Choose the word that is opposite in meaning to the given word. Altercate

Concept

An antonym is a word that carries the opposite meaning of a given word. In an opposites question, first fix the precise sense of the key word, then pick the choice whose meaning runs contrary to it, not one that merely sits beside it.

"Altercate" is a verb meaning to argue, quarrel, or dispute angrily and noisily. Its opposite therefore lies in the family of getting along peacefully: words like agree, concur, get along, and coexist are listed as its antonyms. So among the choices we want the one that expresses peaceful togetherness rather than conflict.

Applying it

"Coexist" means to exist or live together at the same time in mutual tolerance, without hostility or conflict. That peaceful-togetherness sense is set down as an antonym of altercate, and it is the only choice on the calm, non-quarrelling side, so it is the opposite in meaning here.

Contrasting the other words

• "Contend" means to argue, struggle, or dispute; it sits on the same conflict side as altercate, so it is close in meaning, not opposite.

• "Nitpick" means to find petty faults and criticise over trivial things, which is again a quarrelsome act rather than its opposite.

• "Concurrent" means happening or existing at the same time; it speaks only about timing, not agreement versus conflict, so it does not reverse the quarrelling sense.

Of the four words, only the one carrying a sense of peaceful togetherness opposes altercate, which makes it the correct antonym.