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contest

[kon-test, kuhn-test] / ˈkɒn tɛst, kənˈtɛst /
NOUN
competition
Synonyms
STRONGEST
challenge discussion game match meeting sport tournament trial
STRONG
meet proving testing trying
WEAK
concours rencounter
Antonyms
WEAK
agreement calm peace quiet stillness tranquility
NOUN
fight, struggle
Synonyms
STRONGEST
action battle brawl conflict debate encounter rivalry
STRONG
affray altercation beef brush combat controversy discord dispute emulation engagement fray go hassle row rumble run-in scrap set-to shock skirmish static strife striving tug-of-war warfare wrangle
WEAK
battle royal
Antonyms
STRONGEST
agreement peace truce
STRONG
accord harmony surrender
WEAK
calm quiet stillness tranquility
VERB
argue, challenge
Synonyms
STRONGEST
litigate oppose
STRONG
blast debate dispute doubt push question tangle
WEAK
call in question give it one's all go for it go for jugular jockey for position jump on mix it up with object to scramble for shoot for stand up for
Antonyms
STRONG
agree go along
WEAK
allow give up resign
VERB
fight
Synonyms
STRONGEST
compete contend defend vie
STRONG
altercate attack battle brawl buck conflict cross duel feud hassle quarrel repel rival row rumpus scrap scuffle sock strike struggle tilt traverse withstand wrangle
WEAK
break with fight over gang up on knuckle with lay a finger on lay out put on gloves put up dukes set to square off take on
Antonyms
STRONGEST
abandon desert leave surrender
STRONG
agree aid assist concur harmonize help make peace support yield
WEAK
allow give up resign

Example Sentences

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He’s even holding a gladiator contest on the White House lawn in June to celebrate his birthday.

From Salon • May 3, 2026

Britons Joshua, 36, and Fury, 37, have agreed terms for a long-awaited all-British contest targeted for the end of 2026.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

Friends of Big Bear Valley announced Friday that the two chicks have been named Sandy and Luna following a communitywide naming contest and a final vote by Big Bear Valley third-graders.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

A generation of well-funded thinkers treated them as a symptom, and may have surrendered one of the last legal tools we had to contest it.

From Slate • May 1, 2026

We’ll each make a flying craft/object/thing out of clay, and then we’ll have a contest to see whose flings the farthest across the room off of a big metal T square mounted to his desk.

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell

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