ARGUES Synonyms: 183 Similar and Opposite Words

argues

verb

present tense third-person singular of argue

as in contends

to state (something) as a reason in support of or against something under consideration argued that a bake sale would make a lot less money than a car wash

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as in bickers

to express different opinions about something often angrily that couple argues so incessantly it's a miracle they're still together

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as in convinces

to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest requests argued my boss into letting me telecommute for four days a week

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as in discusses

to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion candidates arguing gun control in a nationally televised debate

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as in confirms

to give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of the security video argues that it was a taller man who entered the building

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Recent Examples of argues White argues that the crypto industry has become a re-creation of much of what its original ideology claimed to despise. —

Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2024 But Vanessa Cho, design partner at GV, Alphabet’s venture capital division, argues that’s the wrong way for founders to think about design. —

Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 10 Dec. 2024 Ilie argues that Matthews used a faulty methodology, which merely skimmed the documentation from the 1920s and ’30s, leaving major themes and techniques unclear. —

Noor Anand Chawla, JSTOR Daily, 9 Dec. 2024 While financial advantages and connections often play a major role in any filmmaker’s chances of launching a successful career, the director argues that hard work and determination are equally important, if not more so, for a filmmaker to find success in the industry. —

Jamie Lang, Variety, 7 Dec. 2024 The league also argues the songs, or at least elements of those songs, are in the public domain. —

Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 7 Dec. 2024 The filing argues that federal limits that restrict coordination between political candidates violate the First Amendment. —

Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Dec. 2024 But what may have seemed like the death knell on young folks TV was really just another round in a never-ending pattern, argues Julie Plec. —

Lynette Rice, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2024 The findings echo other work such as Robert Putnam’s Our Kids, which argues for the value of accruing social capital in shaping the future of students. —

Peter Greene, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024

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Amazon contends that the workers are not employees.

— Julia Shapero, The Hill, 20 Dec. 2024
The complaint contends that Schultz and So violated securities laws, and even indicated their efforts to skirt those laws on the Spaces call.

— Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2024