Synonyms for debatable
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : dih-bey-tuh-buhl |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈbeɪ tə bəl |
Top 10 synonyms for debatable
Définition of debatable
Origin :- 1530s (late 15c. in Anglo-Latin), from Old French debatable (Modern French débattable), from debatre (see debate (v.)). Earliest references were to lands claimed by two nations; general sense is from 1580s.
- adj controversial
- In the debatable class there ought to be a definition of all disputed matters.
- Extract from : « Phaedrus » by Plato
- Then Socrates: The question would seem at any rate to be debatable.
- Extract from : « The Symposium » by Xenophon
- And the love-part of it seemed to him fixed: it didn't occur to him that that was debatable.
- Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1917 » by Various
- Now, it was singularly unfortunate that the question was ever debatable.
- Extract from : « Bones » by Edgar Wallace
- My hotel stands in the debatable land between the two districts.
- Extract from : « Gossamer » by George A. Birmingham
- It is also an abandonment of the pretence that the question is not a debatable or open one.
- Extract from : « The Story of My Life » by Egerton Ryerson
- All she could see was that, for a matter of honor, and that debatable, she was to be sacrificed.
- Extract from : « Long Live the King » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Your right is obviously a debatable question; we will waive it, if you please.
- Extract from : « Macaria » by Augusta Jane Evans Wilson
- But I will venture to say that the point is debatable, and could be argued.
- Extract from : « Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 (of 2) » by F. Marion Crawford
- It is always a debatable point this—St. Peter's presence in Rome.
- Extract from : « Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo » by W. Cope Devereux
Antonyms for debatable
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