Synonyms for argue
ˈɑr gyuar·gue

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1. argue

   To plead for one is to employ argument or persuasion, or both in his behalf, usually with earnestness or importunity; similarly one may be said to plead for himself or for a cause, etc., or with direct object, to plead a case; in legal usage, pleading is argumentative, but in popular usage, pleading always implies some appeal to the feelings. One argues a case solely on rational grounds and supposably with fair consideration of both sides; he advocates one side for the purpose of carrying it, and under the influence of motives that may range all the way from cold self-interest to the highest and noblest impulses; he pleads a cause, or pleads for a person with still more intense feeling. Beseech, entreat, and implore imply impassioned earnestness, with direct and tender appeal to personal considerations. Press and urge imply more determined or perhaps authoritative insistence. Solicit is a weak word denoting merely an attempt to secure one's consent or cooperation, sometimes by sordid or corrupt motives.

   Synonyms:
   advocate, ask, beg, beseech, entreat, implore, plead, press, solicit, urge

   Preposition:
   Plead with the tyrant for the captive; plead against the oppression or the oppressor; plead to the indictment; at the bar; before the court; in open court.

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1. argue

   Synonyms:
   discuss, debate, prove, question, evidence, establish, imply, sift, dispute, persuade, controvert, contend, demonstrate, reason

   Antonyms:
   dictate, assert, propound, command

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1. argue, reasonverb

   present reasons and arguments

   Synonyms:
   reason out, indicate, debate, reason, conclude, fence, contend

2. argue, 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, debate, wall, repugn, grapple, reason, surround, contend, cope, make out, moot, fence in, get by, contest

3. argue, indicateverb

   give evidence of

   "The evidence argues for your claim"; "The results indicate the need for more work"

   Synonyms:
   suggest, designate, indicate, fence, show, debate, reason, signal, point, betoken, bespeak, contend

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1. argueverb

   Synonyms:
   reason, plead, offer reasons, use arguments

2. argueverb

   Synonyms:
   dispute, debate, chop logic, try conclusions, bandy words or arguments, hold or carry on an argument

3. argueverb

   Synonyms:
   show, indicate, evince, denote, imply, betoken, prove

4. argueverb

   Synonyms:
   debate, discuss, VENTILATE, sift, contest, controvert, moot, reason upon

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1. argueverb

   Synonyms:
   reason, plead, remonstrate, expostulate, contend, dispute, controvert, moot, discuss, prove, evince, betoken, indicate, imply, denote

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1. List of paraphrases for "argue":

   contend, allege, claim, assert, plead, discuss, say, support, affirm

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1. Kellyanne Conway:

   Michelle Friedland are fully confident now that Michelle Friedland will get Michelle Friedland day in court and have the opportunity to argue on the merits, that Michelle Friedland will prevail.

2. Murali Sankar:

   It looks like they're doing the same thing for the second quarter, setting themselves up for hopefully another beat. You could argue that they're maybe being a little conservative.

3. Minggao Shen:

   Deflation this year is definitely a risk, we continue to argue that deflation provides more room for policy easing. Our best-case scenario is still two more rate cuts in the first half of this year and maybe three to four reserve requirement ratio cuts this year.

4. Paul Offit:

   First of all, that wasn't true. Those two proteins are very different. It's like saying you and I both have the same social security number because they both contain the number five. So that was wrong to begin with, if it was affecting fertility, if natural infection was affecting fertility, then birth rates should have gone down, but that's not what happened. Birth rates have actually gone up slightly. So, those are two pieces of evidence that argue against this vaccine or natural infection in any sense affecting fertility.

5. Piara Powar:

   In England, our stadiums are far safer, they're better stewarded, there are policing operations which are quite sophisticated, and actually some would argue that it's gone too far. Some would argue that those stadiums are quite sterile, that they lack the passion they once did.