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contestable
[n. kon-test; v. kuhn-test] 
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controversial
[kon-truh-vur-shuhl]
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| 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: | 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: | 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 |
| Main Entry: | prosecutable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | litigable |
| Synonyms: | actionable, appealable, contestable, disputable, triable |
| Main Entry: | triable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | litigable |
| Synonyms: | actionable, appealable, contestable, disputable, prosecutable |
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