Contest [ noun kon-test; verb kuhn-test ]
Main Entry: contest
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: competition
Synonyms: challenge, concours, discussion, game, match, meet, meeting, proving, rencounter, sport, testing, tournament, trial, trying
Main Entry: contest
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: 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
Main Entry: contest
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: 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
Main Entry: contest
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: 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
Main Entry: action
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: an aggressive military deed
Synonyms: battle, combat, conflict, contest, encounter, engagement, fight, fighting, fray, skirmish, warfare
Main Entry: altercation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: fight, often verbal
Synonyms: argument, beef, bickering, blowup, bone of contention, brawl, brush, combat, contest, controversy, dispute, embroilment, flap, fracas, fuss, go, hassle, quarrel, row, rumble, run-in, set-to, squabbling, tiff, words, wrangle
Main Entry: answer
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: reply, react
Synonyms: acknowledge, answer back, argue, back at you, back talk, be in touch, claim, comeback, contest, counterclaim, defend, deny, disprove, dispute, echo, explain, feedback, field the question, get back at, get back to, give a snappy comeback, parry, plead, rebut, refute, rejoin, remark, resolve, respond, retaliate, retort, return, sass, say, settle, shoot back, solve, squelch, talk back, top
Main Entry: appeal
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: request
Synonyms: address, adjure, advance, apply, ask, beg, beseech, bid, call, call upon, claim, contest, crave, demand, entreat, hit on, implore, importune, petition, plead, pray, propose, proposition, question, refer, require, resort to, solicit, strike, submit, sue, supplicate, urge
Main Entry: athletics
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: sports
Synonyms: contest, drill, events, exercises, games, practice, races, recreation, workout
Main Entry: battle
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: struggle
Synonyms: agitation, campaign, clash, conflict, contest, controversy, crusade, debate, disagreement, dispute, strife
