debating
Weighing opposing viewpoints
Debating is arguing or discussing opposing viewpoints, especially in a formal or structured setting.
High school and college debating follows specific rules about timing and rebuttal.
More loosely, debating can be internal deliberation: I'm still debating whether to go.
The word implies weighing arguments rather than simply disagreeing.
Verbal clash over differences
- disagreementAbsence of shared opinion
- quarrelAngry verbal dispute
- contentionAssertion or rivalry
- clashViolent disagreement or collision
discord · bickering · dissent · confrontation · friction · opposition · rebuttal · refutation
Multi-round competitive event
- opponentsThose who compete against
- teamsOrganized cooperative groups
- roundsAmmunition or bout divisions
- judgesLegal proceeding overseers
adjudicators · motion · resolution · proposition · opposition · rebuttal · cross-examination · preparation
Persuasive verbal grace
- oratoryFormal eloquent discourse
- discourseFormal communication on subjects
- logosBrand identification symbols
- ethosCollective moral character
pathos · dialectic · sophistry · demagoguery · polemic · articulation · delivery · elocution
Reasoned case or dispute
- convincingAble to persuade
- compellingPowerfully engaging or persuasive
- eloquencePersuasive verbal grace
- rhetoricArt of persuasive language
oratory · articulate · cogent · logical · reasoned · evidence · credible · influential
National legislative assembly
- committeeAppointed group for duties
- forumGathering place for discourse
- discussionExchange of ideas
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
consultation · conference · roundtable · symposium · assembly · chamber · legislature · council
dispute
Verbal clash over differences
- disagreementAbsence of shared opinion
- quarrelAngry verbal dispute
- contentionAssertion or rivalry
clash · discord · bickering · dissent · confrontation · friction · opposition · rebuttal · refutation · counterargument
tournament
Multi-round competitive event
- opponentsThose who compete against
- teamsOrganized cooperative groups
- roundsAmmunition or bout divisions
judges · adjudicators · motion · resolution · proposition · opposition · rebuttal · cross-examination · preparation · strategy
eloquence
Persuasive verbal grace
- oratoryFormal eloquent discourse
- discourseFormal communication on subjects
- logosBrand identification symbols
ethos · pathos · dialectic · sophistry · demagoguery · polemic · articulation · delivery · elocution · flourish
argument
Reasoned case or dispute
- convincingAble to persuade
- compellingPowerfully engaging or persuasive
- eloquencePersuasive verbal grace
rhetoric · oratory · articulate · cogent · logical · reasoned · evidence · credible · influential · assertive
parliament
National legislative assembly
- committeeAppointed group for duties
- forumGathering place for discourse
- discussionExchange of ideas
dialogue · consultation · conference · roundtable · symposium · assembly · chamber · legislature · council · consideration
- mental processesthinking, think, reasoning, cognition, pondering
- talkingtalking, chatting, conversing, gabbing, jabbering
- politickingcampaigning, electioneering, lobbying, canvassing, stumping
- conversationlistening, talk, talking, chat, speaking
- expressionexpress, convey, communicate, verbal, nonverbal
- politicsdemocracy, campaigning, campaigns, democrats, bill
debatingconcurring
Expressing shared agreement
agreeing · assenting · acquiescing · consenting · harmonizing
debatingaccepting
Willing to receive
submitting · yielding · complying · conforming · deferring
debatingchattering
Quick, repetitive sounds
idle chatter · small talk · saying nothing · babbling · gossiping
- debating societyGroup practicing formal argumentation
- debating societiesGroups for competitive argumentation
debate, debatable, debated, argumentative, debates, debater, debaters, debatably, debatability