| NOUN | person | disputant, controversialist, eristic | a person who disputes |
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| Meaning | A person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys / enjoys / enjoys controversy. | |
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| Synonyms | controversialist, eristic | |
| Narrower | accuser | someone who imputes guilt or blame |
| contester | someone who contests an outcome (of a race or an election etc.) | |
| debater, arguer | someone who engages in debate | |
| denier | One who denies | |
| hairsplitter | A disputant who makes unreasonably fine distinctions | |
| logomach, logomachist | someone given to disputes over words | |
| obstructionist, obstructor, obstructer, resister, thwarter | someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take | |
| quarreler, quarreller | A disputant who quarrels | |
| reformer, reformist, crusader, social reformer, meliorist | A disputant who advocates reform | |
| Broader | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul | A human being |
| Spanish | disputador, polemista | |
| Catalan | disputador, polemista | |
| Verbs | dispute | have a disagreement over something |
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