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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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 2 votes

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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How to use argue in a sentence?

1. Gabriele Abels:

   In the future, it will be very difficult to argue that a woman can not be a successful leader, and that's a very important message to tell.

2. Ken Eriksen:

   You can’t argue with what they are doing right there.

3. Russ Mould:

   You can argue that there is a fresh valuation going on.

4. Paul LePage:

   We can argue about how to get there.

5. Michael Waltz:

   I'm worried about the macro aggressions, everything, when Fox News comes to training, is an opportunity cost. Every hour, every day you're spending training on this stuff, you're not training on all the other things we need that I would argue would be a higher priority to fight and win wars.