Synonym: arguing, argumentation, contention, contestation, controversy, debate, disceptation, disputation, literary argument, statement, tilt. Similar words: argumentation, monument, document, instrument, documentary, argue, acumen, commencement. Meaning: ['ɑːgjʊmənt] n. 1. a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true 2. a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement 3. a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal 4. a summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie 5. a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value determines the dependent variable; if f(x)=y, x is the independent variable.
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151 He may have a hard job selling that argument to investors.
152 You must adduce a lot of examples to support your argument.
153 The main argument was submerged in a mass of tedious detail.
154 The argument had fortified her resolve to prove she was right.
155 Your argument was clear to us from the start there's no need to labour the point.
156 She tried to think how to refute the argument on moral grounds.
More similar words: argumentation, monument, document, instrument, documentary, argue, acumen, commencement, amendment, entailment, entertainment, sentiment, mental, mentor, comment, moment, element, segment, mention, payment, ailment, raiment, mentally, amusement, momentum, fragment, comment on, shipment, movement, basement.