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Synonyms for Debating:
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n.
• thought- absorption ,
- analysis ,
- appraisal ,
- attention ,
- brain work ,
- brooding ,
- calculation ,
- cerebration ,
- cogitation ,
- concentration ,
- consideration ,
- contemplation ,
- daydreaming ,
- deliberation ,
- engrossment ,
- envisioning ,
- evaluation ,
- imagination ,
- intellection ,
- lucubration ,
- meditation ,
- musing ,
- pondering ,
- preoccupation ,
- reasoning ,
- reflection ,
- speculation ,
- study ,
- thinking ,
- thought ,
- weighing ,
- wistfulness .
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v.
• conversing • questioning- Cross-examining ,
- Delving ,
- Disputing ,
- Examining ,
- Exploring ,
- Interpolating ,
- Interrogating ,
- Polling ,
- Querying ,
- Quizzing ,
- asking ,
- canvassing ,
- catechizing ,
- challenging ,
- inquiring ,
- investigating ,
- probing ,
- questioning ,
- seeking ,
- surveying .
Other synonyms:
- round table .
- sterile .
Other relevant words:
- abstract thought ,
- accommodate ,
- account ,
- adjudge ,
- admit ,
- admonish ,
- ado ,
- advise ,
- advisement ,
- advocate ,
- affect ,
- affiliate ,
- agitative ,
- agree ,
- aid ,
- aim ,
- air castle ,
- alert ,
- altercate ,
- ambitious ,
- analyse ,
- analytic thinking ,
- analyze ,
- apply ,
- appreciation ,
- approximate ,
- arguer ,
- argufy ,
- arouse ,
- arrest ,
- arrival ,
- aseptic ,
- assembly ,
- assessment ,
- assiduity ,
- assiduousness ,
- assimilation ,
- associate degree ,
- assort ,
- at odds ,
- athletics ,
- attending ,
- attentiveness ,
- babble ,
- bailiwick ,
- bandy ,
- bank ,
- bear ,
- bear on ,
- believe ,
- bell ringing ,
- belt ,
- bet ,
- bicker ,
- bind ,
- blabbermouthed ,
- blame ,
- boast ,
- book ,
- bouncy ,
- breathing ,
- bring up ,
- brisk ,
- broody ,
- brush up ,
- brushup ,
- budge ,
- bustle ,
- calculative ,
- call back ,
- call down ,
- call forth ,
- call up ,
- campaign ,
- canvass ,
- care ,
- carefulness ,
- cargo area ,
- cargo deck ,
- cargo hold ,
- carry ,
- castle in the air ,
- casual ,
- cautiousness ,
- caveat ,
- cavort ,
- cerebrate ,
- challenge ,
- challenger ,
- charge ,
- charge up ,
- chatter ,
- check ,
- chew over ,
- cipher ,
- circumferent ,
- circumstance ,
- clasp ,
- clench ,
- clutch ,
- clutches ,
- colligate ,
- combat ,
- come to ,
- coming together ,
- commove ,
- compactness ,
- companion ,
- competitor ,
- compliments ,
- computation ,
- computing ,
- comrade ,
- conceptualise ,
- conceptualize ,
- concern ,
- concord ,
- concur ,
- condition ,
- confab ,
- confabulate ,
- confer ,
- confer with ,
- confine ,
- confluence ,
- congress ,
- conjecture ,
- conjure ,
- conjure up ,
- conniving ,
- considerateness ,
- consociate ,
- consort ,
- constrain ,
- contain ,
- contemplative ,
- contend ,
- contender ,
- contestation ,
- contradictory ,
- contravene ,
- contravention ,
- control ,
- converse ,
- cope ,
- counseling ,
- counselling ,
- counsellor ,
- counselor ,
- counselor-at-law ,
- count ,
- count on ,
- critical review ,
- critique ,
- crusade ,
- curb ,
- cursory ,
- custody ,
- cypher ,
- daydream ,
- dead reckoning ,
- deal ,
- declaim ,
- declare ,
- declare oneself ,
- defend ,
- defy ,
- delay ,
- deliberate ,
- deliberateness ,
- demagogy ,
- denseness ,
- density ,
- departure ,
- depend ,
- depth psychology ,
- designate ,
- destine ,
- detention ,
- dialectical ,
- dialog ,
- difference ,
- difference of opinion ,
- direct ,
- direction ,
- discipline ,
- discreetness ,
- discretion ,
- disport ,
- dissemination ,
- dissertate ,
- disturb ,
- doubting ,
- duologue ,
- economical ,
- electioneering ,
- empty talk ,
- empty words ,
- encompassing ,
- encounter ,
- engagement ,
- entertain ,
- enumerate ,
- enumeration ,
- ephemeral ,
- esteem ,
- estimate ,
- estimation ,
- evaluative ,
- evoke ,
- exam ,
- examen ,
- examine ,
- excite ,
- excitement ,
- excogitate ,
- exit ,
- expiration ,
- expression ,
- external respiration ,
- feature ,
- fellow ,
- fence ,
- fencing material ,
- ferment ,
- fermentation ,
- field ,
- field of study ,
- fight ,
- figure ,
- figuring ,
- fluency ,
- flurry ,
- follow-up ,
- followup ,
- foment ,
- forecast ,
- forethought ,
- frisk ,
- frolic ,
- frugal ,
- fugacious ,
- fun ,
- fuss ,
- gabble ,
- gainsay ,
- gambol ,
- gauge ,
- gaze ,
- gestate ,
- get in touch ,
- get together ,
- give ,
- give-and-take ,
- go around ,
- go for ,
- go over ,
- going ,
- grandiloquence ,
- grandiosity ,
- grapple ,
- grasp ,
- grip ,
- group discussion ,
- guard ,
- guessing ,
- guesswork ,
- guidance ,
- haggle ,
- haggling ,
- halt ,
- hand-to-hand struggle ,
- handgrip ,
- handle ,
- handling ,
- harbor ,
- harbour ,
- hash out ,
- have ,
- have got ,
- have to do with ,
- hazard ,
- header ,
- heated up ,
- heed ,
- het ,
- het up ,
- hip-hop ,
- hit the books ,
- hold back ,
- hold forth ,
- hold in ,
- hold up ,
- hot air ,
- hullabaloo ,
- hustle ,
- hypothecate ,
- hypothesis ,
- hypothesise ,
- hypothesize ,
- idea ,
- illation ,
- imagery ,
- imaginativeness ,
- imagine ,
- imaging ,
- immersion ,
- incendiary ,
- incitive ,
- incubation ,
- indicate ,
- infer ,
- infertile ,
- inflammatory ,
- infringe ,
- inquisitive ,
- inquisitory ,
- inspection ,
- instigative ,
- intelligent ,
- intentness ,
- interrelate ,
- interrogation ,
- interrogatory ,
- intervention ,
- intriguing ,
- invoke ,
- involve ,
- itemise ,
- itemize ,
- jabber ,
- job ,
- join ,
- judge ,
- judgement ,
- judgment ,
- keep ,
- keep back ,
- kick about ,
- knap ,
- knock ,
- knock about ,
- lallation ,
- lark ,
- lark about ,
- league ,
- leaky ,
- learn ,
- lecture ,
- librate ,
- limited review ,
- line ,
- line of reasoning ,
- link ,
- link up ,
- literary argument ,
- live ,
- locution ,
- logical argument ,
- logical thinking ,
- look ,
- look at ,
- look back ,
- look up ,
- loss ,
- magniloquence ,
- maintain ,
- make ,
- manifestation ,
- matter ,
- mean ,
- meditative ,
- meeting place ,
- mental imagery ,
- mentation ,
- merging ,
- merry ,
- mirror image ,
- moderate ,
- monish ,
- moot ,
- mull ,
- mull over ,
- muse ,
- mutant ,
- mutation ,
- negotiation ,
- nominate ,
- numeration ,
- nurse ,
- obligate ,
- oblige ,
- observation ,
- obtain ,
- offer ,
- oneirism ,
- opine ,
- opinion ,
- opponent ,
- oral presentation ,
- orb ,
- orbit ,
- ornateness ,
- overtaking ,
- palaver ,
- parameter ,
- pass ,
- passage ,
- passing game ,
- passing play ,
- pat ,
- paying attention ,
- peal ,
- pealing ,
- pensive ,
- pensiveness ,
- perfunctory ,
- persuasion ,
- pertain ,
- perusal ,
- perusing ,
- picturing ,
- pink ,
- play ,
- pleader ,
- plug in ,
- plug into ,
- ponder ,
- pop the question ,
- poring over ,
- postponement ,
- precaution ,
- preoccupancy ,
- press ,
- pretend ,
- prevail ,
- probe ,
- project ,
- provoking ,
- prudence ,
- psychoanalysis ,
- public debate ,
- public discussion ,
- public exposure ,
- public speaking ,
- purport ,
- purpose ,
- push ,
- put forward ,
- pyrotechny ,
- qualifying ,
- quarrel ,
- quest ,
- quizzical ,
- racy ,
- raise ,
- raise up ,
- rap music ,
- rassling ,
- rating ,
- rattling ,
- reach ,
- read ,
- reappraisal ,
- reason ,
- reassessment ,
- recall ,
- recap ,
- recapitulation ,
- recollect ,
- reexamination ,
- reexamine ,
- refer ,
- reflective ,
- reflectivity ,
- reflexion ,
- refresh ,
- release ,
- rely ,
- remember ,
- report ,
- repugn ,
- request ,
- reserve ,
- resilient ,
- resource ,
- resourcefulness ,
- respect ,
- respiration ,
- restrain ,
- retain ,
- retainer ,
- retell ,
- retrieve ,
- retrospect ,
- revaluation ,
- reverberate ,
- reverie ,
- revery ,
- review article ,
- revue ,
- rival ,
- rivalry ,
- roll ,
- rolled ,
- rollick ,
- romp ,
- rotate ,
- round-table conference ,
- roundtable ,
- rouse ,
- ruminate ,
- rumination ,
- ruminative ,
- run afoul ,
- run around ,
- sceptical ,
- scheming ,
- scotch ,
- scrap ,
- scrutiny ,
- searching ,
- seditious ,
- see ,
- self-contradictory ,
- sentiment ,
- sermon ,
- shake ,
- shake up ,
- shift ,
- shine ,
- short-lived ,
- shot ,
- shrewd ,
- signify ,
- singing ,
- skeptical ,
- sketch ,
- skylark ,
- slowness ,
- smoothness ,
- snappy ,
- soaking up ,
- spanking ,
- spar ,
- spat ,
- specify ,
- speculative ,
- speech production ,
- speechmaking ,
- splash ,
- sportsman ,
- sportswoman ,
- spreading ,
- springy ,
- squabble ,
- stand for ,
- statement ,
- stimulate ,
- stinting ,
- stir up ,
- storage area ,
- stretch ,
- strike ,
- struggle ,
- subject ,
- subject area ,
- subject field ,
- suggest ,
- summercater ,
- superficial ,
- support ,
- suppose ,
- supposition ,
- surmisal ,
- surmise ,
- surpassingly ,
- survey ,
- sustain ,
- swear ,
- take ,
- take for ,
- take hold ,
- talebearing ,
- talk ,
- talk about ,
- talk over ,
- tally ,
- tap ,
- tell ,
- tempestuousness ,
- tending ,
- test ,
- testing ,
- theorise ,
- theorize ,
- think over ,
- thought process ,
- thought-provoking ,
- thoughtfulness ,
- throw ,
- tie ,
- tie in ,
- tiff ,
- tightness ,
- tilt ,
- time lag ,
- touch ,
- touch base ,
- touch on ,
- transient ,
- transitory ,
- trilled ,
- turmoil ,
- turn on ,
- turn over ,
- unfertile ,
- unhurriedness ,
- unimaginative ,
- uninspired ,
- uninventive ,
- unite ,
- unrest ,
- upheaval ,
- valuation ,
- variation ,
- ventilating system ,
- ventilation system ,
- venture ,
- vex ,
- view ,
- view as ,
- vision ,
- vital ,
- wait ,
- whack ,
- whang ,
- wheeling ,
- wish ,
- withstand ,
- wondering ,
- word ,
- work ,
- work out ,
- wrangle ,
- wrestle ,
- wrestling ,
- written report ,
- zippy ,
- Altercating ,
- Bandying ,
- Battling ,
- Combating ,
- Conceiving ,
- Conferring ,
- Contesting ,
- Controverting ,
- Differencing ,
- Discoursing ,
- Flipping ,
- Handing ,
- Indicating ,
- Managing ,
- Mooting ,
- Negotiating ,
- Overturning ,
- Polemics ,
- Postulating ,
- Quarrelling ,
- Scrutinizing ,
- Squabbling ,
- Treating ,
- Ventilating ,
- Vying ,
- Walling ,
- agitate ,
- agitating ,
- agitation ,
- airing ,
- argue ,
- argue over ,
- argument ,
- argumentation ,
- associate ,
- battle ,
- believing ,
- bickering ,
- calculate ,
- caution ,
- circumspection ,
- cogitate ,
- colloquium ,
- competing ,
- competition ,
- compute ,
- conceive ,
- conference ,
- conflict ,
- conflicting ,
- connect ,
- consider ,
- consult ,
- contemplate ,
- contending ,
- contention ,
- contest ,
- controversy ,
- conversation ,
- coping ,
- counsel ,
- counting ,
- debate ,
- debater ,
- debates ,
- deem ,
- demagoguery ,
- dialectic ,
- dialogue ,
- discourse ,
- discuss ,
- discussion ,
- disputation ,
- dispute ,
- elocution ,
- eloquence ,
- examination ,
- fencing ,
- forensics ,
- forum ,
- grappling ,
- guess ,
- hold ,
- inference ,
- intend ,
- investigation ,
- judging ,
- kick around ,
- meditate ,
- narrate ,
- opposing ,
- oratory ,
- passing ,
- propose ,
- pyrotechnics ,
- rabble-rousing ,
- rap ,
- rap session ,
- reaching ,
- recite ,
- reckon ,
- reckoning ,
- recount ,
- reflect ,
- regard ,
- relate ,
- review ,
- revolve ,
- rhetoric ,
- rolling ,
- seminar ,
- sparing ,
- sparring ,
- speculate ,
- stir ,
- surrounding ,
- symposium ,
- talks ,
- think ,
- town meeting ,
- treatment ,
- ventilation ,
- weigh ,
- wrangling .
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Equivalence
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Noun, plural
debates.
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Noun, singular or mass
debate.
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Noun, plural
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Independent
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Proper noun, singular
discuss, discussion, arguments, discussions, deliberations.
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Noun, plural
arguments, deliberations.
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Noun, singular or mass
discuss, discussion.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
acting, approaching, arguing, attending, being, bowing, challenging, concerning, dealing, drafting, examination, facing, fighting, handling, investigating, living, looking, making, processing, pursuing, questioning, raising, reading, regarding, review, revising, screening, searching, seeing, seeking, sitting, speaking, striving, struggling, studying, surrounding, tackling, taking, talking, trying, turning, wondering, wrangling, Advising, Aiming, Appreciating, Assessing, Attempting, Chatting, Disputing, Employing, Examining, Exploring, Having, Intending, Mentioning, Negotiating, Referring, Relating, Treating, Via, Commenting, Considering, Consulting, Contemplating, evaluating, reviewing, analysing, endeavouring, behandeling.
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Proper noun, singular
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Other Related
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Verb, gerund or present participle
grappling, Addressing, Deliberating.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
What are the hypernyms for Debating?
A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.
Other hypernyms:
argument, argumentation, contention, deliberation, dialogue, discourse, discussion, dispute, exchange, oratory.
Usage examples for Debating
Invaluable for Debating Societies, Writers, and Public Speakers.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
At the very moment when I was thus Debating, I felt myself grasped by the arm, and found that Than-Sing had followed me to the after-deck.
"A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas"
She was Debating, however, and revolving in her shrewd and capable brain, how to use him.
"Command"
Famous quotes with Debating
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Jackson, however, persevered. He joined the Franklin Debating Society, an institution that had been in existence over fifty years, and had enrolled in its membership some of the ablest men in Virginia.
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