Synonyms for argue
ˈɑr gyu

Princeton's WordNet(3.80 / 5 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. argue, reason(verb)

   present reasons and arguments

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

2. argue, contend, debate, fence(verb)

   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, indicate(verb)

   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

English Synonyms and Antonyms(3.75 / 4 votes)Rate these synonyms:

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.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. argue

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

   Antonyms:
   dictate, assert, propound, command

Dictionary of English Synonymes(5.00 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. argue(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   reason, plead, offer reasons, use arguments

2. argue(v. n.)

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

3. argue(v. a.)

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

4. argue(v. a.)

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

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1. argue(v)

   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. Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey:

   Those who now argue that he was convicted solely on a dream are either unaware of the complete facts or disregard them, she testified during the trial and was cross-examined at length. The jury believed her testimony that she was attacked and raped by Clarence Moses-EL.

2. Richard Windsor:

   It is fairly easy to argue that Google Mobile Services is unique and only available from the U.S. and potentially could be considered a security threat depending on what data is going over those services.

3. Frank Fiorina:

   I really try to pick my targets. If there's something I really feel she's being misled by I speak up. And normally we argue about it within a day she changes her way.

4. Nate Wessler:

   We cannot argue that the DEA or any other law enforcement should be totally shut out of these records, we are saying they should go to a judge first and demonstrate probable cause and get a warrant -- that is what the Fourth Amendment requires.

5. Ryan Sweet:

   You can make a strong case either way for the Fed to begin raising interest rates or waiting, the prudent risk management approach would argue for them to hold off, but if the Fed was really data dependent there is a very strong case to raise rates on Thursday.

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