
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That I look like some of her acquaintances, for I contend that families of high birth bear with them marks which cannot be mistaken. - "'Lena Rivers" by Mary J. Holmes
