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present participle of contend.

contending

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factious adj.
fighting adj.
militant adj.
opposing adj.
rival adj.
warlike adj.

ADJECTIVE

factious

Synonyms

WEAK

alienated belligerent contentious contumacious disaffected disputatious dissident divisive fighting hostile insubordinate insurgent insurrectionary litigious malcontent mutinous partisan quarrelsome rebellious refractory rival sectarian seditious troublemaking turbulent

Antonyms

WEAK

agreeing cooperating cooperative peaceful united

ADJECTIVE

fighting

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STRONG

battling belligerent boxing brawling determined fencing hostile jousting martial militant skirmishing sparring tilting warmongering wrestling

WEAK

angry argumentative bellicose combative contentious disputatious disputative ferocious hawkish jingoistic militaristic pugnacious quarrelsome ready to fight resolute scrappy truculent unbeatable under arms up in arms

Antonyms

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kind nice peaceful

WEAK

peaceloving

ADJECTIVE

militant

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assertive bellicose belligerent militaristic vigorous warring

STRONG

active fighting martial military offensive

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assertory combating contentious embattled gladiatorial in arms pugnacious pushy quarrelsome scrappy self-assertive truculent up in arms warlike

Antonyms

WEAK

compliant peaceful peaceloving submissive tolerant

ADJECTIVE

opposing

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STRONGEST

antagonistic conflicting

STRONG

rival

WEAK

adverse anti opposite

Antonyms

STRONGEST

agreeable

WEAK

allied

ADJECTIVE

rival

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STRONGEST

competing

STRONG

battling combatant combating conflicting contesting cutthroat disputing emulating equal opposed striving vying

WEAK

competitive emulous

Antonyms

WEAK

assisting associate supporting

ADJECTIVE

warlike

Synonyms

WEAK

aggressive attacking bellicose belligerent bloodthirsty combative contentious contrary fighting gladiatorial hawkish inimical martial militant militaristic military offensive pugnacious quarrelsome ructious soldierly truculent unfriendly warmongering warring

Antonyms

WEAK

harmonizing peaceful

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Job seekers are now contending with increasingly personalized traps, said James Lee, president of the Identity Resource Theft Center.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 5, 2026

"Bringing together groups with contending understandings of the Ethiopian state, for the first time ever, itself has been a successful exercise," said Alamrew Yirdaw, a participant from the Amhara region.

From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026

The union support is a welcome development for data-center companies, which are now contending with a slowdown in approvals for new construction.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

They noted that ICE already is contending with criticism for multiple deaths in custody and during arrests.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

Lyra felt a mixture of thoughts contending in her head, and she would have liked nothing better than to share them with her daemon, but she was proud too.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman

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