contention
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a point asserted as part of an argument
Types & categories
- assertion hypernym
- submission hyponym
Related & opposite
- postulate derivation
Sense 2 noun
a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement
they were involved in a violent argument
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- contend derivation
- quarrel derivation
- dispute derivation
- contest derivation
- controversial derivation
- contentious derivation
- combative derivation
Sense 3 noun
the act of competing as for profit or a prize
the teams were in fierce contention for first place
Types & categories
- group action hypernym
- contest hyponym
Related & opposite
- cooperation antonym
- compete derivation
- rival derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | postulate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | assertion |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | submission |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | contend |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | quarrel |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dispute |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | contest |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | controversial |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | contentious |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | combative |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | dispute |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | argy-bargy |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | firestorm |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | sparring |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | polemic |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | fight |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | cooperation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | compete |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | rival |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | group action |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | contest |