What are some alternative words for challenge?
Synonyms for challenge
ˈtʃæl ɪndʒ
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Princeton's WordNet
challenge(noun)
a demanding or stimulating situation
"they reacted irrationally to the challenge of Russian power"
challenge(noun)
a call to engage in a contest or fight
challenge(noun)
questioning a statement and demanding an explanation
"his challenge of the assumption that Japan is still our enemy"
challenge(noun)
a formal objection to the selection of a particular person as a juror
challenge(verb)
a demand by a sentry for a password or identification
challenge, dispute, gainsay(verb)
take exception to
"She challenged his claims"
Synonyms:
altercate, take exception, gainsay, quarrel, dispute, scrap, argufychallenge(verb)
issue a challenge to
"Fischer challenged Spassky to a match"
Synonyms:
gainsay, take exception, disputechallenge(verb)
ask for identification
"The illegal immigrant was challenged by the border guard"
Synonyms:
gainsay, take exception, disputechallenge, take exception(verb)
raise a formal objection in a court of law
Synonyms:
gainsay, take exception, dispute
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Dictionary of English Synonymes
challenge(v. a.)
Synonyms:
defy, dare, brave, invite to trial, call to combat, call to answerchallenge(v. a.)
challenge(v. a.)
Synonyms:
(Law.) object to, take exceptions tochallenge(n.)
Synonyms:
defiance, summons to trial, call to combat, call to answerchallenge(n.)
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "challenge":
challenges, problem, defiance, défi, gauntlet, difficulty, defy, contest, reto, task, provocation, recusal, challenging, difficult, issue, difficulties, obstacle, contestation, disqualification
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#553 | problem | |
#592 | question | |
#604 | issue | |
#1928 | difficult | |
#2035 | task | |
#2185 | challenge | |
#3419 | challenges | |
#3575 | contest | |
#5311 | difficulty | |
#5676 | dispute | |
#5975 | difficulties | |
#6166 | investigate | |
#6722 | challenging | |
#8413 | dare | |
#9772 | brave | |
#12034 | scrap | |
#16523 | obstacle | |
#20514 | defiance | |
#27052 | gauntlet | |
#29505 | summon | |
#29907 | defy | |
#30227 | disqualification | |
#36034 | quarrel | |
#39860 | provocation | |
#50593 | canvass | |
#65545 | defi | |
#94648 | reto | |
#113763 | recusal | |
#123126 | contestation | |
#214744 | gainsay |
How to use challenge in a sentence?
It has only rained for two days within the year but we have not lost a single cow to drought or lack of pasture. Our biggest challenge remains livestock diseases.
We don't need another celebrity. We don't need dividers. We need people that are going to work and unite us to challenge and take hold of these problems that we face as a community.
This is a very difficult counterterrorism challenge in the United States.
It's a huge challenge for this producer and highlights the importance of biosecurity and other producers trying to take steps to limit the spread of this disease.
Given changes in the market landscape, it will be a daunting challenge to meet the very aggressive requirements of the 2022-2025 federal fuel economy and greenhouse gas rule.
Translations for challenge
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- تحدي, التحديArabic
- поканвам, оспорвам, предизвикателство, повиквам, възразявам, предизвиквам, предизвикване, отричамBulgarian
- desafiament, desafiu, desafiarCatalan, Valencian
- výzva, vyzvatCzech
- udfordreDanish
- Herausforderung, herausfordernGerman
- πρόκλησηGreek
- defiiEsperanto
- desafío, retar, desafiar, retoSpanish
- چالشPersian
- jäävi, esteellisyysperuste, haasteFinnish
- défier, challenge, défiFrench
- dúshlánIrish
- dùbhlanScottish Gaelic
- retar, desafío, reto, desafiarGalician
- אתגרHebrew
- kihívásHungarian
- tantanganIndonesian
- sfidaItalian
- אתגרHebrew
- チャレンジ, 挑戦Japanese
- ಸವಾಲುKannada
- 도전Korean
- prōvocō, challengeLatin
- төвөгтэй асуудалMongolian
- uitdaging, uitdagen, betwisten, wraken, tartenDutch
- utfordringNorwegian
- zakwestionować, wyzwanie, wyzwać, ośmielićPolish
- desafiar, desafioPortuguese
- provoca, provocareRomanian
- вызывать, [[трудный, вызов, испытание, [[сложный, челленджRussian
- izazovSerbo-Croatian
- utmaning, utmana, jäv, ifrågasättaSwedish
- changa motoSwahili
- சவால்Tamil
- ఛాలెంజ్Telugu
- meydan okumaTurkish
- thử tháchVietnamese
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