dispute

Nouns

  • (n) a disagreement or argument about something important
    • he had a dispute with his wife
    • there were irreconcilable differences
    • the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats
    difference of opinion, difference, conflict,
  • (n) coming into conflict with contravention,

Verbs

  • (v) take exception to
    • She challenged his claims
    challenge, gainsay,
  • (v) have a disagreement over something
    • We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America
    • These two fellows are always scrapping over something
    altercate, argufy, quarrel, scrap,

Synonyms

difference of opinion difference conflict challenge gainsay contravention altercate argufy quarrel scrap

Words of close approximity

disputed