| disagreement | | |
| n. (state) | 1. disagreement, dissension, dissonance | a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters. |
| ~ conflict | a state of opposition between persons or ideas or interests.; "his conflict of interest made him ineligible for the post"; "a conflict of loyalties" |
| ~ disunity | lack of unity (usually resulting from dissension). |
| ~ divide | a serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility). |
| n. (attribute) | 2. disagreement, discrepancy, divergence, variance | a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions.; "a growing divergence of opinion" |
| ~ difference | the quality of being unlike or dissimilar.; "there are many differences between jazz and rock" |
| ~ leeway, allowance, tolerance, margin | a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits. |
| n. (communication) | 3. disagreement | the speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing. |
| ~ speech act | the use of language to perform some act. |
| ~ face-off, showdown, confrontation, encounter | a hostile disagreement face-to-face. |
| ~ dissidence | disagreement; especially disagreement with the government. |
| ~ dissent | a difference of opinion. |
| ~ nonconformity | lack of harmony or correspondence. |
| ~ dissension, discord | disagreement among those expected to cooperate. |
| ~ difference of opinion, dispute, difference, conflict | a disagreement or argument about something important.; "he had a dispute with his wife"; "there were irreconcilable differences"; "the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats" |
| dispute | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. conflict, difference, difference of opinion, dispute | a disagreement or argument about something important.; "he had a dispute with his wife"; "there were irreconcilable differences"; "the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats" |
| ~ disagreement | the speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing. |
| ~ collision | a conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals.; "a collision of interests" |
| ~ arguing, contestation, controversy, disceptation, argument, contention, disputation, tilt | a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement.; "they were involved in a violent argument" |
| ~ gap | a difference (especially an unfortunate difference) between two opinions or two views or two situations. |
| ~ dustup, quarrel, run-in, wrangle, row, words | an angry dispute.; "they had a quarrel"; "they had words" |
| n. (act) | 2. contravention, dispute | coming into conflict with. |
| ~ resistance | group action in opposition to those in power. |
| v. (communication) | 3. challenge, dispute, gainsay | take exception to.; "She challenged his claims" |
| ~ call | challenge the sincerity or truthfulness of.; "call the speaker on a question of fact" |
| ~ call into question, oppugn, question | challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of.; "We must question your judgment in this matter" |
| ~ call | challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement; charge with or censure for an offense.; "He deserves to be called on that" |
| ~ contest, repugn, contend | to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation.; "They contested the outcome of the race" |
| v. (communication) | 4. altercate, argufy, dispute, quarrel, scrap | have a disagreement over something.; "We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America"; "These two fellows are always scrapping over something" |
| ~ argue, contend, debate, fence | have an argument about something. |
| ~ brawl, wrangle | to quarrel noisily, angrily or disruptively.; "The bar keeper threw them out, but they continued to wrangle on down the street" |
| ~ spat | engage in a brief and petty quarrel. |
| ~ polemicise, polemicize, polemise, polemize | engage in a controversy.; "The two historians polemicized for years" |
| ~ fall out | have a breach in relations.; "We fell out over a trivial question" |
| tiff | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. bicker, bickering, fuss, pettifoggery, spat, squabble, tiff | a quarrel about petty points. |
| ~ dustup, quarrel, run-in, wrangle, row, words | an angry dispute.; "they had a quarrel"; "they had words" |
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