Open English Wordnet
Verbs
(v)contend, postulatemaintain or assert“He contended that Communism had no future” (v)contest, contend, repugnto make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation“They contested the outcome of the race” (v)cope, get by, make out, make do, contend, grapple, deal, managesucceed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available“We got by on just a gallon of gas”,
“They made do on half a loaf of bread every day” (v)compete, vie, contendcompete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others (v)contend, fight, strugglebe engaged in a fight; carry on a fight“the tribesmen fought each other”,
“Siblings are always fighting”,
“Militant groups are contending for control of the country”