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  • 1debatable — I adjective admitting of doubt, ambiguous, arguable, at issue, baffling, capable of being debated, changeable, confutable, conjecturable, conjectural, contentious, contestable, controversial, controvertible, cryptic, deniable, disposed to… …

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  • 2Debatable — 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 …

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  • 3open — [adj1] unfastened, unclosed accessible, agape, airy, ajar, bare, clear, cleared, dehiscent, disclosed, emptied, expanded, expansive, exposed, extended, extensive, free, gaping, made passable, naked, navigable, passable, patent, patulous, peeled,… …

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  • 4debatable — [adj] controversial arguable, between rock and hard place*, between sixes and sevens*, betwixt and between*, bone of contention*, borderline, chancy*, contestable, disputable, doubtful, dubious, iffy*, in dispute, moot, mootable*, open to… …

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  • 5debatable — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ open to discussion or argument …

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  • 6open to debate — index debatable, disputable, litigious, polemic Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 7open to discussion — index controversial, debatable, disputable, forensic, moot, pending (unresolved), polemic, uncerta …

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  • 8open to dispute — index debatable Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 9open to doubt — index controversial, debatable, disputable, doubtful, implausible, incredible, ludicrous, problematic …

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  • 10open to question — index controversial, debatable, disputable, doubtful, dubitative, equivocal, indefinite, indeterminate …

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