Synonyms for argument
ˈɑr gyə mənt

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1. argument, statement(noun)

   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, arguing(noun)

   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, debate(noun)

   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 argument(noun)

   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, parameter(noun)

   (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. argument(noun)

   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, line(noun)

   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

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1. argument(noun)

   Synonyms:
   actual argument

English Synonyms and Antonyms(3.00 / 3 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. argument(n)

   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.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(4.50 / 10 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. argument

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

   Antonyms:
   assertion, assumption, without proof or evidence

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. argument(n.)

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

2. argument(n.)

   Synonyms:
   controversy, dispute, disputation, discussion

3. argument(n.)

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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(4.00 / 4 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. argument(n)

   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. Brian Love:

   They made this argument from the beginning of the case that they were sort of the true innovators in the smartphone world, and that although a lot of this technology existed in the past, they came up with very simple, elegant and easy-to-use design that took the smartphone to the next level, to the extent that it was protected, it was protected by these design patents.

2. Aemilia Scott:

   I don't think I've ever seen a better argument for feminism on mainstream television.

3. Ryan Costello:

   I can't imagine anybody in a close district wants the closing argument to be immigration, your local message is in competition with what the President is talking about.

4. Lyrissa Lidsky:

   While there is more leeway and more hyperbole online and in social media in general, courts never really accepted that argument that social media is a libel free-zone.

5. Jared Bernstein:

   I think he is wrong in a pretty profound way about that claim in the following sense and there's a way in which Larry's offering a warning that we've already heeded. ... I very much disagree with the thrust of the argument is that we have to go big and we have to go bold here to finally put this crisis, to finally put this virus behind us and to finally and reliably launch a robust, inclusive and racially equitable recovery, we have consistently said the risks of going to small are much greater than the risks of too much. Now that doesn't mean there are no risks engaged in the kind of work that we're doing because that's always the case in the economy.

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