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Synonyms & Antonyms of controversial
- tried to avoid controversial topics over the holiday dinner table
Synonyms for controversial
- argumentative,
- contentious,
- disputatious,
- hot-button,
- polemical
- (also polemic)
Words Related to controversial
- delicate,
- difficult,
- knotty,
- problematic
- (also problematical),
- spiny,
- thorny,
- ticklish,
- touchy,
- tough
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Antonyms for controversial
- controversial by temperament, she's the sort of political attack dog who kills all hope of bipartisanship
Synonyms for controversial
- argumentative,
- contentious,
- disputatious,
- polemical
- (also polemic),
- quarrelsome,
- scrappy
Words Related to controversial
- aggressive,
- bellicose,
- belligerent,
- combative,
- gladiatorial,
- militant,
- pugnacious,
- truculent,
- warlike
- hardheaded,
- headstrong,
- mulish,
- obdurate,
- obstinate,
- pigheaded,
- resistant,
- self-opinionated,
- self-willed,
- stubborn,
- unbending,
- uncompromising,
- uncooperative,
- unreasonable,
- unyielding,
- willful
- (or wilful)
Near Antonyms for controversial
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“Controversial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/controversial. Accessed 26 May. 2020.
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The first known use of controversial was in 1583
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