debatable C2+ Topic:Communication Also spelled debateable US /dɪˈbeɪtəbəl/ UK /dɪˈbeɪtəbəl/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj open to question or dispute; uncertain Whether the policy helped is highly debatable. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · open to question or... disputablequestionablearguablecontestablecontroversialmootuncertaincontentious ↔ Opposites indisputablecertainundeniableunquestionablesettled Word family Derived forms debatably Related forms debate Etymology AI details From debate plus the suffix -able. Debate is from Old French debatre ('to fight, contend'), from Latin de- ('completely') plus battuere ('to beat, fight'). debatre Old French battuere Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Communication Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # debatable **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /dɪˈbeɪtəbəl/ **IPA (UK):** /dɪˈbeɪtəbəl/ ## Meanings 1. open to question or dispute; uncertain ## Examples - Whether the policy helped is highly debatable. ## Synonyms - disputable - questionable - arguable - contestable - controversial - moot - uncertain - contentious ## Antonyms - indisputable - certain - undeniable - unquestionable - settled ## Derived Forms - debatably ## Related Forms - debate ## Roots and Affixes - Root: debatre - Root: battuere ## Etymology From debate plus the suffix -able. Debate is from Old French debatre ('to fight, contend'), from Latin de- ('completely') plus battuere ('to beat, fight'). ## AI Etymology Debatable is from debate plus the suffix -able. Debate is from Old French debatre ('to fight, contend'), from Latin de- ('completely') plus battuere ('to beat, fight'). Important recorded forms include debatre (Old French) and battuere (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers open to question or dispute; uncertain. The wider family includes derived forms such as debatably and related words such as debate. ## Topics - Communication - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown