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Synonyms for challenge
ˈtʃæl ɪndʒchal·lenge
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Princeton's WordNet
challengenoun
a demanding or stimulating situation
"they reacted irrationally to the challenge of Russian power"
challengenoun
a call to engage in a contest or fight
challengenoun
questioning a statement and demanding an explanation
"his challenge of the assumption that Japan is still our enemy"
challengenoun
a formal objection to the selection of a particular person as a juror
challengeverb
a demand by a sentry for a password or identification
challenge, dispute, gainsayverb
take exception to
"She challenged his claims"
Synonyms:
altercate, take exception, gainsay, quarrel, dispute, scrap, argufychallengeverb
issue a challenge to
"Fischer challenged Spassky to a match"
Synonyms:
gainsay, take exception, disputechallengeverb
ask for identification
"The illegal immigrant was challenged by the border guard"
Synonyms:
gainsay, take exception, disputechallenge, take exceptionverb
raise a formal objection in a court of law
Synonyms:
gainsay, take exception, dispute
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
challengeverb
Synonyms:
defy, dare, brave, invite to trial, call to combat, call to answerchallengeverb
challengeverb
Synonyms:
(Law.) object to, take exceptions tochallengenoun
Synonyms:
defiance, summons to trial, call to combat, call to answerchallengenoun
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "challenge":
challenges, problem, defiance, défi, gauntlet, difficulty, defy, contest, reto, task, provocation, recusal, challenging, difficult, issue, difficulties, obstacle, contestation, disqualification
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#553 | problem | |
#592 | question | |
#604 | issue | |
#1928 | difficult | |
#2035 | task | |
#2185 | challenge | |
#3419 | challenges | |
#3575 | contest | |
#5311 | difficulty | |
#5676 | dispute | |
#5975 | difficulties | |
#6166 | investigate | |
#6722 | challenging | |
#8413 | dare | |
#9772 | brave | |
#12034 | scrap | |
#16523 | obstacle | |
#20514 | defiance | |
#27052 | gauntlet | |
#29505 | summon | |
#29907 | defy | |
#30227 | disqualification | |
#36034 | quarrel | |
#39860 | provocation | |
#50593 | canvass | |
#65545 | defi | |
#94648 | reto | |
#113763 | recusal | |
#123126 | contestation | |
#214744 | gainsay |
How to use challenge in a sentence?
I feel comfortable in the car so I hope we will be able to challenge the frontrunners more closely.
I never imagined I'd be researching a book like this. It was a challenge to find a focus for the comic because there's so much happening, tiger King.
This is the greatest challenge that the industry has ever faced.
Deputy Mayor Christopher Geldart:
That's been a challenge over the last couple of years, retention – based on everything that's going on in the country and the general sentiment around police – as well as our ability to hire.
Its been a challenge returning to work, it lets you know that the additional stress youve endured going back to work has been worth it and appreciated.
Translations for challenge
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- التحدي, تحديArabic
- поканвам, предизвикателство, повиквам, оспорвам, възразявам, предизвиквам, предизвикване, отричамBulgarian
- desafiar, desafiu, desafiamentCatalan, Valencian
- vyzvat, výzvaCzech
- udfordreDanish
- herausfordern, HerausforderungGerman
- πρόκλησηGreek
- defiiEsperanto
- desafiar, desafío, reto, retarSpanish
- چالشPersian
- haaste, esteellisyysperuste, jääviFinnish
- défier, défi, challengeFrench
- dúshlánIrish
- dùbhlanScottish Gaelic
- desafío, desafiar, reto, retarGalician
- אתגרHebrew
- kihívásHungarian
- tantanganIndonesian
- sfidaItalian
- אתגרHebrew
- 挑戦, チャレンジJapanese
- ಸವಾಲುKannada
- 도전Korean
- prōvocō, challengeLatin
- төвөгтэй асуудалMongolian
- tarten, betwisten, uitdaging, wraken, uitdagenDutch
- utfordringNorwegian
- wyzwać, ośmielić, wyzwanie, zakwestionowaćPolish
- desafio, desafiarPortuguese
- provoca, provocareRomanian
- вызов, [[сложный, челлендж, испытание, [[трудный, вызыватьRussian
- izazovSerbo-Croatian
- utmana, ifrågasätta, utmaning, jävSwedish
- changa motoSwahili
- சவால்Tamil
- ఛాలెంజ్Telugu
- meydan okumaTurkish
- thử tháchVietnamese
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