bicker
Trade small arguments
To bicker is to argue in a petty, persistent way—squabbling over small matters rather than having a serious dispute.
Siblings bicker, couples bicker, coworkers bicker.
The word suggests irritation more than genuine conflict: They bickered about whose turn it was to do the dishes.
Bickering tends to be ongoing and tiresome rather than brief or intense.
Trivial noisy argument
- spatPetty verbal dispute
- tiffMinor interpersonal dispute
- wrangleArgue or herd livestock
- quibbleTrivial objection raised
nitpick · banter · snipe · carp · nag · grouse · fuss · cavil
Fellow offspring
- coupleTwo linked together
- marriedJoined in matrimony
- partnersJoint venture participants
- roommatesPeople sharing a residence
coworkers · neighbors · family · in-laws · frenemies · rivalry · tension · discord
Lacking significance or weight
- minorScale with lowered third
- pettyOf little importance
- childishImmature in manner
- sillyFrivolous or absurd
pointless · insignificant · small-minded · peevish · sulky · pouty · whiny · grumbling
Fixed, unvarying quantity
- incessantNever pausing or stopping
- endlessWithout termination or boundary
- relentlessContinuing without pause
- persistentContinuing despite difficulty
continual · habitual · chronic · recurring · repetitive · back-and-forth · nonstop · perpetual
squabble
Trivial noisy argument
quibble · nitpick · banter · snipe · carp · nag · grouse · fuss · cavil · pettifog
siblings
Fellow offspring
roommates · coworkers · neighbors · family · in-laws · frenemies · rivalry · tension · discord · estrangement
trivial
Lacking significance or weight
silly · pointless · insignificant · small-minded · peevish · sulky · pouty · whiny · grumbling · miffed
constant
Fixed, unvarying quantity
- incessantNever pausing or stopping
- endlessWithout termination or boundary
- relentlessContinuing without pause
persistent · continual · habitual · chronic · recurring · repetitive · back-and-forth · nonstop · perpetual · unending
- conflictclash, fight, war, battle, dispute
- conflictsargument, fight, war, battle, dispute
- confrontationsargue, fight, clash, quarrel, dispute
- disagreementsdisagree, argue, dispute, quarrel, argument
- disputesargument, beef, clash, conflict, dispute
- complaintscomplaint, complain, complaints, complaint form, complaint letter
bickerconverse
Engage in dialogue
dialogue · deliberate · confer · collaborate · negotiate
- bicker like a married coupleArgue with comfortable hostility
- bickering like a married coupleConstant minor arguing between intimates
- bickering like an old married couplePetty arguing born of intimacy
- bicker like an old married coupleFight without real stakes
bickering, bickered, bickers, bickerer, bickerers, bickerings