| controversial | | |
| adj. | 1. controversial | marked by or capable of arousing controversy.; "the issue of the death penalty is highly controversial"; "Rushdie's controversial book"; "a controversial decision on affirmative action" |
| ~ arguable, debatable, disputable, moot | open to argument or debate.; "that is a moot question" |
| ~ contentious | involving or likely to cause controversy.; "a central and contentious element of the book" |
| ~ disputed | subject to disagreement and debate. |
| ~ polemic, polemical | of or involving dispute or controversy. |
| argue | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. argue, reason | present reasons and arguments. |
| ~ re-argue | argue again.; "This politician will be forced into re-arguing an old national campaign" |
| ~ present, lay out, represent | bring forward and present to the mind.; "We presented the arguments to him"; "We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason" |
| ~ expostulate | reason with (somebody) for the purpose of dissuasion. |
| ~ defend, fend for, support | argue or speak in defense of.; "She supported the motion to strike" |
| v. (communication) | 2. argue, contend, debate, fence | have an argument about something. |
| ~ stickle | dispute or argue stubbornly (especially minor points). |
| ~ spar | fight verbally.; "They were sparring all night" |
| ~ bicker, brabble, pettifog, squabble, niggle, quibble | argue over petty things.; "Let's not quibble over pennies" |
| ~ altercate, argufy, quarrel, dispute, scrap | have a disagreement over something.; "We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America"; "These two fellows are always scrapping over something" |
| ~ oppose | be against; express opposition to.; "We oppose the ban on abortion" |
| ~ disagree, take issue, differ, dissent | be of different opinions.; "I beg to differ!"; "She disagrees with her husband on many questions" |
| ~ converse, discourse | carry on a conversation. |
| v. (communication) | 3. argue, indicate | give evidence of.; "The evidence argues for your claim"; "The results indicate the need for more work" |
| ~ present, lay out, represent | bring forward and present to the mind.; "We presented the arguments to him"; "We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason" |
| refute | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. rebut, refute | overthrow by argument, evidence, or proof.; "The speaker refuted his opponent's arguments" |
| ~ repudiate, disown, renounce | cast off.; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son" |
| ~ controvert, contradict, oppose | be resistant to.; "The board opposed his motion" |
| ~ answer | give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument).; "The defendant answered to all the charges of the prosecution" |
| v. (cognition) | 2. controvert, rebut, refute | prove to be false or incorrect. |
| ~ confute, disprove | prove to be false.; "The physicist disproved his colleagues' theories" |
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