argues
Makes a case
Argues is the third-person singular of argue.
To argue is to give reasons for or against something, or to engage in verbal conflict.
Someone argues a point when making a case for it: She argues that the policy will fail.
Two people argue when they quarrel: He argues with his brother constantly.
A lawyer argues before a court.
Angry verbal dispute
- bickerArgue over trifles
- squabbleTrivial noisy argument
- wrangleArgue or herd livestock
- disagreeHold a contrary opinion
clash · contend · feud · spat · tiff · falling-out · misunderstanding · grievance
Cause to believe
- influencePower to affect others
- swayRock back and forth
- coaxPersuade by gentle urging
- reasoningDrawing logical conclusions
justification · evidence · support · substantiate · credibility · plausibility · assertion · contention
Exchange of ideas
- deliberationCareful weighing of choices
- forumGathering place for discourse
- panelDistinct flat section
- parliamentNational legislative assembly
symposium · roundtable · dialogue · exchange · negotiation · discourse · colloquium · seminar
Basis or justification
- deduceReach by reasoning
- inferDerive by reasoning
- premiseFoundation for logical argument
- conclusionEnd or deduction
syllogism · validity · soundness · proposition · analogy · fallacy · cogency · coherence
Persuasive verbal grace
- oratoryFormal eloquent discourse
- persuasionConvincing through reasoning
- ethosCollective moral character
- pathosPity-evoking quality
logos · articulation · polemic · sophistry · demagoguery · forensics · declaim · orate
quarrel
Angry verbal dispute
disagree · clash · contend · feud · spat · tiff · falling-out · misunderstanding · grievance · complaint
convince
Cause to believe
reasoning · justification · evidence · support · substantiate · credibility · plausibility · assertion · contention · position
discussion
Exchange of ideas
- deliberationCareful weighing of choices
- forumGathering place for discourse
- panelDistinct flat section
parliament · symposium · roundtable · dialogue · exchange · negotiation · discourse · colloquium · seminar · townhall
reason
Basis or justification
conclusion · syllogism · validity · soundness · proposition · analogy · fallacy · cogency · coherence · consistency
eloquence
Persuasive verbal grace
- oratoryFormal eloquent discourse
- persuasionConvincing through reasoning
- ethosCollective moral character
pathos · logos · articulation · polemic · sophistry · demagoguery · forensics · declaim · orate · speechify
- attributionattributed to, cited, according to, per, via
arguesagrees
Holds the same opinion
concurs · assents · accepts · endorses · acknowledges
arguesharmonizes
Brings into agreement
cooperates · reconciles · makes peace · gets along · compromises
arguessubmits
Yields to authority
bites one's tongue · complies · acquiesces · defers · yields
- circular argumentsProofs requiring their conclusions
- oral argumentSpoken case presentation
- heated argumentIntense verbal conflict
- closing argumentsAttorney's final jury address
- opening argumentsInitial courtroom persuasion
- valid argumentReasoning where conclusion follows necessarily
argue, argument, arguing, argued, arguments, argumentative, arguer, unarguably, unarguable