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Contest

To make a subject of dispute, contention, litigation, or emulation; to contend for; to call in question; to controvert; to oppose; to dispute.

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Narrower term 12

Athletics 76% connected

The art of training by athletic exercises; the games and sports of athletes.

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Bout 76% connected

As much of an action as is performed at one time; a going and returning, as of workmen in reaping, mowing, etc.; a turn; a round.

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Championship 76% connected

State of being champion; leadership; supremacy.

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Chicken 76% connected

A young bird or fowl, esp. a young barnyard fowl.

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Game 76% connected

Crooked; lame; as, a game leg.

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Match 76% connected

Anything used for catching and retaining or communicating fire, made of some substance which takes fire readily, or remains burning some time; esp.,…

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Race 76% connected

To raze.

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Rubber 76% connected

One who, or that which, rubs.

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Series 76% connected

A number of things or events standing or succeeding in order, and connected by a like relation; sequence; order; course; a succession of things; as,…

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Tournament 76% connected

A mock fight, or warlike game, formerly in great favor, in which a number of combatants were engaged, as an exhibition of their address and bravery;…

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Tourney 76% connected

A tournament.

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Trial 76% connected

The act of trying or testing in any manner.

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Manner of action 3

Challenge 76% connected

An invitation to engage in a contest or controversy of any kind; a defiance; specifically, a summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message con…

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Dispute 76% connected

To contend in argument; to argue against something maintained, upheld, or claimed, by another; to discuss; to reason; to debate; to altercate; to wra…

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Gainsay 76% connected

To contradict; to deny; to controvert; to dispute; to forbid.

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Broader term 4

Competition 76% connected

The act of seeking, or endeavoring to gain, what another is endeavoring to gain at the same time; common strife for the same objects; strife for supe…

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Contention 76% connected

A violent effort or struggle to obtain, or to resist, something; contest; strife.

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Oppose 76% connected

To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit.

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Rivalry 76% connected

The act of rivaling, or the state of being a rival; a competition.

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Derivationally related 4

Contend 74% connected

To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Contend 74% connected

To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.

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Contestation 74% connected

The act of contesting; emulation; rivalry; strife; dispute.

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Contestation 74% connected

The act of contesting; emulation; rivalry; strife; dispute.

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Synonym 3

Competition 92% connected

The act of seeking, or endeavoring to gain, what another is endeavoring to gain at the same time; common strife for the same objects; strife for supe…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Contend 92% connected

To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Repugn 92% connected

To fight against; to oppose; to resist.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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