Synonyms for challenge
ˈtʃæl ɪndʒchal·lenge

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.4 / 10 votes

1. challengeverb

   Synonyms:
   defy, summon, dare, question, investigate, brave, canvass

   Antonyms:
   pass, allow, grant, concede

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.3 / 3 votes

1. challengenoun

   a demanding or stimulating situation

   "they reacted irrationally to the challenge of Russian power"

2. challengenoun

   a call to engage in a contest or fight

3. challengenoun

   questioning a statement and demanding an explanation

   "his challenge of the assumption that Japan is still our enemy"

4. challengenoun

   a formal objection to the selection of a particular person as a juror

5. challengeverb

   a demand by a sentry for a password or identification

6. challenge, dispute, gainsayverb

   take exception to

   "She challenged his claims"

   Synonyms:
   altercate, take exception, gainsay, quarrel, dispute, scrap, argufy

7. challengeverb

   issue a challenge to

   "Fischer challenged Spassky to a match"

   Synonyms:
   gainsay, take exception, dispute

8. challengeverb

   ask for identification

   "The illegal immigrant was challenged by the border guard"

   Synonyms:
   gainsay, take exception, dispute

9. challenge, take exceptionverb

   raise a formal objection in a court of law

   Synonyms:
   gainsay, take exception, dispute

Matched Categories

1. • Invite
   • Objection
   • Questioning
   • Request
   • Situation
   • Speech Act

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. challengeverb

   Synonyms:
   defy, dare, brave, invite to trial, call to combat, call to answer

2. challengeverb

   Synonyms:
   demand, require, claim, call for

3. challengeverb

   Synonyms:
   (Law.) object to, take exceptions to

4. challengenoun

   Synonyms:
   defiance, summons to trial, call to combat, call to answer

5. challengenoun

   Synonyms:
   (Law.) exception, objection

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:3.3 / 3 votes

1. challengenoun

   Synonyms:
   defiance, exception, objection

2. challengeverb

   Synonyms:
   defy, dare, brave

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:2.8 / 12 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "challenge":

   challenges, problem, defiance, défi, gauntlet, difficulty, defy, contest, reto, task, provocation, recusal, challenging, difficult, issue, difficulties, obstacle, contestation, disqualification

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How to use challenge in a sentence?

1. Aaron Friedberg:

   It's not that ISIS and Iran and Russia aren't problems, but in the long run, the bigger potential challenge is China.

2. Chief Executive Philippe Petitcolin:

   In the coming months, the challenge of the LEAP ramp-up will intensify.

3. Michael Osterholm:

   We are not sure how this is going to play out for the next four to six months, if... The Delta variant follows this pattern that The Delta variant's taken in other countries, we can expect to see -- particularly the Southern sunbelt states that are getting hit so hard right now -- actually show a really rapid decline in cases probably in two to three weeks. The real challenge is what's going to happen with all the other states where we're seeing increases... If they too light up, then this surge could actually go on well into mid-September or later.

4. Sune Gudnitz:

   The challenge of getting things out, whether it's people or goods, remains. We want to avoid creating a bottleneck in Port Vila, so we very quickly need to work out a plan for getting things out.

5. Barry Pavel:

   Those who would like to challenge the United States in Asia, the Middle East and Europe knew toward the end of 2013 there was almost nothing the Obama administration would use military force to address, they knew we had the ability, but not the will.