10 Letter Words for Contesting
contesting
9 Letter Words for Contesting
centonist, escotting, nongestic, onsetting, stegnotic
8 Letter Words for Contesting
centoist, consigne, contents, escoting, incogent, nettings, scenting, snotting, sonnetic, stenotic, stenting, tentigos, tentings, tinstone, tonetics, tontines
7 Letter Words for Contesting
censing, coignes, congest, conines, connies, consent, consign, content, contest, contise, costing, cottise, ecgonin, egotist, entonic, entotic, gestion, gnostic, incents, intents, intones, nesting, netting, nocents, noetics, nonetti, notices, scening, scottie, section, sencion, senting, setting, snottie, sotting, stenion, stenton, stoning, stoting, tennist, tensing, tension, tentigo, tenting, tention, testing, tingent, tonetic, toniest, tonings, tonites, tontine
6 Letter Words for Contesting
centon, centos, cestoi, ceston, cogent, cogies, coigne, coigns, conges, conine, coning, conins, conite, connes, connie, contes, contin, cosign, cosine, cosing, coting, cotise, cotset, egoist, encist, ennoic, enoint, ensign, ettins, geison, genion, genson, geotic, gestic, gestio, ginnet, goetic, goiest, gotten, icones, ignote, incent, incest, incogs, ingent, ingest, ingoes, ingots, innest, inogen, insect, intens, intent, intone, isogen, necton, nentsi, nicest, nitent, nitons, nocent, noctis, noetic, noints, nonces, nonets, nosine, nosing, nosite, nostic, notice, noting, notist, octets, octine, oecist, onsite, oscine, ostein, ostent, scient, scogie, sencio, sennit, signet, signon, sinnet, sintoc, sitten, soigne, soning, sonnet, sottie, stenog, stinge, stingo, stogie, stonen, stonne, stotin, tennis, tennos, tenons, tenson, teston, tiento, tignon, tigons, tincts, tinges, tinnet, tocsin, toeing, tonics, tonies, toning, tonite, tonnes, tosing, toting
5 Letter Words for Contesting
ceint, centi, cento, cents, cesti, cetin, cines, cions, cites, cogie, cogit, coign, coing, coins, coits, cones, conge, conin, conne, conns, const, conte, contg, cosen, coset, cosie, cosin, coste, cotes, cotte, cotts, csnet, engin, entsi, eosin, escot, estoc, ettin, geist, geits, genic, genin, genio, genit, genos, gents, gites, gonne, icons, incog, ingot, innet, inone, inset, neist, neons, nines, ninos, niton, nitos, noint, noise, nonce, nones, nonet, nongs, nonic, nosig, notes, octet, oenin, oints, onces, oncet, oncin, onset, ontic, oscin, scent, scion, scone, scote, scott, secno, segni, segno, sengi, senit, senti, seton, sient, since, singe, sinon, snite, soget, soign, sonce, sonic, sonne, sotie, stein, steng, steno, stent, stine, sting, stint, stion, stite, stoic, stoit, stone, stong, stonn, tecon, tenio, tenno, tenon, tenso, tents, tices, tiens, tiges, tigon, tinct, tines, tinge, tings, tints, toges, toise, toist, toits, tones, tongs, tonic, tonne, totes, tsine
4 Letter Words for Contesting
cens, cent, cest, ceti, cigs, cine, cion, cist, cite, cito, cits, coes, cogs, coin, coit, cone, cong, coni, conn, cons, cont, cose, cost, cote, cots, cott, ctge, econ, ecto, egos, engs, ento, eons, etic, eton, geic, gein, geit, gens, gent, geos, gest, gets, gien, gies, ginn, gins, gios, gise, gist, gite, gits, goen, goes, gois, gone, gons, gote, ices, icon, ingo, inne, inns, inst, into, iocs, ions, isnt, negs, nein, neon, nest, neti, nets, nice, nies, nine, niog, nist, nito, nits, noes, nogs, none, nong, nose, note, nots, nott, nsec, oeci, oint, once, ones, onst, otic, otis, scet, scog, scot, seco, sect, sego, seit, sent, sett, sice, sien, sign, sine, sing, sion, site, snig, snit, snog, snot, soce, sone, song, steg, sten, stet, stge, stie, stog, stot, tegs, teng, tens, tent, test, tets, tice, tics, tien, ties, tige, tigs, tinc, tine, ting, tins, tint, tite, tits, tocs, toes, toge, togs, togt, toit, tone, tong, tonn, tons, tose, tote, tots
3 Letter Words for Contesting
cen, ceo, cgs, cie, cig, cis, cit, cns, cog, con, cos, cot, csi, cst, cte, ctg, ctn, cto, cts, ecg, eco, ect, ego, enc, eng, ens, eon, eos, esc, est, etc, gen, geo, get, gie, gin, gio, gis, git, gns, goi, gon, gos, got, gtc, gte, gtt, ice, ign, inc, ing, inn, ins, int, ion, ios, ise, isn, iso, ist, its, nco, neg, nei, neo, net, nie, nig, nis, nit, nne, nog, non, nos, not, oct, oes, oie, ois, one, oni, ons, ont, ose, osi, otc, sci, sct, sec, seg, sei, sen, set, sic, sie, sig, sin, sit, soc, sog, son, sot, stg, tec, teg, ten, tes, tet, tgn, tgt, tic, tie, tig, tin, tis, tit, tng, tnt, toc, toe, tog, toi, ton, tos, tot, tsi, tst
Definitions for Contesting
[1] a race, conflict, or other competition between rivals, as for a prize.
[2] struggle for victory or superiority.
[3] strife in argument; dispute; controversy: Their marriage was marred by perpetual contest.
[4] to struggle or fight for, as in battle.
[5] to argue against; dispute: to contest a controversial question; to contest a will.
[6] to call in question: They contested his right to speak.
[7] to contend for in rivalry.
[8] to dispute; contend; compete.
[9] a formal game or match in which two or more people, teams, etc, compete and attempt to win
[10] a struggle for victory between opposing forces or interests
[11] (tr) to try to disprove; call in question
[12] (when intr, foll by with or against ) to fight, dispute, or contend (with) contest an election
Words related to Contesting
contestoppose, litigate, contend, defend, compete, vie, tangle, question, doubt, push, blast, debate, dispute, withstand, traverse, scuffle, wrangle, hassle, battle, row
Words nearby Contesting
contestcontentious, contentive, contentment, conterminous, contessa, contest, contestant, contestation, context, context of situation, contextomy
Origin of Contesting
1595–1605; (v.) < Latin contestāri to call to witness (in a lawsuit), equivalent to con- con- + testārī to testify, derivative of testis witness; (noun) derivative of the v., or < French conteste
Words that may be confused with Contesting
WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, contestcontend, contest
Other words from Contesting
con·test·a·ble , adjective
con·test·a·ble·ness , noun
con·test·a·bly , adverb
con·test·er , noun
con·test·ing·ly , adverb
pre·con·test , verb (used with object)
pre·con·test , noun
re·con·test , verb
sub·con·test , noun
su·per·con·test , noun
su·per·con·test , verb (used with object)
un·con·test·a·ble , adjective
un·con·test·a·bly , adverb
un·con·test·ed , adjective
un·con·test·ed·ly , adverb
well-con·test·ed , adjective
Word origin for Contesting
C16: from Latin contestārī to introduce a lawsuit, from testis witness
Synonyms for Contesting
litigate, oppose, blast, debate, dispute, doubt, push, question, tangle, call in question, give it one's all, go for it, go for jugular, jockey for position, jump on, mix it up with, object to, scramble for, shoot for, stand up for
