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 Brantley argues that this history challenges the conventional view of the decade as a period when leftist activism receded and conservative politics prevailed. —

H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 12 June 2026 Tim Wu, author of The Age of Extraction, argues that many of today's largest technology firms operate by extracting value from our attention, data, and behavior. —

Robert B. Tucker, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026 SpaceX argues that orbital data centers sidestep the land, water and power grid constraints squeezing terrestrial AI. —

Chris Stokel-Walker, Scientific American, 12 June 2026 Forty years without a new material Beyond supply risk, Grainger argues, there is a deeper technological constraint. —

Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 12 June 2026 Those donors, the filing argues, entrusted their contributions to support performances, artists, and community programming carried out by the opera over decades. —

Rena Rowe, The Washington Examiner, 12 June 2026 Myers argues that the spread of smartphones could explain between a third and a half of the decline in birth rates during that period. —

Scott Horsley, NPR, 12 June 2026 Your book definitely argues that to a degree. —

Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 12 June 2026 Under existing law, the tax will sunset in 2030, an outcome the CTA argues would cause at least a $10 billion annual reduction in state funding to public schools and community colleges. —

Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 12 June 2026

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The lawsuit contends that those who stand to benefit financially from the event include the president, who has investments in UFC's parent company, White, and the company's broadcast partner Paramount SkyDance, which is the parent company of CBS News, and its advertisers.

— Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 7 June 2026
The brief contends that the court, which halted the fund temporarily in May, should uphold its block.

— Garrett Downs, CNBC, 4 June 2026