Disagreement — Meaning, Definition & Synonyms

Disagreement (noun) — Senses, Synonyms & Antonyms

1. variance of opinion on a matter

   "there was some disagreement about what color the missing sweater actually was"

   similar: contestation, controversy, debate, difference, difficulty, disputation, dispute, dissension, dissensus, firestorm, nonconcurrence
   related: clash, collision, conflict, confliction, disaccord, discord, dissonance, apartness, divarication, division, combat, contention, strife, struggle, altercation, argument, bicker, falling-out, fight, kickup, misunderstanding, quarrel, set-to
   opposite: accord, agreement, consensus, harmony, unanimity
   near: acceptance, compliance, concord, peace

2. an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions

   "a loud disagreement started as soon as we tried to order pizza for everyone"

   similar: altercation, argle-bargle (chiefly British), argument, argy-bargy (chiefly British), battle royal, bicker, brawl, contretemps, controversy, cross fire, dispute, donnybrook, falling-out, fight, hassle, imbroglio, kickup, misunderstanding, quarrel, rhubarb, row, scrap, set-to, spat, squabble, tiff, wrangle
   related: clash, run-in, skirmish, tangle, tussle, logomachy, feud, vendetta, attack, contention, dissension, debate, difference, disputation, fuss, objection, protest, protestation, affray (chiefly British), fisticuffs, fracas, fray, free-for-all, melee, catfight

3. the quality or state of being different

   "there is some disagreement between the accounts on the sequence of events"

   similar: contrast, difference, discrepancy, disparateness, disparity, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, distance, distinction, distinctiveness, distinctness, diverseness, diversity, otherness, unlikeness
   related: deviance, divergence, differentiability, discriminability, distinguishability, change, modification, variation, conflict, discord, discordance, dissension, dissent, dissidence, disunity, friction, strife, variability, variance, anomalousness, dichotomy, incompatibility, incongruence, incongruity, incongruousness, nonconformity, disproportion, imbalance, inequality, nonequivalence
   opposite: alikeness, analogousness, analogy, community, likeness, resemblance, sameness, similarity
   near: identicalness, identity, accordance, agreement, conformity, congruity, correspondence, parallelism, similitude, equality, equivalence, equivalency, homogeneity, homogeneousness, uniformity