Synonyms of contested

contested

verb

past tense of contest

as in challenged

to demand proof of the truth or rightness of

vowed to contest the claim in court

Synonyms & Similar Words

• challenged
• questioned
• disputed
• doubted
• impeached
• queried
• protested
• called in question
• oppugned
• opposed
• kicked (about)
• resisted
• fought
• mistrusted
• objected (to)
• combated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• accepted
• believed
• embraced
• defended
• swallowed
• supported
• backed
• advocated
• promoted
• championed
• tolerated
• endured
• abided
• stomached

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of contested

States consider transgender restrictions or guaranteeing LGBTQ+ rights Rights for LGBTQ+ people have been hotly contested in the states in recent years. — Jahd Khalil, NPR, 29 Oct. 2026

Animal Control doesn't need to investigate before citing someone, but if it's contested, the Animal Matters Hearing Board listens to the case. — CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026

Every City Council seat, the clerk’s office and treasurer’s office will also be contested in Harvey, with multiple activists running amid the city’s ongoing financial turmoil. — Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026

Some women connected to the movement even contested taboos around menstruation. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Oct. 2026

Walking the ball up, waiting for play calls, playing on one side of the floor, one-pass shots that were contested, and then just leaving it to one shot. — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026

The waterway, which transported a fifth of the world’s oil and natural gas supply before the war, has become heavily contested with attacks on ships ramping up in recent weeks. — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026

The 2026 trade deal with Mercosur, in the works for decades, was immediately contested, politically and legally, by individual member states and their representatives in the European Parliament. — Claas Mertens, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2026

Yet the very definition of ultraprocessed is highly contested. — Garrett M. Broad, The Conversation, 19 Oct. 2026