Meanings
adjectiverefutable (not comparable)
- not comparableAble to be refuted, or shown to be false.
Synonyms & antonyms
Opposite
adjectiveable to be refuted
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Late Latinrefūtābilis“refutable”
- Englishrefutable
From Late Latin refūtābilis (“refutable”), equivalent to refute + -able.
More words from Late Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian опровержим
- опровержим (oproveržim)able to be refuted
Czech vyvratitelný
- vyvratitelnýable to be refuted
Dutch weerlegbaar
- weerlegbaarable to be refuted
Finnish kiistettävä, kiistettävissä oleva
- kiistettäväable to be refuted
- kiistettävissä olevaable to be refuted
French réfutable
- réfutableable to be refuted
German widerlegbar
- widerlegbarable to be refuted
Greek αναιρέσιμος
- αναιρέσιμος (anairésimos)able to be refuted
Russian опровержи́мый
- опровержи́мый (oproveržímyj)able to be refuted
Spanish refutable
- refutableable to be refuted
Cite this entry
APA
refutable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/refutable
MLA
“refutable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/refutable. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “refutable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/refutable.
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