Contested
Contested adjective - Disputed or made the object of contention or competition.
Controverted and contested are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Controverted" instead a verb "Contested".
Controverted
Contested and controverted are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Contested" instead a verb "Controverted".
Nearby Word: controverting
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- contest and contested
- contest and controverted
- question and contested
- question and controverted
- challenge and contested
- challenge and controverted
- dispute and contested
- dispute and controverted
- disputed and contested
- disputed and controverted
- disprove and contested
- disprove and controverted
- refute and contested
- refute and controverted
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