contestable

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controversial adj.
debatable adj.
hypothetical adj.
moot adj.
mootable adj.
problematical adj.
prosecutable adj.
triable adj.

ADJECTIVE

controversial

Synonyms

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contentious disputed dubious questionable

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arguable argumentative contended controvertible debateable disputable disputatious doubtable doubtful dubitable in dispute litigious moot open to discussion open to question polemical suspect uncertain under discussion

Antonyms

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certain definite sure

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agreeable incontrovertible peaceful uncontroversial undisputed undoubted unquestionable

ADJECTIVE

debatable

Synonyms

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arguable doubtful dubious moot problematic questionable uncertain

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between rock and hard place between sixes and sevens betwixt and between bone of contention borderline chancy disputable iffy in dispute mootable open to question problematical the jury's out touch and go undecided unsettled up for discussion

Antonyms

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certain clear decided definite proven resolved settled sure unquestionable

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inarguable incontrovertible indubious questionable uncontestable undoubted

ADJECTIVE

hypothetical

Synonyms

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debatable imaginary problematic speculative theoretical vague

STRONG

academic contingent pretending suspect

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assumptive casual concocted conditional conjecturable conjectural disputable doubtful equivocal imagined indefinite indeterminate postulated presumptive presupposed provisory putative questionable refutable stochastic supposed suppositional suppositious theoretic uncertain unconfirmed

Antonyms

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certain definite factual real sure

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calculated confirmed measured proved proven reliable truthful

ADJECTIVE

moot

Synonyms

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debatable problematic unresolved unsettled

STRONG

open suspect

WEAK

at issue controversial disputable dubious open to debate questionable uncertain undecided

Antonyms

STRONGEST

certain definite settled sure

WEAK

decided proven resolved

ADJECTIVE

mootable

Synonyms

WEAK

arguable between rock and hard place between sixes and sevens betwixt and between bone of contention borderline chancy contested disputable doubtful dubious exceptionable iffy in dispute moot open to question problematic problematical questionable the jury's out touch and go uncertain undecided unsettled up for discussion

ADJECTIVE

problematical

Synonyms

WEAK

arguable between rock and hard place between sixes and sevens betwixt and between bone of contention borderline chancy contested disputable doubtful dubious exceptionable iffy in dispute moot mootable open to question problematic questionable the jury's out touch and go uncertain undecided unsettled up for discussion

ADJECTIVE

prosecutable

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WEAK

actionable appealable disputable triable

ADJECTIVE

triable

Synonyms

WEAK

actionable appealable disputable prosecutable

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contestable

The pool of contestable seats could shrink further.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026

"Having been made final, the Award is no longer contestable and is beyond compromise."

From Reuters ● Jul. 12, 2023

"Some journalists seem to feel instinctively that debt is simply bad, full stop, and don't appear to realise this can be contested and contestable."

From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2023

“A ranking is the product of innumerable and contestable design choices,” Miles wrote to his students on Nov. 23.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 3, 2022

Postmodernists often assume that because facts are expressed in language they are inherently contestable.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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