DISAGREEING Synonyms: 76 Similar and Opposite Words

disagreeing 1 of 2

adjective

as in conflicting

not being in agreement or harmony their disagreeing accounts of what happened that night make me wonder if either is telling the truth

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disagreeing

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verb

present participle of disagree

as in dissenting

to have a different opinion the leader thought we were still headed north on the trail, but I disagreed

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Recent Examples of disagreeing

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For anyone entering the world of monetary economics after the financial crisis, this foment produced a whole host of frameworks—many of them disagreeing—to analyze money. —

Literary Hub, 13 May 2026 Gerald Beeson, Citadel's COO, sent the email last month disagreeing with Mamdani's use of Griffin's home in the tax-the-rich video. —

Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 6 May 2026 Philosophers, in general, are used to disagreeing vehemently in the classroom and then gathering over a beer. —

Quanta Magazine, 29 Apr. 2026 Dozens of speakers weighed in on whether the council should approve the measure, disagreeing strongly on the scope of the problem and the path to a solution. —

Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 29 Apr. 2026 The Administration’s next choice, Susan Monarez, served as CDC director for about four weeks until she was ousted after disagreeing with Administration officials about public-health policies, including vaccines. —

Alice Park, Time, 17 Apr. 2026 In the San Francisco lawsuit, Anthropic claims it is being shut out for disagreeing with the administration. —

Bloomberg, Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2026 Despite some online commentators with large followings publicly disagreeing with the president's decision—and many legacy media outlets eagerly highlighting their comments to try and sow division—the MAGA base is not wavering one bit. —

Sam Stevenson, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026 But The Daily Show’s conceit of having four Trumps disagreeing with each other in a Sports Shouting–style debate show was very fun. —

Bethy Squires, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for disagreeing

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Poor communication between teams pursuing conflicting goals, actions that contradict core objectives, failing oversight and any number of other wire-crossings can have serious consequences.

— Paul Fitzgerald, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2026
Both the union and company have made conflicting statements since then, saying the other has refused to meet.

— Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026