debate (n.)
- address
- air
- airing
- allocution
- altercation
- analysis
- application
- argument
- argumentation
- balance
- bickering
- brood
- canvass
- canvassing
- cloture
- cogitation
- colloquium
- combat
- concentration
- conference
- conflict
- consideration
- contemplation
- contention
- contentiousness
- contest
- contestation
- controversy
- declamation
- deliberation
- demagogue
- demur
- dialectic
- dialogue
- diatribe
- digest
- discussion
- disputation
- dispute
- division
- enmity
- eulogy
- examination
- exhortation
- falter
- fear
- fighting
- filibuster
- filing
- forum
- handle
- harangue
- heed
- hostility
- hover
- inaugural
- introduction
- invective
- investigation
- jeremiad
- jib
- litigation
- logomachy
- logrolling
- meditation
- moot
- mouth
- muse
- orate
- oration
- pause
- peroration
- philippic
- pitch
- polemic
- ponder
- quarrel
- quarrelsomeness
- question
- rant
- rap
- read
- reading
- reason
- recital
- recitation
- reflection
- retreat
- review
- rodomontade
- salutatory
- say
- screed
- scruple
- seminar
- shy
- speech
- spiel
- spout
- strife
- struggle
- study
- symposium
- tabling
- talk
- tirade
- toss
- treat
- treatment
- valediction
- valedictory
- ventilation
- vote
- war
- warfare
- words
- wrangle
- wrangling
- yield
debate (v.)
- address
- agitate
- air
- analyze
- argue
- balance
- brood
- canvass
- cloture
- combat
- conflict
- consider
- contemplate
- contend
- contest
- controvert
- declaim
- deliberate
- demur
- digest
- discuss
- dispute
- elocute
- examine
- falter
- fear
- filibuster
- handle
- harangue
- heed
- hesitate
- hover
- introspect
- investigate
- jib
- meditate
- moot
- mouth
- muse
- orate
- pause
- perorate
- pitch
- ponder
- quarrel
- question
- rant
- rap
- read
- reason
- recite
- reflect
- retreat
- review
- ruminate
- say
- scruple
- shy
- sift
- speculate
- spiel
- spout
- stickle
- struggle
- study
- talk
- toss
- treat
- ventilate
- vote
- war
- weigh
- withdraw
- words
- wrangle
- yield
The brilliant chief, irregularly great,
Frank, haughty, rash,—the Rupert of debate!
In April, 1844, Mr. Disraeli thus alluded to Lord Stanley: "The noble lord is the Rupert of debate."
