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Antonyms for debate
dɪˈbeɪtde·bate
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term debate.
English Synonyms and Antonyms
debate
An individual considers, meditates, ponders, reflects, by himself; he weighs a matter in his own mind, and is sometimes said even to debate with himself. Consult and confer always imply two or more persons, as does debate, unless expressly limited as above. Confer suggests the interchange of counsel, advice, or information; consult indicates almost exclusively the receiving of it. A man confers with his associates about a new investment; he consults his physician about his health; he may confer with him on matters of general interest. He consults a dictionary, but does not confer with it. Deliberate, which can be applied to a single individual, is also the word for a great number, while consult is ordinarily limited to a few; a committee consults; an assembly deliberates. Deliberating always carries the idea of slowness; consulting is compatible with haste; we can speak of a hasty consultation, not of a hasty deliberation. Debate implies opposing views; deliberate, simply a gathering and balancing of all facts and reasons. We consider or deliberate with a view to action, while meditation may be quite purposeless.
Synonyms:
confer, consider, consult, deliberate, meditate, ponder, reflect, weighPreposition:
We deliberate on or upon, also about or concerning a matter: the first two are preferable.
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argument, argumentation, debatenoun
a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal
"the argument over foreign aid goes on and on"
Synonyms:
disceptation, logical argument, argumentation, contention, argument, tilt, controversy, disputation, line, contestation, arguing, statement, literary argument, line of reasoning, public debate, parameterdebate, disputation, public debateverb
the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote)
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contestation, controversy, public debate, disceptation, disputation, tilt, contention, argument, arguing, argumentationdebateverb
argue with one another
"We debated the question of abortion"; "John debated Mary"
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deliberate, consider, moot, fence, argue, contend, turn overconsider, debate, moot, turn over, deliberateverb
think about carefully; weigh
"They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind"
Synonyms:
turn, reckon, dig, flip, pass on, weigh, view, fence, reach, take, roll, study, see, deal, tump over, moot, think, contend, conceive, give, deliberate, overturn, bowl over, delve, pass, tip over, count, upset, believe, flip over, turn over, regard, argue, consider, knock over, look at, hand, cut intodebate, deliberateverb
discuss the pros and cons of an issue
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consider, fence, moot, argue, turn over, deliberate, contendargue, contend, debate, fenceverb
have an argument about something
Synonyms:
fence, fight, palisade, make do, indicate, consider, turn over, vie, deliberate, deal, postulate, manage, compete, struggle, argue, wall, repugn, grapple, reason, surround, contend, cope, make out, moot, fence in, get by, contest
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
debatenoun
Synonyms:
discussion, argument, moot, dispute, controversy, disputation, forensicdebateverb
Synonyms:
argue, discuss, moot, contend, controvert
How to use debate in a sentence?
It's very hard for these candidates to look in the mirror and take advice they should get out. For some of them, there is no path. They can say 'Oh, if Bernie implodes or lightning hits the debate,' but that's not a strategy, that's a hope, there is a clear parallel with 2016 and Trump.
Let’s not get mired down in that debate, there will be time for that. Right now, we secure our schools. Next, we figure out what went wrong.
There's an active push to get Joe Biden to not debate my father because, honestly, no one can look at Joe Biden and say this guy's all there, right.
That's the bill that funds our troops. Even the Iron Dome for Israel. So I guess my point is each time he's had to choose between strong national defense and some of the isolationist tendencies in American politics, he seems to side with the isolationist, and this is an important issue to have a debate over. It's not personal.
If Donald is afraid of Megyn Kelly, I would like to invite him on your show to participate in a one-on-one debate between me and Donald, mano-a-mano.
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