Gainsay: alternatives and connections

To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant.

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

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

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

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

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

To fight against; to oppose; to resist.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

To fight against; to attack; to be in conflict with; to oppose; to resist.

Open English WordNet records that the source verb entails the related action.

The act of asking; interrogation; inquiry; as, to examine by question and answer.

Open English WordNet records that the source verb entails the related action.

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…

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.