contest (n.)
- action
- altercation
- argument
- battle
- bicker
- bickering
- bout
- box
- brawl
- broil
- brush
- buck
- buffet
- cavil
- challenge
- championship
- clash
- close
- combat
- competition
- conflict
- contention
- contentiousness
- contestation
- controversy
- counter
- cross
- debate
- decathlon
- derby
- disputation
- dispute
- distrust
- doubles
- doubt
- duel
- emulation
- encounter
- engagement
- enmity
- event
- fence
- feud
- fight
- fighting
- foursome
- game
- games
- go
- grapple
- gymkhana
- hassle
- hostility
- jostle
- joust
- litigation
- logomachy
- match
- matching
- meet
- meeting
- mistrust
- moot
- pentathlon
- play
- polemic
- proving
- quarrel
- quarrelsomeness
- query
- question
- quibble
- race
- rally
- reject
- revoke
- riot
- rival
- rivalry
- runoff
- scramble
- scruple
- scuffle
- singles
- skirmish
- spar
- sport
- strife
- striving
- struggle
- suspect
- test
- testing
- threesome
- tilt
- tournament
- tourney
- traverse
- trial
- tug-of-war
- tussle
- twosome
- war
- warfare
- words
- wrangle
- wrangling
- wrestle
contest (v.)
- abjure
- action
- antagonize
- argue
- argufy
- battle
- belie
- bicker
- bout
- box
- brawl
- broil
- brush
- buck
- buffet
- cavil
- challenge
- clash
- close
- collide
- combat
- conflict
- confute
- contend
- contradict
- contravene
- controvert
- counter
- cross
- debate
- deny
- disallow
- disavow
- disclaim
- disown
- disprove
- dispute
- distrust
- doubt
- duel
- encounter
- event
- fence
- feud
- fight
- forswear
- gainsay
- game
- go
- grapple
- hassle
- impugn
- jostle
- joust
- match
- meet
- misgive
- mistrust
- moot
- negate
- nullify
- oppose
- oppugn
- pettifog
- play
- plead
- polemicize
- polemize
- quarrel
- query
- question
- quibble
- race
- rally
- rebut
- recant
- refute
- reject
- renounce
- repudiate
- retract
- revoke
- riot
- rival
- scramble
- scruple
- scuffle
- skirmish
- spar
- sport
- strive
- struggle
- suspect
- test
- tilt
- tourney
- traverse
- tussle
- war
- words
- wrangle
- wrestle
Great contest follows, and much learned dust.
