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

The Stele was innovative not only as arguable propaganda, but as art in itself. —Ian Rose, JSTOR Daily, 10 Apr. 2024

The last seems arguable, but can be open to change. —Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 2024

The 17-year-old guitar phenom Grace Bowers and her band were the arguable highlight of the whole festival. —Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 21 May 2024

And on April 30, Washington Performing Arts welcomes the arguable highlight of the spring roster of visitors, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, led by one of the classical world’s most charismatic conductors, Sir Simon Rattle. —Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2024

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