debatable — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Open to debate; not fully proved or confirmed.

   Examples

   Those data are debatable: no one has been able to replicate them.

   It's debatable whether he is the best candidate for the position.

   More examples (2)

   While the SCP universe is, of course, filled with things that we would certainly not consider "real", most of the SCPs are tangible or perceivable in some way. There are those concepts, however, whose reality is debatable, even to the SCP Foundation, begging them to ask the question of what, exactly, is real.

   There’s been a change in President Donald Trump. He used to say he had accomplished more than any other President, a debatable claim. But now he’s using messianic language about himself.

2. Able to be debated; up for discussion.

   Examples

   The lack of bonuses this year is not debatable.

Noun

1. A topic that is open to debate.

   Examples

   Just how many glaucoma patients there are in the United States and just how prevalent is the disease are two unknowns or at least two debatables.

Adjective

1. open to doubt or debate

   Synonyms

   problematicproblematical

   Examples

   If you ever get married, which seems to be extremely problematic

2. open to argument or debate

   Synonyms

   arguabledisputablemoot

   Examples

   that is a moot question

3. capable of being disproved

   Synonyms

   disputable