Contest
Contest verb - To demand proof of the truth or rightness of.
To challenge and contest are semantically related. In some cases you can replace phrase "To challenge" with "Contest", this terms are similar.
To challenge
Contest and to challenge are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contest" instead a verb phrase "To challenge".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- question and contest
- question and to challenge
- challenge and contest
- challenge and to challenge
- contend and contest
- contend and to challenge
- dispute and contest
- dispute and to challenge
- deny and contest
- deny and to challenge
- doubt and contest
- doubt and to challenge
- defy and contest
- defy and to challenge
Both terms in one sentence
- Peter later wants to challenge Jan to a similar contest, but backs out when he see Greg doing Marcia's chores.
Source: Driving Test -
At one time a Russian agent was ordered to challenge a Turkish official to a drinking contest in order to get information out of him when drunk.
Source: Drinking Contest - Morty uses knowledge of this to challenge the Leprechaun to a drinking contest, redwater vs whiskey.
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To challenge and Contest. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 08, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/contest/to_challenge
Contest & To challenge. N.p., 2016. Web. 08 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/contest/to_challenge>.
To challenge or Contest. 2016. Accessed August 08, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/contest/to_challenge.
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