Thesaurus:dispute

Thesaurus

dispute

English

Noun

Sense: an argument or disagreement, a failure to agree

Synonyms

• argument    [⇒ thesaurus]
• argy-bargy
• altercation
• barney (Australian)
• bawl out
• blue    [⇒ thesaurus] (Australian)
• bobbery (dated)
• brawl
• clash
• conflict
• controversy
• debate
• difference    [⇒ thesaurus]
• ding-dong
• disagreement
• discordance
• disharmony
• disputation
• dispute
• dissonance
• disunion
• dustup
• face-off
• falling out
• feud
• fight    [⇒ thesaurus]
• flite
• hassle
• quarrel
• quibble
• row
• spat
• squabble    [⇒ thesaurus]
• tangle
• threap (Scotland)
• tiff
• wrangle

Antonyms

• accord
• agreement    [⇒ thesaurus]
• assent    [⇒ thesaurus]
• concord
• concordance
• harmony
• resolution
• solution
• union

Various

• acquiescence
• compromise
• stalemate

See also

• quarrelsome    [⇒ thesaurus]
• give curry
• have an axe to grind
• have a bone to pick
• fall out

Further reading

• “713. discord” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “dispute” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.