Debatable

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Debatable \De*bat"a*ble\, a. [Cf. OF. debatable. See {Debate}.]
     Liable to be debated; disputable; subject to controversy or
     contention; open to question or dispute; as, a debatable
     question.
     [1913 Webster]
  


     {The Debatable Land} or {or Ground}, a tract of land between
        the Esk and the Sark, claimed by both England and
        Scotland; the Batable Ground.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  debatable
       adj 1: open to doubt or debate; "If you ever get married, which
              seems to be extremely problematic" [syn: {problematic},
               {problematical}]
       2: open to argument or debate; "that is a moot question" [syn:
          {arguable}, {disputable}, {moot}]
       3: capable of being disproved [syn: {disputable}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  36 Moby Thesaurus words for "debatable":
     arguable, at issue, confutable, conjectural, contestable,
     controversial, controvertible, deniable, disputable, doubtable,
     doubtful, dubious, dubitable, iffy, in dispute, in doubt, in dubio,
     in question, mistakable, moot, open to doubt, open to question,
     polemic, polemical, problematic, problematical, questionable,
     refutable, speculative, suppositional, suspect, suspicious,
     uncertain, undecided, unsettled, unsure