| Meaning | someone who engages in debate. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | debater | |
| Narrower | devil's advocate | someone who takes the worse side just for the sake of argument |
| rebutter, disprover, refuter, confuter | A debater who refutes or disproves by offering contrary evidence or argument | |
| wrangler | someone who argues noisily or angrily | |
| Broader | disputant, controversialist, eristic | A person who disputes |
| Spanish | polemista, tertuliano | |
| Catalan | polemista, tertulià | |
| Verbs | argue | have an argument about something |
| argue | present reasons and arguments | |
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