arguable

adjective

ar·​gu·​able ˈär-gyü-ə-bəl 

1

: not certain or clearly true : open to argument, dispute, or question

an arguable point

2

: able to be plausibly or convincingly argued

—used to say that there are good reasons for believing that a statement is true

It's arguable that catching [in baseball] today is far more difficult than it was in the 1950s, primarily because the running game is now so dominant.

—Peter Gammons

Synonyms

• questionable
• debatable
• disputable

Examples of arguable in a Sentence

That word's pronunciation is arguable.

That is an arguable point of view.

Recent Examples on the Web

While that’s arguable, what is not is that productivity in the U.K. has been remarkably flat for roughly 20 years. —Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2025

Whether a cell in 1598 played a part in conceiving of the scrawny, hobbled hidalgo with a cardboard visor and a bent lance is arguable, but Cervantes’ far more traumatic enslavement from 1571 until 1576 must have formed his intimate comprehension of the difference between freedom and servitude. —Ed Simon september 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025

However, in the waning seconds of the first half, Nebraska pulled off the arguable play of the year. —James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025

The reality check is that there is an arguable box office ceiling to certain pieces of IP (Batman and Spider-Man will always gross more than Superman), not to mention, the more FOMO fever surrounding a title the better, hence one of the reasons why Superman outgrossed Fantastic Four. —Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 1 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

arguable

adjective

ar·​gu·​able ˈär-gyü-ə-bəl 

: open to argument, dispute, or question

arguably

-(ə-)blē

adverb