📖 Definitions of "Argues"
verb
- 1
To show grounds for concluding (that); to indicate, imply.
- 2
To debate, disagree or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints.
"He also argued for stronger methods to be used against China."
- 3
To have an argument, a quarrel.
- 4
To present (a viewpoint or an argument therefor).
"He argued his point."
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Argues"
Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| contendverb | (intransitive) To be in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight. |
| debateverb | (ambitransitive, reciprocal) To participate in a debate; to dispute, argue, especially in a public arena. |
| indicateverb | (transitive, sometimes with 'of') To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known. |
| reasonverb | (intransitive) To deduce or come to a conclusion by being rational. |
| fenceverb | (transitive) To enclose, contain or separate by building fence. |
| abetsverb | (transitive, crime) To incite; to assist or encourage by aid or countenance in crime. |
| addsverb | (transitive) To join or unite (e.g. one thing to another, or as several particulars) so as to increase the number, augment the quantity, or enlarge the magnitude, or so as to form into one aggregate. |
| advisesverb | (transitive) To give advice to; to offer an opinion to, as worthy or expedient to be followed. |
| advocatesverb | (transitive) To plead in favour of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal or the public; to support, vindicate, or recommend publicly. |
| affirmsverb | To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true. |
| allegesverb | (transitive) To make a claim as justification or proof; to make an assertion without proof. |
| assertsverb | To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively. |
| assistsverb | To help. |
| backsnoun | (Cambridge University, with "the") The backyard of the University. |
| believesverb | (transitive) To accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing). |
| bolstersverb | (transitive, often figurative) To brace, reinforce, secure, or support. |
| brings | a band from Germany which perform most songs in the local dialect of Cologne, Kölsch. |
| callsverb | (heading) To reach out with one's voice. |
| claimsverb | To demand ownership of. |
| complainsverb | (intransitive) To express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment. |
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