| Main Entry: | debatable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | controversial |
Synonyms: |
arguable, between rock and hard place, between sixes and sevens, betwixt and between, bone of contention, borderline, chancy, contestable, disputable, doubtful, dubious, iffy, in dispute, moot, mootable, open to question, problematic, problematical, questionable, the jury's out, touch and go, uncertain, undecided, unsettled, up for discussion |
Antonyms: |
certain, inarguable, incontrovertible, indubious, questionable, sure, uncontestable, undoubted |
| Main Entry: | ambivalent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | conflicting |
Synonyms: |
clashing, contradictory, debatable, doubtful, equivocal, fluctuating, hesitant, inconclusive, irresolute, mixed, opposed, uncertain, undecided, unresolved, unsure, vacillating, warring, wavering |
Antonyms: |
certain, definite, resolved, settled, sure, unequivocal |
| Main Entry: | doubtful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | questionable, unclear |
Synonyms: |
ambiguous, borderline, chancy, clouded, contingent, debatable, dicey, disreputable, doubtable, dubious, dubitable, equivocal, far-fetched, fat chance, fishy, hazardous, hazy, iffy, impugnable, inconclusive, indecisive, indefinite, indeterminate, indistinct, insecure, long shot, obscure, on thin ice, open, pending, precarious, problematic, shady, sneaky*, speculative, suspect, suspicious, touch-and-go, touchy, uncertain, unconfirmed, undecided, uneasy, unsettled, unstable, unsure, up for grabs |
| Notes: | a person is capable of doubting, whereas a thing is dubitable; dubious, unlike doubtful, carries the connotation of suspicion |
Antonyms: |
certain, clear, confirmed, decided, definite, exact, resolved, settled, unquestionable |
| Main Entry: | dubious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | doubtful |
Synonyms: |
arguable, chancy, debatable, diffident, disputable, dubitable, equivocal, far-fetched, fishy, fly-by-night, hesitant, iffy, improbable, indecisive, moot, mootable, open, perplexed, problematic, questionable, reluctant, shady, skeptical, suspect, suspicious, touch and go, trustless, unassured, uncertain, unclear, unconvinced, undecided, undependable, unlikely, unreliable, unsure, untrustworthy, untrusty, wavering |
Antonyms: |
certain, definite, doubtless, positive, reliable, sure, trustworthy, trusty, undoubtful |
| Main Entry: | dubious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vague, unclear |
Synonyms: |
ambiguous, debatable, disinclined, doubtful, equivocal, indefinite, indeterminate, mistrustful, obscure, open, problematic, problematical, undecided, unsettled |
Antonyms: |
certain, clear, definite, unambiguous, unobscure |
| Main Entry: | forensic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | judicial, legal |
Synonyms: |
argumentative, debatable, dialectic, dialectical, disputative, juridical, juristic, moot, polemical, rhetorical |
| Main Entry: | hypothetical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | guessed, assumed |
Synonyms: |
academic, assumptive, casual, concocted, conditional, conjecturable, conjectural, contestable, contingent, debatable, disputable, doubtful, equivocal, imaginary, imagined, indefinite, indeterminate, postulated, presumptive, presupposed, pretending, problematic, provisory, putative, questionable, refutable, speculative, stochastic, supposed, suppositional, suppositious, suspect, theoretic, theoretical, uncertain, unconfirmed, vague |
Antonyms: |
calculated, confirmed, factual, measured, proved, proven, real, reliable, truthful |
| Main Entry: | moot |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | doubtful, arguable |
Synonyms: |
at issue, contestable, controversial, debatable, disputable, dubious, open, open to debate, problematic, questionable, suspect, uncertain, undecided, unresolved, unsettled |
Antonyms: |
decided, definite, proven, resolved |
| Main Entry: | on the fence |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | undecided |
Synonyms: |
ambivalent, betwixt and between, blowing hot and cold, borderline, debatable, divided, hemming and hawing, hesitant, iffy, impartial, in the middle, indecisive, irresolute, neutral, not definite, not sure, of two minds, open, running hot and cold, tentative, torn, uncertain, unclear, uncommitted, undetermined, unsure, up in the air, waffling, wavering, wishy-washy |
| Main Entry: | open |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | undecided |
Synonyms: |
ambiguous, arguable, controversial, debatable, doubtful, dubious, dubitable, equivocal, in question, indecisive, moot, problematic, questionable, uncertain, unresolved, unsettled, up for discussion, up in the air, yet to be decided |
Antonyms: |
certain, decided, definite, sure |