incontrovertible

UK/ˌɪŋ.kɒn.tɹəˈvɜː.təbl̩/

adjective

Not capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed; closed to questioning.

“incontrovertible evidence”

UncommonScrabble 23

Meanings

adjectiveincontrovertible (comparative more incontrovertible, superlative most incontrovertible)

comparative more incontrovertible · superlative most incontrovertible

  1. Not capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed; closed to questioning.

    incontrovertible evidence

    4 more examples

    Her statement that dogs are mammals is incontrovertible.

    Just now he was wearing a suit of maple-syrup brown with faint but incontrovertible purple stripes.

    1921 November 23, Leonard Hatch, “My Heart Leaps Up”, in The Outlook

    There is incontrovertible evidence that electrification of itself has great publicity value, but this would be greatly enhanced if the public knew in more detail how it would transform their services.

    1960 November, “Talking of Trains: Through a glass darkly”, in Trains Illustrated, page 642

    All said that the incontrovertible evidence that climate change has already arrived—in the form of frighteningly extreme wildfires, drought, storms and floods afflicting every corner of the United States—has helped build political support.

    2022 August 7, Coral Davenport, Lisa Friedman, “Five Decades in the Making: Why It Took Congress So Long to Act on Climate”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 05 Nov 2022

    Synonyms: indisputable, undeniable, unquestionable, apodictic, inarguable, incontestable · Antonyms: controvertible

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveNot capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed; closed to questioning.

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveimpossible to deny or disprove

adjectivenecessarily or demonstrably true

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. Englishcontrovert
  8. Englishcontrovertible
  9. Englishincontrovertible

From in- + controvertible.

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Translations

Danish ubestridelig
  • ubestridelignot capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed; closed to questioning
Finnish kiistaton, kieltämätön
  • kiistatonnot capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed; closed to questioning
  • kieltämätönnot capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed; closed to questioning
  • kiistämätönnot capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed; closed to questioning
French irréfutable, incontestable
  • irréfutablenot capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed; closed to questioning
  • incontestablenot capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed; closed to questioning
German unbestreitbar
  • unbestreitbarnot capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed; closed to questioning
Greek αναμφισβήτητος, αδιάσειστος
  • αναμφισβήτητος (anamfisvítitos)not capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed; closed to questioning
  • αδιάσειστος (adiáseistos)not capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed; closed to questioning
Hungarian kétségbevonhatatlan, tagadhatatlan
  • kétségbevonhatatlannot capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed; closed to questioning
  • tagadhatatlannot capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed; closed to questioning
  • vitathatatlannot capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed; closed to questioning
Irish dobhréagnaithe
  • dobhréagnaithenot capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed; closed to questioning
Italian incontrovertibile
  • incontrovertibilenot capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed; closed to questioning
Polish bezsporny
  • bezspornynot capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed; closed to questioning
Romanian irefutabil, necontroversabil
  • irefutabilnot capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed; closed to questioning
  • necontroversabilnot capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed; closed to questioning
Russian неопровержи́мый, неоспори́мый
  • неопровержи́мый (neoproveržímyj)not capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed; closed to questioning
  • неоспори́мый (neosporímyj)not capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed; closed to questioning
  • несомне́нный (nesomnénnyj)not capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed; closed to questioning
Spanish impepinable, incontrovertible
  • impepinablenot capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed; closed to questioning
  • incontrovertiblenot capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed; closed to questioning
Swedish obestridlig
  • obestridlignot capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed; closed to questioning
Ukrainian неспросто́вний, незапере́чний
  • неспросто́вний (nesprostóvnyj)not capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed; closed to questioning
  • незапере́чний (nezaperéčnyj)not capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed; closed to questioning
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