CONTEND (WITH) Synonyms: 81 Similar and Opposite Words

contend (with)

verb

Definition of contend (with)

as in to address

to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently a multitude of problems to contend with as soon as he returned to the office

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as in to oppose

to strive to reduce or eliminate medical missionaries who daily contend with disease and poverty

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Baker wouldn’t address what might happen if this Congress can’t pass the bill.

— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 11 Sep. 2026
The combination is creating supply-chain bottlenecks that industry and government are trying to address.

— Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of address

Verb

Activists who have opposed the closure said there has been no vehicle or pedestrian access to the building Wednesday.

— MATTHEW DALY, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026
La Opinión grew during this period, strengthening its commitment to civic journalism by opposing Proposition 187 and promoting citizenship and immigrant rights.

— Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of oppose

Verb

No side allowed their opponents more shots across the first two Premier League rounds of the season (44) than Newcastle, and Bournemouth managed another 17 on Saturday, 13 of them during the first half.

— Chris Waugh, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
The Rockies, who managed just a walk through the first four innings, finished with 11 hits.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of manage

Verb

The fourth plane was headed for Washington, officials concluded, but the aircraft went down in Pennsylvania after passengers and crew members stormed the cockpit and fought the hijackers.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2026
San Francisco must now fight the effects of trying to reset those body clocks back to Pacific Time ahead of the final 16 games, and perhaps that’s Los Angeles’ edge in never changing at all.

— Nate Atkins, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of fight

Verb

The head of Germany’s central bank told CNBC on Friday that persistently higher energy prices could spur the European Central Bank to move interest rates into mildly restrictive territory to combat inflation.

— Jenni Reid, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2026
And now each of those meetings are being derailed by combating misinformation about vaccines.

— Roshan N. Bransden, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of combat

Verb

Posters are editing and manipulating the recordings to distort their content.

— Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026
But even if the risks are merely bad—like hacking into a single financial institution or hospital, manipulating the stock market, or taking out an electrical grid—suing a company after the fact won’t really provide the outcome society wants.

— Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of manipulate

Verb

Yet political room for compromise within Canada remains limited, as the country actively takes steps to reduce its reliance on the US market.

— , CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026
Pegula found her best tennis late, winning four straight games to take control after Navarro had broken her for a 2-1 lead in the third set.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2026

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