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Definitions for Argue

[1] to present reasons for or against a thing: He argued in favor of capital punishment.
[2] to contend in oral disagreement; dispute: The senator argued with the president about the new tax bill.
[3] to state the reasons for or against: The lawyers argued the case.
[4] to maintain in reasoning: to argue that the news report must be wrong.
[5] to persuade, drive, etc., by reasoning: to argue someone out of a plan.
[6] to show; prove; imply; indicate: His clothes argue poverty.
[7] (intr) to quarrel; wrangle they were always arguing until I arrived
[8] (intr; often foll by for or against) to present supporting or opposing reasons or cases in a dispute; reason
[9] (tr; may take a clause as object) to try to prove by presenting reasons; maintain
[10] (tr; often passive) to debate or discuss the case was fully argued before agreement was reached
[11] (tr) to persuade he argued me into going
[12] (tr) to give evidence of; suggest her looks argue despair

Words related to Argue

contend, squabble, disagree, quibble, dispute, quarrel, claim, suggest, defend, testify, assert, indicate, maintain, plead, demonstrate, appeal, explain, present, question, clarify

Words nearby Argue

argosy, argot, argovie, arguable, arguably, argue, argufy, argument, argumentation, argumentative, argumentum

Origin of Argue

1275–1325; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French arguer < Latin argūtāre, -ārī, frequentative of arguere to prove, assert, accuse (Medieval Latin: argue, reason), though Latin frequentative form attested only in sense “babble, chatter”

Other words from Argue

ar·gu·er , noun
coun·ter·ar·gue , verb, coun·ter·ar·gued, coun·ter·ar·gu·ing.
o·ver·ar·gue , verb, o·ver·ar·gued, o·ver·ar·gu·ing.
re·ar·gue , verb, re·ar·gued, re·ar·gu·ing.
well-ar·gued , adjective

Word origin for Argue

C14: from Old French arguer to assert, charge with, from Latin arguere to make clear, accuse; related to Latin argūtus clear, argentum silver

Synonyms for Argue

contend, disagree, dispute, quarrel, quibble, squabble, altercate, bandy, battle, bicker, buck, cross, feud, hammer, hash, hassle, jump, pettifog, rehash, row, sass, wrangle, break with, bump heads, cross swords, face down, face off, gang up on, get in one's face, go one on one, hammer away, hash over, have at each other, have at it, jump on, knock around, lock horns, mix it up, pick an argument, put up a fight, put up a struggle, set to, sock it to, stick it to, talk back