contend
I
(dispute) verb
altercate, argue, battle, be discordant, bicker, brawl, carry on an argument, challenge, clash, combat, compete, conflict, contendere, contest, contradict, decernere, differ, disaccord, disagree, discept, discord, dissent, encounter, engage, fight, gainsay, have an altercation, have words with, impugn, litigate, make an issue, oppose, pugnare, quarrel, reluct, rival, skirmish, spar, spat, squabble, strike at, strive, struggle, take on, vie with, war, wrangle
II
(maintain) verb
adfirmare, advance, affirm, argue, assert, asseverate, assure, attest, aver, avow, claim, claim to know, confirmare, contendere, declare, emphasize, express, hold, hold the opinion, insist, make a statement, make an assertion, predicate, profess, say, set forth, state, state emphatically, stress, utter with conviction, vouch, warrant
III
index
allege, answer (reply), argue, assert, avouch (avow), avow, bear (adduce), bicker, claim (maintain), collide (clash), compete, conflict, contest, counter, counteract, cross (disagree with), debate, declare, dicker, differ (disagree), disaccord, dispute (contest), engage (involve), fight (battle), insist, litigate, oppose, oppugn, plead (allege in a legal action), posit, postulate, profess (avow), propose, propound, reason (persuade), refute, strive
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006