argue
Spar without fists
To argue is to give reasons for or against something, or to contend in verbal conflict.
You argue a position by presenting evidence; you argue with someone when you disagree: They argued about money for hours.
Lawyers argue cases before courts.
To argue someone into or out of something is to persuade them through reasoning.
The tone ranges from civil debate to heated dispute.
Angry verbal dispute
- disagreementAbsence of shared opinion
- clashViolent disagreement or collision
- bickerArgue over trifles
- squabbleTrivial noisy argument
wrangle · feud · controversy · discord · spat · tiff · row · fallout
Cause to believe
- rhetoricArt of persuasive language
- eloquencePersuasive verbal grace
- swayRock back and forth
- influencePower to affect others
advocate · urge · lobby · coax · reason · appeal · press · contend
Statement of ownership or truth
- insistAssert with determination
- maintainKeep in condition
- contendStruggle in opposition
- declareState officially
affirm · state · profess · allege · hold · submit · posit · propound
Talk about thoroughly
- deliberateConsciously chosen, not accidental
- discourseFormal communication on subjects
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- negotiateDiscuss to reach agreement
forum · panel · roundtable · symposium · parliament · townhall · dialectic · exchange
Drawing logical conclusions
- premiseFoundation for logical argument
- conclusionEnd or deduction
- syllogismFormal deductive argument structure
- deductionConclusion from premises
induction · inference · validity · soundness · fallacy · evidence · proof · substantiate
Inclined toward disagreement
- combativeInclined toward conflict
- confrontationalInclined toward hostile encounters
- belligerentHostile and eager to clash
- pugnaciousInclined to quarrel
bellicose · truculent · cantankerous · disagreeable · fractious · antagonistic · acrimonious · hostile
quarrel
Angry verbal dispute
- disagreementAbsence of shared opinion
- clashViolent disagreement or collision
- bickerArgue over trifles
squabble · wrangle · feud · controversy · discord · spat · tiff · row · fallout · altercation
convince
Cause to believe
influence · advocate · urge · lobby · coax · reason · appeal · press · contend · maintain
claim
Statement of ownership or truth
declare · affirm · state · profess · allege · hold · submit · posit · propound · aver
discuss
Talk about thoroughly
- deliberateConsciously chosen, not accidental
- discourseFormal communication on subjects
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
negotiate · forum · panel · roundtable · symposium · parliament · townhall · dialectic · exchange · rebut
reasoning
Drawing logical conclusions
- premiseFoundation for logical argument
- conclusionEnd or deduction
- syllogismFormal deductive argument structure
deduction · induction · inference · validity · soundness · fallacy · evidence · proof · substantiate · corroborate
contentious
Inclined toward disagreement
- combativeInclined toward conflict
- confrontationalInclined toward hostile encounters
- belligerentHostile and eager to clash
pugnacious · bellicose · truculent · cantankerous · disagreeable · fractious · antagonistic · acrimonious · hostile · defensive
- confrontationsfight, clash, quarrel, dispute, confront
- disagreediffer, dispute, object, deny, contest
- disagreementsdisagree, dispute, quarrel, clash, conflict
- Hashing things outdebate, discuss, negotiate, settle, resolve
- social actionsinteract, communicate, connect, socialize, engage
- social lifefriend, family, group, relationship, community
argueagree
Hold the same view
concur · assent · accept · consent · see eye to eye
- oral argumentSpoken case presentation
- heated argumentIntense verbal conflict
- closing argumentLawyer's final courtroom address
- valid argumentReasoning where conclusion follows necessarily
- opening argumentLawyer's introductory case summary
- circular argumentProof that presupposes itself
argument, arguing, argued, argumentative, argues, arguer, argumentation, unarguably, counterargument