1. contend
verb. ['kənˈtɛnd'] maintain or assert.
Synonyms
- claim
Antonyms
- arrange
- unbox
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Words that Rhyme with Contend
- overextend
- comprehend
- condescend
- transcend
- recommend
- landsend
- apprehend
- suspend
- reoffend
- pretend
- portend
- misspend
- extend
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- echemende
- distend
- befriend
- yearend
- unbend
- relend
- intend
- impend
- descend
- depend
- defend
- commend
- backend
- trend
- spend
- offend
Example sentences of the word contend
1. Verb, base form
Since that time international players have continued to contend and very often win.
Quotes containing the word contend
1. I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours.
- Stephen Roberts
2. Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore,So do our minutes hasten to their end;Each changing place with that which goes before,In sequent toil all forwards do contend.
- William Shakespeare, The Sonnets and Narrative Poems
2. contend
verb. ['kənˈtɛnd'] have an argument about something.
Synonyms
- dissent
- dispute
- quibble
- pettifog
- spar
- stickle
- take issue
- argufy
- niggle
- discourse
- argue
- oppose
- differ
- debate
- converse
- fence
- squabble
- bicker
- quarrel
- disagree
- altercate
- brabble
Antonyms
- cold war
- peace
- praise
- end
3. contend
verb. ['kənˈtɛnd'] to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation.
Synonyms
- contest
- repugn
- dispute
- gainsay
- challenge
Antonyms
- evolution
- ride
- surrender
- attack
4. contend
verb. ['kənˈtɛnd'] compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others.
Synonyms
- match
- compete
- run
- play
- go for
- emulate
- run off
- vie
- try for
- touch
- equal
- race
Antonyms
- prosecute
- stand still
- repel
- push
5. contend
verb. ['kənˈtɛnd'] come to terms with.
Synonyms
- scrape along
- grapple
- improvise
- scrape by
- make do
- squeak by
- squeeze by
- match
- act
- deal
- move
- rub along
- hack
- scratch along
- cope with
- fend
- get by
- meet
- manage
- cut
- make out
- extemporize
Antonyms
- float
- rise
- begin
- destabilize
6. contend
verb. ['kənˈtɛnd'] be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight.
Synonyms
- chickenfight
- tussle
- box
- wage
- war
- get back
- attack
- battle
- spar
- scuffle
- defend
- combat
- oppose
- fight down
- wrestle
- compete
- duel
- fence
- tug
- settle
- engage
- fistfight
- fight back
- bear down
- tourney
- bandy
- chicken-fight
- joust
- assail
- skirmish
- join battle
- vie
- fight
- feud
Antonyms
- defend
- war
- disagree
- ascend