Meanings
adjectivedeniable (comparative more deniable, superlative most deniable)
comparative more deniable · superlative most deniable
- Able to be denied or contradicted.
Supported and authorized to act from Moscow, the Cossack leaders, including Mozhaev, maintain tenuous and deniable links to Russia to ensure they retain their freedom to act as volunteer paramilitaries.
2014, “Little Green Men”: A Primer on Modern Russian Unconventional Warfare, Ukraine 2013–2014, Fort Bragg, North Carolina: The United States Army Special Operations Command, page 46
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivecapable of being denied or contradicted
Opposite
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Finnish kiistettävä, kiistettävissä oleva
- kiistettäväable to be denied or contradicted
- kiistettävissä olevaable to be denied or contradicted
German abstreitbar, bestreitbar
- abstreitbarable to be denied or contradicted
- bestreitbarable to be denied or contradicted
Polish zaprzeczalny, wątpliwy
- zaprzeczalnyable to be denied or contradicted
- wątpliwyable to be denied or contradicted
Russian отрицаемый
- отрицаемый (otricajemyj)able to be denied or contradicted
Swedish möjlig att förneka, osvuren
- möjlig att förnekaable to be denied or contradicted
- osvurenable to be denied or contradicted
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with deniable
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APA
deniable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deniable
MLA
“deniable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deniable. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deniable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deniable.
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