incontestable

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adjective

Not contestable; indisputable; certain.

“That he was the greatest 100m runner of his generation was incontestable.”

Similar
incontrovertibleincontestibledemonstrabledemonstratedinarguableunarguableunassailableunshakable
Opposite
contestable
OriginEnglish contestable ← Middle English in- ← Latin in- →
UncommonScrabble 17
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Meanings

adjectiveincontestable (comparative more incontestable, superlative most incontestable)

comparative more incontestable · superlative most incontestable

  1. Not contestable; indisputable; certain.

    That he was the greatest 100m runner of his generation was incontestable.

    Synonyms: incontrovertible

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveNot contestable; indisputable; certain.

Similar
incontrovertible

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveincapable of being contested or disputed

Similar
incontestibledemonstrableincontrovertibledemonstratedinarguableunarguableunassailableunshakablewatertight
Opposite
contestable

adjectivenot open to question; obviously true

Similar
indisputableundisputableundeniable
Also see
bulletproofdemonstrableinarguableincontrovertibleindisputableinoppugnableironcladirrefragableirrefutablerelentlessunanswerableunarguableunassailableuncontestableundeniableunshakablewatertight

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Middle Englishin-
  6. Englishin-
  7. Englishcontest
  8. Englishcontestable
  9. Englishincontestable

From in- + contestable.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Bulgarian безспорен, неопровержим
  • безспорен (bezsporen)Not contestable; indisputable
  • неопровержим (neoproveržim)Not contestable; indisputable
Danish uomtvistelig, ubestridelig
  • uomtvisteligNot contestable; indisputable
  • ubestrideligNot contestable; indisputable
Dutch ontegenzeglijk, onbetwistbaar
  • ontegenzeglijkNot contestable; indisputable
  • onbetwistbaarNot contestable; indisputable
French incontestable
  • incontestableNot contestable; indisputable
German unanfechtbar, unbestreitbar
  • unanfechtbarNot contestable; indisputable
  • unbestreitbarNot contestable; indisputable
Hungarian vitathatatlan, tagadhatatlan
  • vitathatatlanNot contestable; indisputable
  • tagadhatatlanNot contestable; indisputable
Italian incontestabile
  • incontestabileNot contestable; indisputable
Norwegian uimotsigelig
  • uimotsigeligNot contestable; indisputable
Polish bezsporny
  • bezspornyNot contestable; indisputable
Swedish obestridlig
  • obestridligNot contestable; indisputable
Cite this entry
APA

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“incontestable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incontestable. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “incontestable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incontestable.

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