argument

argument is a 8-letter English word with 15 senses as noun and intransitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Proof; evidence. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 15 · 15 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Proof; evidence.
2. noun. A reason or reasons offered in proof, to induce belief, or convince the mind; reasoning expressed in words; as, an argument about, concerning, or regarding a proposition, for or in favor of it, or against it.
3. noun. A process of reasoning, or a controversy made up of rational proofs; argumentation; discussion; disputation.
4. noun. The subject matter of a discourse, writing, or artistic representation; theme or topic; also, an abstract or summary, as of the contents of a book, chapter, poem.
5. noun. Matter for question; business in hand.
6. noun. The quantity on which another quantity in a table depends; as, the altitude is the argument of the refraction.
7. noun. The independent variable upon whose value that of a function depends.
8. intransitive verb. To make an argument; to argue.
9. noun. a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning

   "I can't follow your line of reasoning"

   Synonyms: argumentation, line

10. noun. a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value determines the dependent variable; if f(x)=y, x is the independent variable
11. noun. (computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program

    Synonyms: parameter

12. noun. a summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie

    "the editor added the argument to the poem"

13. noun. a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true

    "it was a strong argument that his hypothesis was true"

    Synonyms: statement

14. noun. a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal

    "the argument over foreign aid goes on and on"

    Synonyms: argumentation, debate

15. noun. a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement

    "they were involved in a violent argument"

    Synonyms: arguing, contention, contestation, controversy, disceptation, disputation, tilt

Synonyms

argumentation, line, parameter, statement, debate, arguing, contention, contestation, controversy, disceptation, disputation, tilt

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in argument:

argentum

Common word forms

arguments, argumental

Words from these letters

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