Chapter Consort to Contract of C by Soule's Synonymes

Contention, n.

1. Strife, discord, dissension, wrangling, wrangle, quarrel, squabble, feud, rupture, falling out, high words.

2. Dispute, debate, bickering, altercation, controversy, logomachy, war of words, strife of words.

Contentious, a.

1. Quarrelsome, cross, petulant, perverse, pugnacious, litigious, wrangling.

2. Disputatious, captious, cavilling.

Contentment, n. Satisfaction, ease, content.

Contents, n. pl.

1. What is contained, filling, filling up.

2. Solid dimensions, capacity, volume, solid contents.

3. Topics, matters treated, subjects considered, table of contents.

Conterminous, a.

1. Adjoining, adjacent, contiguous, bordering upon.

2. Identical in limits, of identical boundaries, co-extensive, coincident, commensurate.

Contest, v. a.

1. Dispute, controvert, argue, debate, litigate, contend against, call in question.

2. Strive to hold, struggle to defend.

3. Contend for, strive to carry, compete for, make the object of competition or rivalry or emulation.

Contest, v. n. Contend, strive, struggle, vie, fight, compete, cope.

Contest, n.

1. Dispute, altercation, debate, controversy, contention, quarrel, difference, high words, strife of words, war of words.