The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - argue v.

1) dispute, debate, disagree, bicker, wrangle, quarrel, squabble, spar, fight, remonstrate, altercate, Colloq chiefly Brit row, scrap: The couple next door are continually arguing with each other at the tops of their voices. 2) discuss, reason, debate, wrangle: He would argue by the hour, but never for arguing's sake. 3) make a case, talk, plead, debate, contend: I cannot tell whether she's arguing for or against the proposition. 4) prove, evince, indicate, denote, demonstrate, show, establish, suggest, signify, betoken: The increase in street crime argues that the police are not visible enough. 5) say, assert, hold, maintain, reason, claim, contend: The defendant argued that he had never met the witness. 6) argue into or out of. persuade or dissuade, talk out of or into, prevail upon; convince: I argued him out of sailing to Bermuda alone. She succeeded in arguing me into going to the tea dance.