English noun: disagreement |
1. | disagreement (state) a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters |
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| Synonyms | dissension, dissonance |
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| Broader (hypernym) | conflict |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | disunity, divide |
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| Antonyms | accord, agreement |
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2. | disagreement (attribute) a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions |
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| Samples | A growing divergence of opinion.
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| Synonyms | discrepancy, divergence, variance |
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| Broader (hypernym) | difference |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | allowance, leeway, margin, tolerance |
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3. | disagreement (communication) the speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing |
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| Broader (hypernym) | speech act |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | conflict, confrontation, difference, difference of opinion, discord, dispute, dissension, dissent, dissidence, encounter, face-off, nonconformity, showdown |
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| Antonyms | agreement |
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