Search Result for "debatable":
Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (3)
1. open to doubt or debate;
- Example: "If you ever get married, which seems to be extremely problematic"
[syn: debatable, problematic, problematical]
2. open to argument or debate;
- Example: "that is a moot question"
[syn: arguable, debatable, disputable, moot]
3. capable of being disproved;
[syn: debatable, disputable]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Debatable \De*bat"a*ble\, a. [Cf. OF. debatable. See Debate.] Liable to be debated; disputable; subject to controversy or contention; open to question or dispute; as, a debatable question. [1913 Webster] The Debatable Land or or Ground, a tract of land between the Esk and the Sark, claimed by both England and Scotland; the Batable Ground. [1913 Webster]Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
36 Moby Thesaurus words for "debatable": arguable, at issue, confutable, conjectural, contestable, controversial, controvertible, deniable, disputable, doubtable, doubtful, dubious, dubitable, iffy, in dispute, in doubt, in dubio, in question, mistakable, moot, open to doubt, open to question, polemic, polemical, problematic, problematical, questionable, refutable, speculative, suppositional, suspect, suspicious, uncertain, undecided, unsettled, unsure
