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noun
competition
Synonyms: challenge, concours, discussion, game, match, meet, meeting, proving, rencounter, sport, testing, tournament, trial, trying
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noun
fight, struggle
Synonyms: action, affray, altercation, battle, battle royal, beef, brawl, brush, combat, conflict, controversy, debate, discord, dispute, emulation, encounter, engagement, fray, go, hassle, rivalry, row, rumble, run-in, scrap, set-to, shock, skirmish, static, strife, striving, tug-of-war, warfare, wrangle
Antonyms: agreement, calm, peace, quiet, stillness, tranquility
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verb
argue, challenge
Synonyms: blast, call in question, debate, dispute, doubt, give it one’s all, go for it, go for jugular, jockey for position, jump on, litigate, mix it up with, object to, oppose, push, question, scramble for, shoot for, stand up for, tangle
Antonyms: agree, allow, give up, resign
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verb
fight
Synonyms: altercate, attack, battle, brawl, break with, buck, compete, conflict, contend, cross, defend, duel, feud, fight over, gang up on, hassle, knuckle with, lay a finger on, lay out, put on gloves, put up dukes, quarrel, repel, rival, row, rumpus, scrap, scuffle, set to, sock, square off, strike, struggle, take on, tilt, traverse, vie, withstand, wrangle
Antonyms: agree