Chapter Contraction to Copy of C by Soule's Synonymes

Control, v. a.

1. Direct, manage, regulate, govern, sway, rule, reign over, command, superintend, have the direction of, have charge of.

2. Hinder, check, repress, curb, restrain, bridle.

Controversial, a. Polemical.

Controversialist, n. Disputant, arguer, debater, disputer.

Controversy, n.

1. Discussion, dispute, disputation, debate, polemics, altercation, logomachy, war of words, strife of words.

2. Lawsuit, suit at law, process in law.

Controvert, v. a. Dispute, contest, debate, argue, canvass, contend against, call in question.

Contumacious, a. Insolently disobedient, wilfully disrespectful, obstinate, perverse, stubborn, headstrong, heady, dogged, intractable, refractory, cross-grained, stiff-necked, pertinacious, obdurate.

Contumacy, n.

1. Obstinacy, stubbornness, doggedness, perverseness, pertinacity, headiness, obduracy.

2. Disobedience, insubordination, insolence, disrespect.

Contumelious, a. Abusive, calumnious, contemptuous, insolent, insulting, rude, supercilious, overbearing, arrogant, scornful, disdainful.

Contumely, n. Obloquy, reproach, opprobrium, abuse, contemptuousness, insolence, rudeness, superciliousness, arrogance, scorn, contempt, disdain.

Contuse, v. a. Bruise, crush, squeeze.

Contusion, n. Bruise.

Convalescence, n. Recovery (of health).

Convalescent, a. Improving (in health), recovering.

Convene, v. n Meet, assemble, muster, congregate, come together, hold a session.

Convene, v. a. Convoke, summon, assemble, collect, muster, bring together, gather together, call together.

Convenience, n.

1. Suitableness, fitness, propriety.