dispute

to engage in argument or debate.

She liked nothing more than to dispute with her fellow law students.

to argue vehemently; wrangle or quarrel.

Those two are always disputing about something or other.

Synonyms:

squabble, bicker

to argue or debate about; discuss.

Whether excessive time spent on the internet can be called an addiction is hotly disputed.

to argue against; call into question.

Historians dispute this claim, suggesting Raleigh could not possibly have discovered the potato in the places he visited.

to quarrel or fight about; contest.

We stopped to watch a puffed-up crow disputing territory with a cat.

Archaic. to strive against; oppose.

to dispute an advance of troops.

a debate, controversy, or difference of opinion.

Players were elated when the equal pay dispute was finally resolved.

a wrangling argument; quarrel.

Some women at the end of the bar were having a noisy dispute about who should be the designated driver.

Synonyms:

bickering, squabble, wrangle, altercation, disputation

to argue, debate, or quarrel about (something)

(tr; may take a clause as object) to doubt the validity, etc, of

(tr) to seek to win; contest for

(tr) to struggle against; resist