debatable

3 definitions found

debatable - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

debatable - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

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

debatable - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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