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Detailed Synonyms for contest in English

contest:

contest [the ~] noun

  1. the contest
    the competition
    – an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants 1
    the contest; the game; the play; the set
    the match
    – a formal contest in which two or more persons or teams compete 1
  2. the contest
    the contest
  3. the contest
    the dispute; the challenge; the contest; the impugn
  4. the contest
    the challenge; the control; the resistance; the contest
  5. the contest
    – a struggle between rivals 1
    the contest
    – a struggle between rivals 1
  6. the contest
    – an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants 1
    the competition; the contest
    – an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants 1

to contest verb (contests, contested, contesting)

  1. to contest
    to dispute; to challenge; to contest; to question
    • dispute verb (disputes, disputed, disputing)
    • challenge verb (challenges, challenged, challenging)
    • contest verb (contests, contested, contesting)
    • question verb (questions, questioned, questioning)
  2. to contest
    to fight; to combat; to contest; to quarrel; to battle with
    • fight verb (fights, fought, fighting)
    • combat verb (combats, combatted, combatting)
    • contest verb (contests, contested, contesting)
    • quarrel verb (quarrels, quarreled, quarreling)
    • battle with verb (battles with, battled with, battling with)
  3. to contest
    – to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation 1
    to contest; to contend; repugn
    – to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation 1
    • contest verb (contests, contested, contesting)
      • They contested the outcome of the race1
    • contend verb (contends, contended, contending)
    • repugn verb

Conjugations for contest:

present
  1. contest
  2. contest
  3. contests
  4. contest
  5. contest
  6. contest
simple past
  1. contested
  2. contested
  3. contested
  4. contested
  5. contested
  6. contested
present perfect
  1. have contested
  2. have contested
  3. has contested
  4. have contested
  5. have contested
  6. have contested
past continuous
  1. was contesting
  2. were contesting
  3. was contesting
  4. were contesting
  5. were contesting
  6. were contesting
future
  1. shall contest
  2. will contest
  3. will contest
  4. shall contest
  5. will contest
  6. will contest
continuous present
  1. am contesting
  2. are contesting
  3. is contesting
  4. are contesting
  5. are contesting
  6. are contesting
subjunctive
  1. be contested
  2. be contested
  3. be contested
  4. be contested
  5. be contested
  6. be contested
diverse
  1. contest!
  2. let's contest!
  3. contested
  4. contesting
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

Alternate Synonyms for "contest":


Related Definitions for "contest":

  1. a struggle between rivals1
  2. an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants1
  3. to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation1
    • They contested the outcome of the race1

Related Synonyms for contest