Meanings
singular pro and con
- pluralplural normallyplural onlyThe advantages and disadvantages or positives and negatives regarding a specific choice or situation.
After the EMF project team summarizes the evidence and prepares the pro and con and summary arguments, other environmental scientists in DHS will be asked to review the original literature and critique the summary and the pro and con arguments.
2002, Raymond Neutra, Vincent Delpizzo, Geraldine M. Lee, An Evaluation of the Possible Risks from Electric and Magnetic Fields (EMFs) from Power Lines, Internal Wiring, Electrical Occupations, and Appliances, page 32Synonyms: advantages and disadvantages, benefits and malefits, boons and banes, fors and againsts, advantages and disadvantages, assets and liabilities, costs and benefits, fors and againsts
- indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of pro and con
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe advantages and disadvantages or positives and negatives regarding a specific choice or situation.
Origin
- Latinprō“for, on behalf of”
- Englishpros and cons
From Latin prō (“for, on behalf of”) and contrā (“against”).
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مَحَاسِن وَمَسَاوِئ
- مَحَاسِن وَمَسَاوِئ (maḥāsin wamasāwiʔ)for and against
Catalan el pro i el contra, els pros i els contres
- el pro i el contrafor and against
- els pros i els contresfor and against
Chinese Mandarin 優缺點 /优缺点, 利弊
- 優缺點 /优缺点 (yōuquēdiǎn)for and against
- 利弊 (lìbì)for and against
Czech pro a proti, klady a zápory
- pro a protifor and against
- klady a záporyfor and against
Danish fordele & ulemper
- fordele & ulemperfor and against
Dutch voordelen en nadelen
- voordelen en nadelenfor and against
Finnish hyvät ja huonot puolet
- hyvät ja huonot puoletfor and against
French pours et contres, le pour et le contre
- pours et contresfor and against
- le pour et le contrefor and against
German Für und Wider, Pro und Contra
- Für und Widerfor and against
- Pro und Contrafor and against
- Vor- und Nachteilefor and against
Greek τα υπέρ και τα κατά
- τα υπέρ και τα κατά (ta ypér kai ta katá)for and against
Hebrew בעד ונגד
- בעד ונגדfor and against
Hungarian mellette és ellene, érvek és ellenérvek
- mellette és ellenefor and against
- érvek és ellenérvekfor and against
Indonesian pro dan kontra
- pro dan kontrafor and against
Italian pro e contro
- pro e controfor and against
Japanese 賛否, 長短
- 賛否 (sanpi)for and against
- 長短 (chōtan)for and against
Korean 장단점
- 장단점 (jangdanjeom)for and against
Latin pro et contra
- pro et contrafor and against
Polish za i przeciw, plusy i minusy
- za i przeciwfor and against
- plusy i minusyfor and against
Portuguese prós e contras
- prós e contrasfor and against
Russian за и про́тив, плю́сы и ми́нусы
- за и про́тив (za i prótiv)for and against
- плю́сы и ми́нусы (pljúsy i mínusy)for and against
Spanish el pro y el contra, los pros y los contras
- el pro y el contrafor and against
- los pros y los contrasfor and against
Swedish för- och nackdelar
- för- och nackdelarfor and against
Tagalog ayon at taliwas
- ayon at taliwasfor and against
Turkish artılar ve eksiler, avantajlar ve dezavantajlar
- artılar ve eksilerfor and against
- avantajlar ve dezavantajlarfor and against
- lehte ve aleyhte olanlarfor and against
Ukrainian за та про́ти
- за та про́ти (za ta próty)for and against
Cite this entry
pros and cons. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pros%20and%20cons
“pros and cons.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pros%20and%20cons. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pros and cons,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pros%20and%20cons.
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