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

Another 10 seats were due to be contested in October 2019, along with all the 119 seats in the Chamber of Deputies. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026

Others have created a multimodal version of it using text, images, quotations, citations, audio, video, or other media to show how the idea is inherited, transformed, contested, and reimagined. — Saurabh Anand, JSTOR Daily, 24 Sep. 2026

However, the account is contested by local law enforcement evidence. — Louis Casiano , Brooke Taylor, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2026

The election stayed unresolved for five weeks while Florida’s votes were counted, contested in court and counted again. — Andrew Latham, The Conversation, 21 Sep. 2026

Kansas sophomore wide receiver Tate Nagy wanted to be a member of the team that won the first-ever college football game contested in Wembley Stadium in London, England. — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 19 Sep. 2026

The rest are contested in single-seat constituencies, with voters choosing individual candidates. — ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026

Legion targets contested airspace The system’s roots stretch back to Lockheed Martin’s earlier IRST work. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026

That makes Irro’s offer of strategic and commercial access politically contested before any foreign government or company accepts it. — Yinka Adegoke, semafor.com, 16 Sep. 2026