Synonyms of debatable

debatable

adjective

di-ˈbā-tə-bəl 

1

as in questionable

open to question or dispute

it's always debatable which college football team is really number one, since there's more than one ranking system

Synonyms & Similar Words

• questionable
• disputable
• arguable
• moot
• doubtful
• disputed
• controversial
• negotiable
• debated
• ambiguous
• controvertible
• problematical
• issuable
• uncertain
• doubtable
• problematic
• speculative
• inconclusive
• hypothetical
• iffy
• theoretic
• refutable
• theoretical
• dubious
• shaky
• academical
• contradictable
• indecisive
• academic
• equivocal

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• indisputable
• sure
• certain
• undeniable
• unquestionable
• positive
• incontestable
• unanswerable
• incontrovertible
• unarguable
• settled
• indubitable
• accomplished
• irrefutable
• unchallengeable
• definite
• undebatable
• irrefragable
• inarguable
• unequivocal
• conclusive
• questionless
• unambiguous
• decisive
• clear
• hands-down
• absolute
• undisputed
• uncontested

2

as in disputable

giving good reason for being doubted, questioned, or challenged

the debatable wisdom of going back for another helping from the buffet

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disputable
• questionable
• dubious
• problematical
• problematic
• doubtful
• suspect
• suspicious
• ambiguous
• shaky
• unclear
• equivocal
• fishy
• alleged
• shady
• dubitable
• doubtable
• queer
• dodgy
• moot
• unlikely
• uncertain
• weak
• supposed
• undetermined
• improbable
• undecided
• so-called
• flimsy
• far-fetched
• open

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sure
• certain
• indisputable
• undeniable
• unquestionable
• incontestable
• undoubted
• indubitable
• unproblematic
• decisive
• definitive
• obvious
• questionless
• clear
• hands-down
• positive
• open-and-shut

Examples of debatable in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Even mundane tasks like doing laundry are now debatable. —Stephan Rabimov, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024

Beyond high-end audio production or replication (and even that is debatable), a real-time kernel won't likely make windows snappier or programs zippier. —Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 19 Sep. 2024

Whether this kind of 24-7 surveillance of everyone and everything means law enforcement will automatically be on their best behavior is, however, debatable. —Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 17 Sep. 2024

But the attorneys general didn't spell out exactly how that could happen, and the actual impact anti-boycott laws could have on colleges like Brown is debatable. —Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2024