disputable

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UK/dɪˈspjuː.tə.bəɫ/US/dɪˈspju.tə.bəɫ/

adjective

Of opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute; not settled.

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controvertibledebatablecontestablearguablemootcontroversial
OriginLatin disputābili ← Proto-Italic *dis- ← Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- →
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Meanings

adjectivedisputable (comparative more disputable, superlative most disputable)

comparative more disputable · superlative most disputable

  1. Of opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute; not settled.

    Synonyms: controvertible

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveOf opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute; not settled.

Similar
controvertible

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivecapable of being disproved

Similar
debatablecontestable

adjectiveopen to argument or debate

Similar
arguabledebatablemootcontroversial
Also see
arguablecontestablecontroversialcontrovertibledebatablemoot

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  4. Proto-Italic*dis-
  5. Latindis-
  6. Latinputus
  7. Latinputō
  8. Latindisputo
  9. Latindisputābili
  10. Englishdisputable

Learned borrowing from Latin disputābilis. By surface analysis, dispute + -able.

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Translations

Bulgarian спорен
  • спорен (sporen)of opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute
French contestable
  • contestableof opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute
Hungarian vitatható, vitás
  • vitathatóof opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute
  • vitásof opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute
  • kétségesof opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute
  • kétségbevonhatóof opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute
Japanese 疑わしい
  • 疑わしい (utagawashii)of opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute
Romanian disputabil
  • disputabilof opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute
Russian спорный
  • спорный (spornyj)of opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute
Spanish disputable
  • disputableof opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute
Ukrainian спірний
  • спірний (spirnyj)of opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute
Cite this entry
APA

disputable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disputable

MLA

“disputable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disputable. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disputable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disputable.

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