Contending [verb]
Definition of Contending:
compete, fight
Synonyms of Contending:
● Vie
● Confront
● Cope
● Resist
● Grapple
● Oppose
● Meet
● Argue
● Dispute
● Litigate
● Clash
● Contest
● Emulate
● Rival
● Push
● Face
● Skirmish
● Jostle
● Stand
● Battle
● Strive
● Tug
● Oppugn
● Struggle
● Go for
● Go after
● Push for
● Have at
● Shoot at
Opposite/Antonyms of Contending:
● Leave
● Give up
● Abandon
● Yield
● Agree
● Go along
● Give in
● Cede
● Desert
● Retreat
● Hide
● Comply
Sentence/Example of Contending:
Still, Louis did not reply; but proofs of his contending soul convulsed the features his agitated hand tried to conceal.
No reasons are ever given by a Committee for their decision and the contending parties are left to imagine them.
Like a clarion call the note rings in my ears, amidst the din of contending views and obscure phraseology.
The doors of the House of Commons were again besieged by the two great contending factions of the City.
The Indian agent is the local buffer between contending forces.
She knew his step behind her, and the contending feelings made her heart beat hard, and she longed to run away.
It darts hither and thither, angrily contending with the surrounding darkness.
From Scotland would come all the saltpetre which would furnish the means of war to the fleets and armies of contending potentates.
As you are aware, I have been wading deep waters and contending with the great ones of the earth, not wholly without success.
The council I held this morning has disgusted me with everything; treason everywhere; contending interests all about me.