| Main Entry: | arguable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | debatable |
Synonyms: |
contentious, controversial, disputable, doubtful, dubious, moot, open to question, questionable, sub judice, uncertain, unsure |
Antonyms: |
certain |
| Main Entry: | controversial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | at issue |
Synonyms: |
arguable, argumentative, contended, contentious, contestable, controvertible, debateable, disputable, disputatious, disputed, doubtable, doubtful, dubious, dubitable, in dispute, litigious, moot, open to discussion, open to question, polemical, questionable, suspect, uncertain, under discussion |
Antonyms: |
agreeable, incontrovertible, peaceful, uncontroversial, undisputed, undoubted, unquestionable |
| 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: | questionable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | doubtful, uncertain |
Synonyms: |
ambiguous, apocryphal, arguable, contingent, controversial, controvertible, cryptic, debatable, disputable, dubious, dubitable, enigmatic, equivocal, fishy, hard to believe, hypothetical, iffy, indecisive, indefinite, indeterminate, moot, mysterious, obscure, occult, open to doubt, open to question, oracular, paradoxical, problematic, problematical, provisional, shady, suspect, suspicious, unconfirmed, undefined, under advisement, under examination, unproven, unreliable, unsettled, vague |
| Notes: | questionable means open to doubt, disagreement, or challenge - or of dubious morality, honesty, or respectability; questioning (adjective) means showing curiosity or inquiring about - or (noun) an inquiry or interrogation |
Antonyms: |
certain, definite, indisputable, proven, sure, undoubted, unquestionable |
| Main Entry: | suspicious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | doubtful, fishy |
Synonyms: |
borderline, debatable, different, disputable, doubtable, dubious, equivocal, farfetched, funny*, irregular, not kosher, open, open to doubt, open to question, out of line, overt, peculiar, phony, problematic, queer, questionable, reaching, rings untrue, shady, shaky*, suspect, too much*, uncertain, uncommon, unsure, unusual, won't wash |
Antonyms: |
believable, indubious, palpable, undoubted, unquestionable |
| Main Entry: | unresolved |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uncertain; not settled |
Synonyms: |
betwixt and between, changing, doubtful, faltering, hesitant, hesitating, hot and cold, incomplete, indecisive, irresolute, moot, open to question, pending, problematical, pussyfooting, unanswered, unconcluded, undecided, undetermined, unfinished, unsettled, unsolved, up in the air, vacillating, vague, waffling |
Antonyms: |
certain, definite, resolved, settled, solved, sure |
| Main Entry: | unsubstantiated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | questionable, unproven |
Synonyms: |
arguable, controversial, debatable, disputable, doubtful, dubious, dubitable, fishy, hard to believe, iffy, indefinite, open to doubt, open to question, suspect, suspicious, uncertain, unconfirmed, uncorroborated, unsupported |
| Main Entry: | mootable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | debatable |
Synonyms: |
arguable, between rock and hard place, between sixes and sevens, betwixt and between, bone of contention, borderline, chancy, contestable, contested, disputable, doubtful, dubious, exceptionable, iffy, in dispute, moot, open to question, problematic, problematical, questionable, the jury's out, touch and go, uncertain, undecided, unsettled, up for discussion |
| Main Entry: | problematical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | debatable |
Synonyms: |
arguable, between rock and hard place, between sixes and sevens, betwixt and between, bone of contention, borderline, chancy, contestable, contested, disputable, doubtful, dubious, exceptionable, iffy, in dispute, moot, mootable, open to question, problematic, questionable, the jury's out, touch and go, uncertain, undecided, unsettled, up for discussion |