arguable

adjective

ar·​gu·​able ˈär-gyü-ə-bəl 

1

: not certain or clearly true : open to argument, dispute, or question

an arguable point

2

: able to be plausibly or convincingly argued

—used to say that there are good reasons for believing that a statement is true

It's arguable that catching [in baseball] today is far more difficult than it was in the 1950s, primarily because the running game is now so dominant.

—Peter Gammons

Synonyms

• controvertible
• debatable
• disputable
• doubtable
• doubtful
• issuable
• moot
• negotiable
• questionable

Examples of arguable in a Sentence

That word's pronunciation is arguable.

That is an arguable point of view.

Recent Examples on the Web

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Word History

First Known Use

circa 1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

arguable

adjective

ar·​gu·​able ˈär-gyü-ə-bəl 

: open to argument, dispute, or question

arguably

-(ə-)blē

adverb