Noun

• S: (n) joust, tilt (a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances)
• S: (n) controversy, contention, contestation, disputation, disceptation, tilt, argument, arguing (a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement) "they were involved in a violent argument"
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) dispute, difference, difference of opinion, conflict (a disagreement or argument about something important) "he had a dispute with his wife"; "there were irreconcilable differences"; "the familiar conflict between Republicans and Democrats"
• derivationally related form
• S: (n) tilt (a slight but noticeable partiality) "the court's tilt toward conservative rulings"
• S: (n) tilt, list, inclination, lean, leaning (the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical) "the tower had a pronounced tilt"; "the ship developed a list to starboard"; "he walked with a heavy inclination to the right"
• S: (n) rock, careen, sway, tilt (pitching dangerously to one side)

Verb

• S: (v) lean, tilt, tip, slant, angle (to incline or bend from a vertical position) "She leaned over the banister"
• S: (v) cant, cant over, tilt, slant, pitch (heel over) "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting"
• S: (v) careen, wobble, shift, tilt (move sideways or in an unsteady way) "The ship careened out of control"
• S: (v) tilt (charge with a tilt)