quarrellers

Those who bicker

Quarrellers are people who engage in angry disputes or arguments.

The word suggests habitual behavior—not just someone in a single disagreement but those prone to verbal conflict: The two quarrellers had to be separated before the argument escalated.

Also spelled quarrelers.

rhetorical

debaters

Those who argue formally

disputantsThose who contend
polemicistsAggressive debaters in writing
contrariansHabitual position opposers

dissenters · objectors · critics · detractors · naysayers · arguers · litigants · controversialists · refuters · opposers

interpersonal

bickerers

Those who argue pettily

squabblersThose who argue pettily
wranglersLivestock handlers on ranches
feudersLong-term conflict participants

spats · tiffs · rows · falling-out · estrangement · grudges · resentment · friction · discord · animosity

adversarial

rivals

Those who compete

opponentsThose who compete against
adversariesThose who oppose you
foesHostile opponents

enemies · combatants · contenders · antagonists · nemeses · belligerents · aggressors · challengers · competitors · provocateurs

Opposites

interpersonal conflict behavior

quarrellerspeacemakers

Those who resolve conflicts

mediators · conciliators · reconcilers · arbitrators · harmonizers

social temperament

quarrellerspeacemakers

Those who resolve conflicts

pacifists · accommodators · placaters · appeasers · milquetoasts

Phrases

quarrelled withEngaged in angry dispute

Family

quarrelled, quarreller

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