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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fight, obstruct |
| Synonyms: | argue, assail, assault, attack, bar, battle, bombard, call in question, check, combat, confront, contradict, controvert, counter, counterattack, cross, debate, defy, deny, disagree, disapprove, dispute, encounter, expose, face, face down, fight, fly in the face of, frown at, gainsay, hinder, neutralize, not countenance, prevent, protest, resist, reverse, run counter to, search out, speak against, stand up to, take a stand, take issue, take on, taunt, thwart, turn the tables, withstand |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, favor, help, support |
| Main Entry: | rock the boat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disturb the status quo |
| Synonyms: | cause trouble, challenge the status quo, complain, disagree, disturb, disturb the balance, make a stink, make a stink, make waves, make waves, not conform, object, protest, stir things up, stir things up, upset the apple cart, upset the apple cart |
| Main Entry: | squabble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | argue |
| Synonyms: | argufy, bicker, brawl, clash, disagree, dispute, encounter, fall out, fight, hassle, have words, quarrel, quibble, row, scrap, spat, tiff, wrangle |
| Antonyms: | agree, concur |
| Main Entry: | vary |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | change |
| Synonyms: | alter, alternate, assort, be unlike, blow hot and cold, convert, depart, deviate, differ, digress, disagree, displace, dissent, divaricate, diverge, diversify, divide, fluctuate, hem and haw, inflect, interchange, modify, mutate, part, permutate, range, separate, shilly-shally, swerve, take turns, transform, turn, variegate, yo-yo |
| Antonyms: | remain, stay |
| Main Entry: | war |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fight, battle |
| Synonyms: | attack, attempt, bombard, campaign against, challenge, clash, combat, contend, contest, differ, disagree, endeavor, engage in combat, go to war, kill, make war, march against, meet, murder, oppugn, shell, shoot, strive, struggle, take on, take the field against, take up arms, tug, wage war |
| Antonyms: | agree, ceasefire, make peace |
| Main Entry: | wrangle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fight, argue |
| Synonyms: | altercate, bicker, brawl, bump heads, contend, cross swords, disagree, dispute, fall out, hassle, have at it, have words, lock horns, pick a bone, put up a fight, quarrel, quibble, row, scrap, spat, squabble, take on, tangle, tiff |
| Notes: | to wangle means to gain by trickery; to wrangle means to argue or debate something angrily |
| Antonyms: | agree, give in |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | contrast |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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adverse, antagonistic, antipodean, antithalian, antithetical, apotropaic, as opposite as black and white, as opposite as fire and water, as opposite as light and darkness, as opposite as the poles, at cross purposes, bottom upwards, conflicting, contraconscientious, contradictory, contranitent, contrapletal, contrariant, contrarious, contrary, contrasted, contrasty, contre-coeur, converse, counter, counteracting, countervailing, dead against, diametrically opposite, differing, hostile, hyperion to a satyr, inconsistent, inside out, inverse, inverted, just the other way, keel upwards, negative, no such thing, not to be thought of, obverted, on one's head, opposed, opposing, opposite, quite the contrary, quite the reverse, reactionary, recalcitrant, repercussive, retroactive, retrorse, reverse, reverting, revulsive, rovescio, supine, topheavy, topsy-turvy, upside down, withershins, wrong side out, wrong side up
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