Synonyms of contest

1 Syllable
trial, fight, game, suing, feud, match, wars, vie, sued, vied, sport, fray, meet, war, joust, trying
2 Syllables
lawsuit, warred, raced, wrangled, battling, testing, spatting, shoot-out, struggle, bucked, bucking, battled, re-lay, meeting, discept, face-off, sparring, withstand, shootout, discuss, contend, matchup, concours, sparred, feuded, tussling, hasted, tussled, spatted, tourney, combat, withstood, hasting, lawed, vying, tussle, conflict, strife, lawing, feuding, blow-off, matches, mooting, proving
3 Syllables
rivaled, debating, warfare, assumpsit, replevin, discussion, contended, combating, rivalled, compete, discussing, tournament, debated, challenge, discussed, answered, competing, crusading, controvert, discusses, quarrelled, contention, rencounter, combated, campaigning, tug-of-war, combatted, combatting, answering, withstanding, appealed, contentions, contending, crusaded, quarreled, conflicted, disputed, quarrelling, rivalry, competed, rivalries
4 Syllables
polarities, electioneer, controverting, litigating, prosecute, altercations, antinomy, contestation, altercation, disagreement, prosecuting, confrontation, litigated, electioneers, oppositions, confrontations, unfriendliness, litigate, controverted, velitation, factionalism, prosecuted, polarity, opposition
5 Syllables
obstructiveness, divisiveness
6 Syllables
controversialize