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   Con·test

   noun

   • 1. an event in which people compete for supremacy in a sport, activity, or particular quality: "a beauty contest" Similar competitionmatchtournamentgamemeeteventtrialboutheatfixturetierace
   • ▪ a competition for a political position: "the presidential contest"
   • ▪ a dispute or conflict: "there has always been a contest between tenants and landlords over how they share both benefits and costs" Similar struggleconflictconfrontationcollisionclashbattlefightcombattussleskirmishduelrace

   verb

   • 1. engage in competition to attain (a position of power): "she declared her intention to contest the presidency" Similar compete forcontend forvie forchallenge forfight forfight overbattle forstruggle fortussle fortry to wintry forgo forthrow one's hat in the ringcompete incontend infight inbattle inentertake part inbe a competitor inparticipate input one's name down forgo in for
   • ▪ take part in (a competition or election): "a coalition was formed to contest the presidential elections"
   • 2. oppose (an action, decision, or theory) as mistaken or wrong: "the former chairman contests his dismissal" Similar opposeobject tochallengedisputetake a stand againstresistdefystrive/struggle againsttake issue withquestioncall into questiondoubtlitigateOpposite agree with
   • ▪ engage in dispute about: "the issues have been hotly contested" Similar debateargue aboutdisputequarrel over

   Word Origin late 16th century (as a verb in the sense ‘swear to, attest’): from Latin contestari ‘call upon to witness, initiate (by calling witnesses)’, from con- ‘together’ + testare ‘to witness’. The senses ‘wrangle, struggle for’ arose in the early 17th century, whence the current noun and verb senses.

   Derivatives

   • 1. contestability noun
   • 2. contestable adjective
   • 3. contester noun

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   Synonyms for CONTEST: competition, rivalry, battle, duel, struggle, contention, warfare, confrontation; Antonyms of CONTEST: peace, harmony, concord, truce, believe, accept, support, defend.

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   Find 3,324 synonyms for contest and other similar words that you can use instead based on 16 separate contexts from our thesaurus.

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   Synonyms for CONTESTS: rivalries, competitions, battles, duels, struggles, confrontations, contentions, conflicts; Antonyms of CONTESTS: harmonies, concords, peaces, truces, believes, accepts, embraces, supports.

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   Synonyms and antonyms of contest in English. contest. noun. These are words and phrases related to contest. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of contest. It was a bitter contest of wills. She will enter the beauty contest. Synonyms. conflict. struggle. fight. battle. combat. war. encounter. bout.

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   question. dispute. suggest new. Another way to say Contest? Synonyms for Contest (other words and phrases for Contest).

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    To call into question and take an active stand against; dispute or challenge: Synonyms for CONTEST: competition, race, match, rivalry, trial, battle, corrivalry, tournament, agon, contention; Antonyms for CONTEST: calm, peace, quiet, tranquility, stillness, agreement, concede, agree, rest, shake-hands.

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    Synonyms for COMPETITION: tournament, event, game, contest, match, championship, sport, bout; Antonyms of COMPETITION: noncompetitor, peace, harmony, concord.