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

In all, 76 Las Vegas Summer League games involving all 30 NBA teams will be contested over the next 11 days in UNLV’s Thomas and Mack Center as well as the adjacent Cox Pavilion. — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2026

By then, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) was already in place mandating the return of remains, but museums contested the regulation on whether hair samples also needed to be repatriated. — News Desk, Artforum, 8 July 2026

Legal cannabis has matured into genuine competition, with shelf space contested, wholesale flower prices down 56% since 2015 in mature markets, and consumers who have enough options to be selective. — Peter Su, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

Citi at one point shut down employee access to OpenAI’s and Anthropic’s most expensive models, according to reporting from 404 Media (which Citi has contested). — Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026

The mile is not typically contested in high-profile track meets. — Lindsay Schnell, New York Times, 5 July 2026

The content of natural law has been contested throughout our history, but, over the long haul, liberals have fared well in reading the Constitution in light of the higher principles of fundamental justice. — Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 2 July 2026

Those opinions, along with hundreds of policy changes that have not been contested at the high court, affect millions of people. — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 1 July 2026

Later that summer, the 19th edition of the Concacaf Gold Cup will be contested by 16 national teams. — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 24 June 2026