[syn: debatable, disputable]
The 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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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]
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