Synonyms for argument
ˈɑr gyə məntar·gu·ment

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1. argumentnoun

   Synonyms:
   actual argument

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1. argumentnoun

   While the cause of any event, act, or fact, as commonly understood, is the power that makes it to be, the reason of or for it is the explanation given by the human mind; but reason is, in popular language, often used as equivalent to cause, especially in the sense of final cause. In the statement of any reasoning, the argument may be an entire syllogism, or the premises considered together apart from the conclusion, or in logical strictness the middle term only by which the particular conclusion is connected with the general statement. But when the reasoning is not in strict logical form, the middle term following the conclusion is called the reason; thus in the statement "All tyrants deserve death; Cæsar was a tyrant; Therefore Cæsar deserved death," "Cæsar was a tyrant" would in the strictest sense be called the argument; but if we say "Cæsar deserved death because he was a tyrant," the latter clause would be termed the reason. Compare CAUSE; REASON, v.; MIND; REASONING.

   Synonyms:
   account, aim, cause, consideration, design, end, end, ground, motive, object, principle, purpose, reason, reason

   Preposition:
   The reason of a thing that is to be explained; the reason for a thing that is to be done.

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1. argument

   Synonyms:
   reasoning, controversy, evidence, discussion, topic, dispute

   Antonyms:
   assertion, assumption, without proof or evidence

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1. argument, statementnoun

   a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true

   "it was a strong argument that his hypothesis was true"

   Synonyms:
   debate, instruction, disceptation, logical argument, argumentation, assertion, command, contention, financial statement, affirmation, tilt, controversy, disputation, line, contestation, arguing, program line, statement, literary argument, line of reasoning, parameter

2. controversy, contention, contestation, disputation, disceptation, tilt, argument, arguingnoun

   a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement

   "they were involved in a violent argument"

   Synonyms:
   debate, disceptation, lean, list, rivalry, careen, inclination, sway, leaning, contention, line, rock, tilt, joust, controversy, competition, disputation, literary argument, contestation, line of reasoning, arguing, statement, argumentation, logical argument, public debate, parameter

3. 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:
   debate, disceptation, logical argument, argumentation, contention, tilt, controversy, disputation, line, contestation, arguing, statement, literary argument, line of reasoning, public debate, parameter

4. argument, literary argumentnoun

   a summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie

   "the editor added the argument to the poem"

   Synonyms:
   parameter, contestation, statement, line, literary argument, disceptation, line of reasoning, disputation, debate, contention, argumentation, arguing, logical argument, tilt, controversy

5. argument, parameternoun

   (computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program

   Synonyms:
   debate, disceptation, logical argument, argumentation, contention, parametric quantity, tilt, controversy, disputation, line, contestation, arguing, statement, literary argument, line of reasoning, parameter

6. argumentnoun

   a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value determines the dependent variable; if f(x)=y, x is the independent variable

   Synonyms:
   parameter, contestation, statement, line, literary argument, disceptation, line of reasoning, disputation, debate, contention, argumentation, arguing, logical argument, tilt, controversy

7. argumentation, logical argument, argument, line of reasoning, linenoun

   a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning

   "I can't follow your line of reasoning"

   Synonyms:
   course, billet, short letter, statement, phone line, melodic phrase, argumentation, controversy, railway line, literary argument, product line, pedigree, parentage, melodic line, rail line, channel, tilt, business line, disceptation, debate, communication channel, job, contestation, line of products, cable, arguing, line of credit, occupation, credit line, blood line, personal line of credit, line of reasoning, pipeline, descent, demarcation, stemma, contention, bank line, agate line, parameter, line of work, contrast, dividing line, stock, business, crease, furrow, lineage, wrinkle, line of merchandise, note, origin, personal credit line, tune, disputation, line, line of descent, melody, telephone circuit, line of business, air, bloodline, transmission line, strain, telephone line, seam, crinkle, production line, subscriber line, ancestry, blood, logical argument, assembly line

Matched Categories

1. • Discussion
   • Evidence
   • Reasoning
   • Reference
   • Summary
   • Value
   • Variable

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1. argumentnoun

   Synonyms:
   reason, reasoning, chain of reasoning, process of reasoning

2. argumentnoun

   Synonyms:
   controversy, dispute, disputation, discussion

3. argumentnoun

   Synonyms:
   subject, topic, matter, theme, thesis, question, subject-matter, matter in hand

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1. argumentnoun

   Synonyms:
   reasoning, controversy, argumentation, discussion, debate, dispute, disputation, polemic

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1. List of paraphrases for "argument":

   arguments, reasoning, contention, argumentation, controversy, polemic, thesis, point, dispute, pleadings, altercation, rationale, claim, case, discussion, assertion, plea, debate, reason, justification

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1. Storme Warren:

   I think creativity is at an all time high and it’s an archaic definition to us to label [songs as] pop or country. i think this is a cyclical argument and discussion we seem to have it when there’s a need for creativity. It always seems to be a fight that country has gone too pop, and it goes back to ‘60s, ‘70s, ‘80s and ‘90s we have as brand new argument over the same dilemma.

2. Joseph Joubert:

   The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

3. Ben Carson:

   Virtually everything that can be attributed to progress by using fetal tissue can also use other types of tissue, if it were the only way to do something and there was no other way, there might be an argument. But under these circumstances, there isn't a legitimate argument.

4. Emmeline Pankhurst:

   The argument of the broken pane of glass is the most valuable argument in modern politics.

5. Paul Ryan:

   I see it as crony capitalism. The argument that other countries do it is an argument that just does not fly with me. We’re America.