Words and phrases that have a meaning related to debate: (206 results)
Often used in the same context:
discussion, controversy, discourse, disagreement, brouhaha, conversation, squabble, wrangling, arguments, furor, dispute, donnybrook, kerfuffle, polemics, tussle, deliberations, hearings, slanging match, quarrel, forum, hullabaloo, contretemps, battle, uproar, bickering, imbroglio, furore, dustup, topic, issue, rhetoric, skirmishing, mudslinging, question, tiff, controversary, disputation, feud, acrimony, flap, haggling, rancor, politicking, standoff, question time, hullaballoo, inquisition, rant, negotiations, outcry, campaigning, hubbub, saga, fracas, firestorm, quibbling, peroration, showdown, rumpus, contestation, roundtable, tempest, demagoguery, dialogue, arguement, testiest, debaters, sniping, outrage, hysteria, diatribe, catfight, politics, joust, duel, spar, confrontation, stalemate, partisanship, contentiousness, reform, town hall, bunfight, banter, talk, slugfest, gabfest, speculation, colloquy, stoush, spats, hoopla, fingerpointing, criticism, harangue, conjecture, townhall, rivalry, legislation, posturing, talkathon, speechifying, debates, controversies, polemic, discussions, enquiry, inquiry, dehate, dissent, engagement, struggle, interesting, controversial, examination, progress, bbc, commentary, confusing, context, continuing, divisive, embarrassing, epilepsy, essay, fascinating, focus, geography, list, moot
More specific:
altercate, argufy, bicker, brabble, niggle, oppose, pettifog, quibble, stickle, telemarketing, teleselling, think twice, wrestle
Appears in the definition of:
., airing, arguable, arguer, circumstantial, closure, closure by compartment, cloture, confuse, debatable, debater, disputable, disputed, dissemination, exceptionable, extraneous, fake, floor, fuel, full-dress, gag law, gag rule, guillotine, ijtihad, illusory, make a motion, moderator, moot, move, objectionable, peremptory, problematic, problematical, public discussion, public exposure, sharpen, spirited, spreading, temperateness, thoughtless, ventilation, warm, wrestle
More general:
Also try:cogitate, converse, deliberate, differ, disagree, discuss, give-and-take, oral presentation, public speaking, speaking, take issue, talk over, word
— Adjectives for debate: public, political, much, considerable, long, current, heated, ongoing, national, lively, parliamentary, more...
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