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Antonyms for contentious
kənˈtɛn ʃəscon·tentious
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
contentious
Antonyms:
accessible, affable, affectionate, amicable, brotherly, companionable, complaisant, cordial, favorable, fond, friendly, genial, hearty, kind, kindly, loving, neighborly, sociable, social, tender, well-disposedSynonyms:
adverse, alienated, antagonistic, bellicose, belligerent, cold, disaffected, distant, estranged, frigid, hostile, ill-disposed, indifferent, inimical, unfriendly, unkind, warlike
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
contentious
Antonyms:
pacific, obliging, considerate, obsequious, accommodating, easySynonyms:
litigious, perverse, wayward, splenetic, cantankerous, exceptions
Princeton's WordNet
contentious, combative, disputatious, disputative, litigiousadjective
inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits
"a style described as abrasive and contentious"; "a disputatious lawyer"; "a litigious and acrimonious spirit"
Antonyms:
unargumentative, uncontroversial, noncontroversialSynonyms:
bellicose, agonistic, battleful, agonistical, litigious, disputative, combative, disputatiouscontentiousadjective
involving or likely to cause controversy
"a central and contentious element of the book"- Tim W.Ferfuson
Antonyms:
unargumentative, uncontroversial, noncontroversialSynonyms:
litigious, disputatious, combative, disputative
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
contentiousadjective
Synonyms:
disputatious, litigious, quarrelsome, dissentious, polemical
How to use contentious in a sentence?
Would we be here in the absence of U.S. sanctions law, and ... our response is no, in a typical case, double criminality is not contentious. This case, however, is founded on an allegation of breach of U.S. sanctions, sanctions which Canada has expressly repudiated.
President Obama’s decision to seek normalized relations with Cuba sets up new challenges for Hillary Clinton, the Democratic front-runner for the White House if Hillary Clinton chooses to run … Hillary Clinton talked of recommending that President Obama end the embargo toward the end of Hillary Clinton term as President Obama secretary of State. Hillary Clinton and Hillary Clinton husband, Hillary Clinton, have a contentious history with the Cuban-American population in Florida that goes back to the fight over Elian Gonzalez, the Cuban child whom the president allowed to be returned to his father in Havana after Elian Gonzalez fled to Florida with Elian Gonzalez mother, who died on the voyage … Former Sen. Mel Martinez( R-Fla.) , who left Cuba as a child, predicted that the move by Obama on Wednesday would affect the Cuban-American vote in a way that would not be good for President Obama or Hillary Clinton … He also warned that the actions will remind Cuban-Americans of the Hillary Clinton policies toward Cuba that they opposed, as well as the Elian Gonzalez incident. ‘ It's a reminder, ’ he said. ‘ I think all of that gets revived. ’.
Chuang-tzu, On Leveling All Things:
Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.
That may be a contentious issue.
Now that the inauguration has happened, things have gotten even more contentious between Trump and the intelligence community, which is what our whole season was about crazily enough, so some of it was fortuitous and some of it was terrifying, but it is what it is.
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#558 | social | |
#621 | easy | |
#1139 | kind | |
#1254 | friendly | |
#1520 | pacific | |
#3867 | accessible | |
#6100 | loving | |
#6740 | tender | |
#11528 | favorable | |
#12984 | fond | |
#13039 | kindly | |
#23927 | hearty | |
#26905 | accommodating | |
#27806 | contentious | |
#32023 | affectionate | |
#36016 | cordial | |
#36760 | considerate | |
#52005 | sociable | |
#57508 | genial | |
#57829 | brotherly | |
#60653 | amicable | |
#77365 | affable | |
#77989 | obliging | |
#92085 | neighborly | |
#111501 | obsequious | |
#121124 | uncontroversial | |
#192098 | companionable | |
#222199 | noncontroversial | |
#293856 | complaisant |
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