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 \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]
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