10 Letter Words for Contending
contending
9 Letter Words for Contending
deconning
8 Letter Words for Contending
denoting, encoding, incogent, innocent, tenoning
7 Letter Words for Contending
coigned, condign, condite, conning, contend, ctenoid, denning, denting, deontic, donning, ecgonin, entonic, gondite, indogen, ingoted, intoned, nointed, noticed, tending
6 Letter Words for Contending
ceding, centon, coding, coedit, cogent, coigne, coined, condie, conged, conine, coning, conite, conned, connie, contin, coting, dentin, ditone, docent, dogtie, doigte, doning, doting, endict, ending, ennoic, enoint, genion, geodic, geotic, gideon, ginned, ginnet, goetic, ignote, incend, incent, indent, indone, ingent, inogen, intend, intoed, intone, necton, nidget, nocent, noetic, nonent, notice, noting, octine, ointed, ondine, onding, onning, tendon, tiedog, tignon, tinged, tinned, tinnen, toeing, tonged, toning
5 Letter Words for Contending
ceint, centi, cento, cetin, cited, coden, cogie, cogit, coign, coing, coned, conge, conin, conne, contd, conte, contg, coted, decon, deign, detin, dicot, diego, digne, dinge, dingo, dogie, doigt, doing, donec, donet, donne, ecoid, edict, engin, genic, genin, genio, genit, geoid, getid, gnide, godet, gondi, gonid, gonne, ident, incog, ingot, inned, innet, inone, nidge, ninon, niton, noint, nonce, nonet, nonic, noted, oenin, oncet, oncin, onned, ontic, tecon, teind, tendo, tenio, tenno, tenon, ticed, tigon, tined, tinge, tondi, toned, tonic, tonne
4 Letter Words for Contending
cedi, cent, ceti, cide, cine, cion, cite, cito, code, coed, coin, coit, cond, cone, cong, coni, conn, cont, cote, ctge, deco, deni, dent, deti, detn, dice, dict, diet, dine, ding, dino, dint, dioc, dite, doen, doge, doit, done, dong, doni, dont, dote, ecod, econ, ecto, edit, endo, ento, etic, eton, geic, gein, geit, gent, geod, gied, gien, ginn, gite, gode, goen, gond, gone, gote, iced, icod, icon, ideo, inde, indn, ingo, inne, into, iode, nein, neon, neti, nice, nide, nied, nine, niog, nito, node, nodi, none, nong, note, odic, odin, oeci, oint, once, otic, tend, teng, tice, tide, tied, tien, tige, tinc, tind, tine, ting, tode, toed, toge, tone, tong, tonn
3 Letter Words for Contending
cdg, cen, ceo, cid, cie, cig, cit, cod, cog, con, cot, cte, ctg, ctn, cto, dec, deg, dei, den, det, die, dig, din, dit, doc, doe, dog, don, dot, ecg, eco, ect, edo, ego, enc, end, eng, eon, etc, gcd, ged, gen, geo, get, gid, gie, gin, gio, git, god, goi, gon, got, gtc, gtd, gte, ice, ide, ido, ign, inc, ind, ing, inn, int, ion, itd, nco, ned, neg, nei, neo, net, nid, nie, nig, nit, nne, nod, nog, non, not, oct, ode, oie, one, oni, ont, otc, tec, ted, teg, ten, tgn, tic, tid, tie, tig, tin, tng, toc, tod, toe, tog, toi, ton
Definitions for Contending
[1] to struggle in opposition: to contend with the enemy for control of the port.
[2] to strive in rivalry; compete; vie: to contend for first prize.
[3] to strive in debate; dispute earnestly: to contend against falsehood.
[4] to assert or maintain earnestly: He contended that taxes were too high.
[5] (intr often foll by with ) to struggle in rivalry, battle, etc; vie
[6] to argue earnestly; debate
[7] (tr; may take a clause as object) to assert or maintain
Words related to Contending
contendvie, confront, cope, resist, grapple, oppose, meet, argue, dispute, claim, urge, defend, charge, insist, assert, say, maintain, allege, tell, withstand
Words nearby Contending
contendcontempt, contempt of congress, contempt of court, contemptible, contemptuous, contend, content, content analysis, content farm, content marketing, content provider
Origin of Contending
1400–50; late Middle English contenden < Anglo-French contendre < Latin contendere to compete, strive, draw tight, equivalent to con- con- + tendere to stretch; see tend1
Words that may be confused with Contending
WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, contendcontend, contest
Other words from Contending
con·tend·er , noun
con·tend·ing·ly , adverb
non·con·tend·ing , adjective
pre·con·tend , verb (used without object)
re·con·tend , verb (used without object)
un·con·tend·ed , adjective
un·con·tend·ing , adjective
Word origin for Contending
C15: from Latin contendere to strive, from com- with + tendere to stretch, aim
Synonyms for Contending
argue, confront, cope, dispute, go after, grapple, meet, oppose, push for, resist, vie, battle, clash, contest, controvert, emulate, encounter, face, jostle, litigate, oppugn, push, rival, skirmish, stand, strive, struggle, tug, withstand, give all one's got, give one's all, go for, go for broke, go for it, go for jugular, have at, jockey for position, knock oneself out, lock horns, make play for, mix it up with, scramble for, shoot at, shoot for, tangle with
