Synonym Dictionary

Ready or eager to argue, oppose, or fight.

A claim or position advanced in an argument; also disagreement.

Likely to cause disagreement, or inclined to argue.

Willing to consider people and arguments without bias or favoritism.

A mistaken belief or an argument that rests on faulty reasoning.

Proposed for consideration without being established as fact.

The principles or process of reasoning from claims and evidence to conclusions.

A statement or assumption on which an argument is based.

To answer an argument with opposing reasons or evidence.

A response that challenges a claim with opposing arguments or evidence.

An argument or evidence showing that a claim is false or mistaken.

To demonstrate that a claim or argument is false.

The art of effective expression; also language criticized as impressive but lacking substance.

One word family: also includes rhetorical.