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Showing words for CONTENTION using the English dictionary

10 Letter Words for Contention

contention

9 Letter Words for Contention

continent

8 Letter Words for Contention

innocent, nontonic

7 Letter Words for Contention

connote, content, coontie, entonic, entotic, nonetti, nonetto, onionet, tention, tonetic, tontine

6 Letter Words for Contention

centon, conine, conite, connie, contin, cootie, cotoin, cotton, ennoic, enoint, incent, intent, intone, ionone, necton, neocon, nintoo, nitent, nocent, noetic, noncon, nonent, nonion, nonoic, notice, notion, octine, tiento, tinnen, tinnet, tonite, toonie

5 Letter Words for Contention

ceint, centi, cento, cetin, coeno, conin, conne, conte, conto, cotte, ettin, innet, inone, ninon, niton, noint, nonce, nonet, nonic, ocote, octet, oenin, oncet, oncin, onion, ontic, tecon, tenio, tenno, tenon, tinct, tonic, tonne, tonto

4 Letter Words for Contention

cent, ceti, cine, cion, cite, cito, coin, coit, cone, coni, conn, cont, coon, coot, cote, coto, cott, econ, ecto, ento, etic, eton, icon, inne, into, nein, neon, neti, nice, nine, nito, none, noon, note, nott, oeci, oint, once, onto, oont, otic, otoe, otto, tent, tice, tien, tinc, tine, tint, tite, toco, toit, tone, tonn, toon, toot, tote, toto

3 Letter Words for Contention

cen, ceo, cie, cit, con, coo, cot, cte, ctn, cto, eco, ect, enc, eon, etc, ice, inc, inn, int, ion, nco, nei, neo, net, nie, nit, nne, non, noo, not, oct, oie, one, oni, ono, ont, oon, oot, otc, oto, tec, ten, tet, tic, tie, tin, tit, tnt, toc, toe, toi, ton, too, tot

Definitions for Contention

[1] a struggling together in opposition; strife.
[2] a striving in rivalry; competition; contest.
[3] strife in debate; dispute; controversy.
[4] a point contended for or affirmed in controversy.
[5] a struggling between opponents; competition
[6] dispute in an argument (esp in the phrase bone of contention )
[7] a point asserted in argument

Words related to Contention

argument, controversy, struggle, rivalry, conflict, dispute, claim, belief, thesis, idea, assertion, plea, hypothesis, allegation, opinion, position, explanation, discussion, discord, dissent

Words nearby Contention

content marketing, content provider, content word, content-addressable storage, contented, contention, contentious, contentive, contentment, conterminous, contessa

Origin of Contention

1350–1400; Middle English (< Anglo-French ) < Latin contentiōn- (stem of contentiō ), equivalent to content(us ), past participle of contendere to contend (con- con- + tentus, variant of tēnsus; see tense1) + -iōn- -ion

Word origin for Contention

C14: from Latin contentiō exertion, from contendere to contend

Synonyms for Contention

argument, conflict, controversy, dispute, rivalry, struggle, altercation, battle, beef, belligerency, combat, contest, difference, discord, dissension, dissent, dissidence, disunity, enmity, fight, flak, hassle, hostility, quarrel, run-in, scene, scrap, set-to, squabble, static, strife, variance, war, wrangle, wrangling, bone of contention, bone to pick, disaccord, feuding