controversial synonyms

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arguable

able to hold water
assertable
believable
conceivable
credible
defendable
defensible
feasible
imaginable
maintainable
rational
reasonable
supportable
sustainable

argumentative

belligerent
combative
contentious
contrary
controversial
disputatious
factious
fire-eating
having a chip on one's shoulder
litigious
opinionated
pugnacious
quarrelsome
salty

contended

argue
battle
clash
confront
contest
controvert
cope
dispute
emulate
encounter
face
give all one's got
give one's all
go after

contentious

antagonistic
argumentative
belligerent
combative
disagreeable
factious
perverse
petulant
querulous
testy

contestable

arguable
argumentative
contended
contentious
controvertible
debateable
disputable
disputatious
disputed
doubtable
doubtful
dubious
dubitable
in dispute

controvertible

arguable
argumentative
contended
contentious
contestable
debateable
disputable
disputatious
disputed
doubtable
doubtful
dubious
dubitable
in dispute

debateable

arguable
argumentative
contended
contentious
contestable
controvertible
disputable
disputatious
disputed
doubtable
doubtful
dubious
dubitable
in dispute

disputable

arguable
controversial
doubtful
dubious
moot
mootable
problematic
questionable
uncertain

disputatious

cantankerous
captious
caviling
contentious
controversial
dissentious
litigious
polemical
pugnacious
quarrelsome

disputed

agitate
altercate
bicker
brawl
bump heads
canvass
challenge
clash
confute
contend
contest
contradict
controvert
debate

doubtable

arguable
argumentative
contended
contentious
contestable
controvertible
debateable
disputable
disputatious
disputed
doubtful
dubious
dubitable
in dispute

doubtful

ambiguous
borderline
chancy
clouded
contingent
debatable
dicey
disreputable
doubtable
dubious
dubitable
equivocal
far-fetched
fat chance

dubious

arguable
chancy
debatable
diffident
disputable
dubitable
equivocal
far-fetched
fishy
fly-by-night
hesitant
iffy
improbable
indecisive

dubitable

borderline
chancy
clouded
doubtable
dubious
equivocal
iffy
in doubt
in question
inconclusive
indecisive
indeterminate
questionable
shady

in dispute

arguable
argumentative
contended
contentious
contestable
controvertible
debateable
disputable
disputatious
disputed
doubtable
doubtful
dubious
dubitable

litigious

argumentative
belligerent
combative
contentious
disputable

moot

at issue
contestable
controversial
debatable
disputable
dubious
open
open to debate
problematic
questionable
suspect
uncertain
undecided
unresolved

open to discussion

arguable
argumentative
contended
contentious
contestable
controvertible
debateable
disputable
disputatious
disputed
doubtable
doubtful
dubious
dubitable

open to question

contentious
controversial
disputable
doubtful
dubious
moot
questionable
sub judice
uncertain
unsure

polemical

belligerent
combative
contentious
contrary
controversial
disputatious
eristic
factious
fire-eating
having a chip on one's shoulder
litigious
opinionated
polemic
pugnacious

questionable

ambiguous
apocryphal
arguable
contingent
controversial
controvertible
cryptic
debatable
disputable
dubious
dubitable
enigmatic
equivocal
fishy

suspect

doubtable
dubious
fishy
incredible
open
problematic
pseudo
questionable
ridiculous
shaky
suspected
suspicious
thick
thin

uncertain

ambiguous
ambivalent
chancy
conjectural
dubious
erratic
fitful
hanging by a thread
hazy
hesitant
iffy
incalculable
inconstant
indefinite

under discussion

arguable
argumentative
contended
contentious
contestable
controvertible
debateable
disputable
disputatious
disputed
doubtable
doubtful
dubious
dubitable

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