'Controvert' definitions:
Definition of 'controvert'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Controvert'
From: GCIDE
- Controvert \Con"tro*vert\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Controverted; p. pr. & vb. n. Controverting.] [See Controversy.] To make matter of controversy; to dispute or oppose by reasoning; to contend against in words or writings; to contest; to debate. [1913 Webster]
- Some controverted points had decided according to the sense of the best jurists. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'controvert'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abjure,
- air,
- analyze,
- answer,
- answer conclusively,
- argue down,
- assert the contrary,
- be at cross-purposes,
- be contrary to,
- be opposed to,
- belie,
- break,
- call into question,
- canvass,
- challenge,
- clash,
- comment upon,
- conflict,
- conflict with,
- confound,
- confute,
- consider,
- contest,
- contradict,
- contrapose,
- contrast with,
- contravene,
- counter,
- counteract,
- counterbalance,
- countercheck,
- counterpoise,
- counterpose,
- countervail,
- counterwork,
- cross,
- crush,
- deal with,
- debate,
- defeat,
- deliberate,
- deliberate upon,
- demolish,
- deny,
- disaffirm,
- disallow,
- disavow,
- disclaim,
- disconfirm,
- discourse about,
- discuss,
- dismiss,
- disown,
- dispose of,
- disprove,
- dispute,
- evert,
- examine,
- exchange views,
- finish,
- floor,
- forswear,
- gainsay,
- go into,
- handle,
- impugn,
- investigate,
- join issue upon,
- juxtapose in opposition,
- knock around,
- negate,
- nonplus,
- not accept,
- not admit,
- nullify,
- offset,
- oppose,
- oppugn,
- overthrow,
- overturn,
- overwhelm,
- parry,
- pass under review,
- play at cross-purposes,
- put to silence,
- question,
- rap,
- reason,
- reason about,
- reason the point,
- rebut,
- recant,
- reduce to silence,
- refuse to admit,
- refute,
- reject,
- renounce,
- repudiate,
- retract,
- review,
- revoke,
- run counter to,
- set off,
- settle,
- shut up,
- sift,
- silence,
- smash all opposition,
- squash,
- squelch,
- study,
- subvert,
- take back,
- take issue with,
- take up,
- talk,
- talk about,
- talk of,
- talk over,
- thresh out,
- traverse,
- treat,
- undermine,
- upset,
- ventilate