argument

Other forms of argument

plural

arguments·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about argument

What does argument mean?

argument means "a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in argument?

argument has 3 syllables: ar-gu-ment. The stress falls on "ar". In IPA it is /ˈɑɹɡjəmənt/.

What is another word for argument?

Close synonyms include statement, controversy, contention, contestation, disputation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is argument a common word?

argument is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.