quibbled

The word “quibbled” has 2 syllables: quib-bled

It's pronounced as /ˈkwɪbəld/


What is synonym and antonym for quibbled?

In the thesaurus, “quibbled” has 69 synonyms and 18 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for quibbled along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for quibbled

  • altercated
  • argued
  • argufied
  • bandied words
  • beefed
  • bellyached
  • bickered
  • bitched
  • brabbled
  • brawled
  • butted heads
  • carped
  • caviled
  • cavilled
  • challenged
  • clashed
  • complained
  • considered
  • contended
  • contested
  • controverted
  • crabbed
  • criticized
  • croaked
  • dared
  • debated
  • defied
  • discussed
  • disputed
  • faulted
  • fell out
  • fought
  • fussed
  • griped
  • groused
  • growled
  • grumbled
  • hassled
  • jarred
  • kicked
  • kvetched
  • locked horns
  • mixed it up
  • moaned
  • murmured
  • muttered
  • niggled
  • nitpicked
  • objected
  • protested
  • quarreled
  • quarrelled
  • rowed
  • scrapped
  • spatted
  • split hairs
  • squabbled
  • squawked
  • squealed
  • tangled
  • tiffed
  • wailed
  • whimpered
  • whined
  • wrangled
  • yammered
  • yauped
  • yawped
  • yowled

Antonyms for quibbled

  • accepted
  • agreed
  • applauded
  • approved
  • assented
  • backed
  • championed
  • coexisted
  • commended
  • complimented
  • concurred
  • consented
  • endorsed
  • got along
  • indorsed
  • praised
  • recommended
  • supported

Meanings of quibbled

  • verb
    1. To complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner.

Example Sentences

  • The negotiators quibbled over the terms of the contract for hours.
  • Despite the evidence presented, the defendant's lawyer still quibbled about the validity of the charges.
  • Instead of addressing the main issues, they quibbled about trivial details.
  • The reviewer quibbled about minor flaws in an otherwise excellent film.
  • While discussing the project, team members often quibbled over inconsequential matters.

On this page you'll find 87 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to quibbled, such as: accepted, agreed, altercated, applauded, approved, argued, argufied.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

bandied words

  • altercated
  • argued
  • argufied
  • bickered
  • brabbled
  • brawled
  • butted heads
  • caviled
  • cavilled
  • challenged
  • clashed
  • considered
  • contended
  • contested
  • controverted
  • dared
  • debated
  • defied
  • discussed
  • disputed
  • fell out
  • fought
  • fussed
  • hassled
  • jarred
  • kicked
  • locked horns
  • mixed it up
  • nitpicked
  • objected
  • protested
  • quarreled
  • quarrelled
  • quibbled
  • rowed
  • scrapped
  • spatted
  • squabbled
  • tangled
  • tiffed
  • wrangled

dealt

  • allocated
  • allotted
  • apportioned
  • appropriated
  • argued
  • assigned
  • auctioned
  • bargained
  • bartered
  • bickered
  • black-marketed
  • bootlegged
  • bought
  • budgeted
  • chaffered
  • clashed
  • comparison shopped
  • cornered
  • cut a deal
  • day-traded
  • dickered
  • diffuse
  • dispensed
  • dispersed
  • distributed
  • divided
  • doled out
  • engrossed
  • exchanged
  • fair-traded
  • fenced
  • fought
  • furnished
  • given away
  • haggled
  • handed out
  • hassled
  • hawked
  • horse-traded
  • invested
  • marketed
  • merchandised
  • merchandized
  • monopolized
  • negotiated
  • offered
  • paltered
  • peddled
  • picked up
  • prepared
  • provided
  • purchased
  • quarreled
  • quarrelled
  • quibbled
  • rationed
  • rebought
  • resold
  • retailed
  • scattered
  • shared
  • smuggled
  • sold
  • speculated
  • spread evenly
  • squabbled
  • supplied
  • swapped
  • took
  • traded
  • trafficked
  • transacted
  • undersold
  • vended
  • wheeled and dealed
  • wholesaled
  • wrangled

fallen out

  • altercated
  • argued
  • argufied
  • bandied words
  • bickered
  • brabbled
  • brawled
  • butted heads
  • caviled
  • cavilled
  • challenged
  • clashed
  • come out
  • considered
  • contended
  • contested
  • controverted
  • dared
  • debated
  • defied
  • developed
  • discussed
  • disputed
  • emerged
  • evolved
  • fought
  • fussed
  • germinated
  • hassled
  • jarred
  • kicked
  • locked horns
  • mixed it up
  • nitpicked
  • objected
  • panned out
  • played out
  • protested
  • proved
  • proven
  • quarreled
  • quarrelled
  • quibbled
  • rowed
  • scrapped
  • shaken out
  • spatted
  • squabbled
  • tangled
  • tiffed
  • turned out
  • unfolded
  • worked out
  • wrangled

haggled

  • aggravated
  • angered
  • angry
  • annoyed
  • argued
  • badgered
  • bargained
  • bartered
  • bearish
  • bedeviled
  • bickered
  • bilious
  • bothered
  • bought
  • bristly
  • cantankerous
  • chaffered
  • choleric
  • churlish
  • clashed
  • comparison shopped
  • crabby
  • cranky
  • cross
  • cut a deal
  • dealt
  • dickered
  • disapproving
  • displeased
  • distressed
  • disturbed
  • dyspeptic
  • enflamed
  • exasperated
  • exchanged
  • fought
  • fretful
  • frustrated
  • fussy
  • galled
  • grouchy
  • grumpy
  • harassed
  • harried
  • hassled
  • hawked
  • horse-traded
  • huffy
  • ill-humored
  • inconvenienced
  • indignant
  • inflamed
  • infuriated
  • irascible
  • irate
  • ireful
  • irked
  • irritable
  • irritated
  • mad
  • narked
  • negotiated
  • outraged
  • paltered
  • peddled
  • peeved
  • peevish
  • persecuted
  • perturbed
  • pestered
  • petulant
  • pinpricked
  • piqued
  • plagued
  • provoked
  • purchased
  • put out
  • quarreled
  • quarrelled
  • quibbled
  • rankled
  • resentful
  • riled
  • roiled
  • scunnered
  • shirty
  • snappish
  • snuffy
  • sore
  • squabbled
  • steaming
  • teed off
  • tested
  • testy
  • tormented
  • tortured
  • touchy
  • traded
  • tried
  • troubled
  • upset
  • vexed
  • wheeled and dealed
  • wrangled

jarred

  • aghast
  • altercated
  • appalled
  • appalling
  • argued
  • argufied
  • astonished
  • bandied words
  • battled
  • bickered
  • brabbled
  • brawled
  • butted heads
  • caviled
  • cavilled
  • chafed
  • challenged
  • clashed
  • collided
  • combated
  • combatted
  • conflicted
  • considered
  • contended
  • contested
  • controverted
  • dared
  • debated
  • defied
  • degrading
  • deplorable
  • differed
  • disaccorded
  • disagreed
  • discorded
  • discussed
  • dismayed
  • disputed
  • dissented
  • engaged
  • fell out
  • fought
  • frightened
  • fussed
  • galled
  • grated
  • hassled
  • humiliating
  • infra dig
  • jangled
  • kicked
  • locked horns
  • mixed it up
  • nitpicked
  • objected
  • opprobrious
  • percussive
  • protested
  • quarreled
  • quarrelled
  • quibbled
  • rowed
  • scrapped
  • shocking
  • spatted
  • squabbled
  • squeamish
  • stupefied
  • tangled
  • tiffed
  • ugly
  • vulgar
  • wrangled

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