Debate
Match
Match noun - An earnest effort for superiority or victory over another.
Usage example: the discussion soon degenerated into a pointless shouting match
Debate and match are semantically related in speech topic. Sometimes you can use "Debate" instead a noun "Match", if it concerns topics such as argument.
How words are described
| close | close debate | close match |
| best | best debate | best match |
| long | long debate | long match |
| normal | normal debate | normal match |
| Other adjectives: current, friendly, actual, entire, real, big, great, intense, little, infamous, major, political, final, mixed, epic, last, verbal, televised. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Like the pages' standard excuse of "I fell down" to explain injuries from fighting, the standard excuse given for an argument settled in a jousting match is that the participants had an irresolvable difference of opinions in a philosophical debate.
Source: Cut Himself Shaving -
This video at Cracked.com features a debate on why Batman is actually horrible for Gotham, which turns into a shouting match...and then a makeout session.
Source: Slap-Slap-Kiss -
Curb-Stomp Battle: Won his match against Bob Backlund with a single kick, so fastly that there is debate about whether it was planned or it was an accidental KO.
Source: Wrestling / Nobuhiko Takada
Cite this Source
Match and Debate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/debate/match
Debate & Match. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/debate/match>.
Match or Debate. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/debate/match.
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