Synonyms of contentious

adjectiveGiven to struggling with others out of jealousy or discord.

• agonistic
• argumentativeProne to argue or dispute.
• bangsomeQuarrelsome.
• bellicoseWarlike or combative in nature; aggressively hostile.
• belligerentAggressively hostile, eager to fight.
• discordantOf people: disagreeing with each other; dissenting, quarrelsome.
• disputatious formalInclined to argue or debate; provoking debate.
• disputative formalTending to dispute.
• factious
• fractious
• fratchety dialectalArgumentative.
• fratchyIrritable or argumentative.
• litigious
• logomachicOf or pertaining to logomachy.
• pettifoggingPettifoggery.
• quarrelous USQuarrelsome; argumentative.
• quarrelsomeArgumentative; fond of or prone to quarreling.
• squabblyHaving the tendency to squabble, argumentative.
• strifefulFull of strife; quarrelsome, polemic, contentious.
• unpacificNot pacific.
• aggressive
• antagonistic
• assaultiveConfrontational; tending or seeming to assault; characterized by assault.
• combativeGiven to fighting; disposed to engage in combat; pugnacious.
• martial
• militaristic
• philopolemic
• philopolemicalSynonym of philopolemic.
• pugnaciousNaturally aggressive or hostile; combative; belligerent; bellicose.
• truculent
• warlike
• debateful obsoleteContentious, argumentative, full of strife.
• rantankerous US, datedArgumentative; quarrelsome; cantankerous.