contest

Meaning

Noun

1. Controversy; debate.
2. Struggle for superiority; combat.
3. A competition.

Verb

1. To contend.
2. To call into question; to oppose.
3. To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend.
4. To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist, as a claim, by course of law.

Synonyms

competition

dispute

compete

match

fight

challenge

contend

struggle

game

rivalry

battle

race

conflict

contention

vie

emulation

strife

quarrel

bout

war

combat

question

❓

impugn

oppose

debate

rival

event

wrangle

argue

argument

controvert

controversy

tournament

protest

vie for

sport

antagonism

dissension

compete for

contend with

appeal

call into question

trial

doubt

amusement

beware

strive

confrontation

repugn

contradict

sporting event

contestation

riot

scuffle

recreation

compete with

fray

claim

vying

challenging

represent

rough-and-tumble

run for

scald

scramble

scrap

seize

skirmish

spar

stand for

stand up to

start

test

torikumi

tourney

try out

tug-of-war

tussle

twist

victory

vindicate

whip

wrestle

be hostile

bring to justice

call in question

derby

fight for

fight over

grapple with

scramble for

struggle for

contend for

rivalship

competitiveness

be enemies

mutual altercation

mutual discrepancy

war battle

query whether

biffo

act

match

activity

aggro

agon

altercate

assert

attack

👊

beat

bee

🐝

bump

bushwhacking

censure

clasp

collision

💥

comparison

conquest

contending

crash

criticise

defeat

denounce

deny the truth of

disagree

discredit

discussion

distrust

dogfight

donnybrook

duel

encounter

examination

exercise

exertion

flame

free-for-all

gainsay

grapple

grappling

grasp

grip

hassle

heave

hold

joust

lambast

lambaste

maneuver

meet

melee

objection

opposition

pentathlon

performance

play

program

prosecute

racing

refuse to accept

refute

reject

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɒn.tɛst/

Etymology

PIE word
*tréyes
From French contester, from Old French, from Latin contestor (“to call to witness”).

Sentences

Such contest between federal governing parties has previously only happened in East Malaysia .