Synonyms and Antonyms of contretemps
- there was a bit of a contretemps over the seating arrangements for the upcoming wedding
altercation, argle-bargle [chiefly British], argument, argy-bargy [chiefly British], battle royal, bicker, brawl, controversy, cross fire, disagreement, dispute, donnybrook, falling-out, fight, hassle, imbroglio, kickup, misunderstanding, quarrel, rhubarb, row, scrap, set-to, spat, squabble, tiff, wrangle
clash, run-in, skirmish, tangle, tussle
attack, contention, dissension (also dissention)
debate, difference, disputation
fuss, objection, protest, protestation
affray [chiefly British], fisticuffs, fracas, fray, free-for-all, melee (also mêlée)