Dictionary Definition
contest
Noun
1 an occasion on which a winner is selected from
among two or more contestants [syn: competition]
2 a struggle between rivals v : to make the
subject of dispute, contention, or litigation; "They contested the
outcome of the race" [syn: contend, repugn]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
Noun
- controversy;
debate
- no contest
- struggle for superiority; combat
- a competition
- The child entered the spelling contest.
Synonyms
- (controversy): controversy, debate, discussion
- (combat): battle, combat, fight
- (competition): competition, pageant
Translations
controversy
combat
competition
- Czech: soutěž
- French: concours
- German: Wettkampf
- Hebrew: תחרות (takharut)
- Italian: concorso
Verb
Synonyms
- (contend): compete, contend, go in for
- (oppose): call into question, oppose
Antonyms
- (oppose): support
Translations
contend
- Hebrew: להתחרות (le'hitkharot)
oppose
- Finnish: (to call into question) kyseenalaistaa, kritisoida; (to oppose) vastustaa, (law) kieltää
Extensive Definition
Contest may refer to:
- A contest, is an event in which two or more individuals or teams compete against each other, often for a prize or similar incentive.
- to contest, in law, is to disagree with a civil or criminal legal charge in court.
- Contest, a commune of the Mayenne département, in France.
- Contest, a novel by Australian Author Matthew Reilly.
- The Con Test, an Australian game show which airs on Network Ten.
- The Contest, an episode from the US sitcom Seinfeld.
- Contest (ship), an Australian ship sunk in 1807.
See also
contest in Japanese: コンテスト
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Kilkenny cats, Olympic games, Olympics, abjure, action, altercation, antagonize, argue, argufy, argument, assert the contrary,
awake a doubt, bandy words, battle, be contrary to, be
diffident, be doubtful, be dubious, be skeptical, be uncertain,
beat against, beat up against, belie, bicker, bicker over, bickering, bout, box, brawl, breast the wave, broil, brush, buck, buffet, buffet the waves, call in
question, call into question, cat-and-dog life, cavil, challenge, championship, choplogic, clash, close, close with, collide, combat, come to blows, compete
with, competition,
concours, conflict, confute, contend, contend about, contend
against, contention,
contentiousness,
contestation,
contradict, contravene, controversy, controvert, counter, cross, cross swords, cut and
thrust, debate, decathlon, deny, derby, disaffirm, disallow, disavow, discept, disclaim, disown, disprove, disputation, dispute, distrust, double-header,
doubles, doubt, duel, emulation, encounter, engagement, enmity, event, exchange blows, fence, feud, fight, fight a duel, fight
against, fight over, fighting, forswear, foursome, gainsay, game, games, games of chance, give and
take, give satisfaction, go,
grapple, grapple with,
greet with skepticism, gymkhana, half believe, harbor
suspicions, hassle, have
it out, have reservations, hostility, impugn, join battle with, join
issue, join issue upon, jostle, joust, labor against, litigation, lock horns,
logomachize,
logomachy, match, matching, meet, meeting, militate against,
misgive, mistrust, mix it up, moot, negate, not accept, not admit,
nullify, object to,
offer resistance, oppose,
oppugn, paper war,
pentathlon, pettifog, play, play-off, plead, polemic, polemicize, polemize, proving, quarrel, quarrel over, quarreling, quarrelsomeness,
query, question, quibble, race, raise a question, rally, rassle, rebut, recant, refuse to admit, refute, reject, reluct, reluctate, rencontre, renounce, repudiate, retract, revoke, riot, rival, rivalry, run a tilt, runoff, scramble, scrapping, scruple, scuffle, singles, skirmish, smell a rat, spar, sport, squabble over, squabbling, stem the tide,
strife, strive, strive against, striving, struggle, struggle against,
suspect, take back, take
issue with, take on, take sides, test, testing, thrash out, threesome, throw doubt upon,
thrust and parry, tilt,
tournament, tourney, traverse, treat with reserve,
trial, try conclusions,
trying, tug-of-war,
tussle, twosome, vie with, wage war,
war, war of words, warfare, words, wrangle, wrangle over, wrangling, wrestle