Synonyms for Contended:

adj.
• controversial
- more contended
- more contestable
- more controvertible
- more debateable
- more disputed
- more doubtable
- most contended
- most contestable
- most controvertible
- most debateable
- most disputed
- most doubtable
v.
• affirmed
- Adjured
- Averred
- Avouched
- Claimed
- Propounded
- Submitted
- Testified
- accepted
- acknowledged
- admitted
- affirmed
- approved
- asserted
- assured
- attested
- certified
- corroborated
- declared
- endorsed
- expressed
- maintained
- pledged
- proclaimed
- professed
- promised
- pronounced
- ratified
- set down
- stated
- supported
- sustained
- validated
- verified
- warranted
• conflicted
- Altercated
- Antagonized
- Bickered
- Brawled
- Clamored
- Clashed
- Conflicted
- Differed
- Disagreed
- Dissented
- Rioted
- Rowed
- Spared
- Squabbled
- blasted
- broiled
- collided
- feuded
• contended
- Argued
- Confronted
- Contrasted
- Defended
- Encountered
- Protested
- Quarreled
- Resisted
- Stood
- Struggled
- Vied
- Withstood
- Wrangled
- Wrestled
- disputed
- faced
- hassled
- opposed
• disagreed
- Challenged
- Complained
- Defied
- Demurred
- Objected
- rejected
- repudiated
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Independent
- Verb, past tense
  accepted, acknowledged, added, admitted, advance, advanced, advice, advised, affirm, affirmed, agreed, alleged, aroused, articulated, ascertained, asserted, assured, attested, backed, called, characterized, clarified, conceded, concluded, conducted, confirmed, considered, contented, contest, contested, continued, conveyed, credited, declared, demonstrated, determined, disputed, elaborated, emphasised, emphasized, empowered, endorsed, engaged, estimated, expressed, facilitated, favored, felt, forwards, found, funded, held, identified, included, informed, intended, invited, keeping, kept, led, lifted, listed, loved, made, maintained, move, moved, named, nominated, noted, notice, observed, opinion, outlined, paid, perceived, pledged, pointed, predicted, presented, pretended, proclaimed, professed, pronounced, purported, put, raised, reasoned, reassured, recognized, referenced, remembered, reported, retained, revealed, ruled, said, saw, showcase, sought, spoke, stated, stirred, stressed, stuck, suggested, support, supported, sustained, thought, touched, voiced, wanted, welcomed, Accounted, Answered, Appealed, Argued, Arose, Attributed, Averred, Believed, Bolstered, Brought, Carried, Cautioned, Challenged, Cited, Claimed, Deemed, Defended, Denied, Enunciated, Explained, Extracted, Filed, Flagged, Forwarded, Gave, Went, Had, Helped, Incited, Indicated, Inflicted, Inserted, Insisted, Invoked, Judged, Lasted, Lobbied, Mended, Mentioned, Nurtured, Objected, Offered, Opined, Persisted, Pleaded, Pled, Questioned, Ran, Referred, Regarded, Reiterated, Relied, Remained, Remarked, Replied, Responded, Seconded, Told, Testified, Upheld, Urged, Viewed, Warned, Wrote, Commented, Complained, Concurred, Contributed, Convened, Postulated, Proceeded, Progressed, Promoted, Prompted, Provided, Pushed, Stayed, Stipulated, Stood, Submitted, Supplemented, advances, underlined, submits, notices, tabled, countered, objects, collaborated, opinions, triggered, reaffirmed, complemented, highlighted, sponsored, underscored, Favoured, signalled, selon, precised.
- Verb, past participle
  accompanied, acknowledged, advanced, advised, affirmed, aided, alleged, asserted, assisted, assumed, assured, backed, charged, confirmed, contested, continued, declared, demonstrated, described, determined, disclosed, disputed, done, drawn, driven, elaborated, emphasised, emphasized, encouraged, endorsed, engaged, enhanced, expressed, face, faced, facilitated, felt, financed, fostered, gone, held, identified, illustrated, impeded, implied, intended, joined, listed, made, maintained, moved, noted, observed, outlined, pledged, pointed, pretended, professed, pronounced, pursued, reflected, reported, resolved, ruled, said, sought, specified, spoken, stated, stressed, subscribed, suggested, supported, supposed, sustained, sworn, tails, taken, tried, voiced, Abetted, Adduced, Advocated, Argued, Borne, Bolstered, Brought, Buoyed, Challenged, Championed, Claimed, Debated, Defended, Disagreed, Emerged, Enshrined, Espoused, Exercised, Explained, Had, Helped, Impugned, Indicated, Insisted, Invoked, Meant, Mentioned, Nurtured, Objected, Pleaded, Questioned, Quoted, Relied, Shown, Told, Underpinned, Upheld, Urged, Warned, Communicated, Complained, Confronted, Contradicted, Posited, Postulated, Progressed, Promoted, Pushed, Stood, Submitted, campaigned, safeguarded, fuelled, reaffirmed, leveraged, complemented, highlighted, sponsored, underscored, Favoured, signalled.

What are the hypernyms for Contended?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Other hypernyms:
disputed, Argued, Clashed, Debated, Wrangled, Competed, Squabbled.

Usage examples for Contended

He Contended that a boy who is finishing his fourteenth year, if he is not fully matured, at least is not a mere child, but on the contrary, is capable of performing all kinds of heroic deeds, especially if he has Polish and French blood.

"In Desert and Wilderness"

Henryk Sienkiewicz

"I don't see how it can insult you," he Contended.

"Lonesome Land"

B. M. Bower

"You take serious things quite lightly," she Contended, "but it is difficult to answer you.

"The Man from Jericho"

Edwin Carlile Litsey

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