Synonyms for questionable

Synonyms for (adj) questionable

Synonyms: confutable, confutative, questionable, refutable

Definition: able to be refuted

Similar words: deniable

Definition: capable of being denied or contradicted


Synonyms: questionable

Definition: subject to question

Usage: questionable motives; a questionable reputation; a fire of questionable origin

Similar words: supposed, so-called, alleged

Definition: doubtful or suspect

Usage: these so-called experts are no help


Similar words: apocryphal

Definition: being of questionable authenticity


Similar words: problematic, problematical, debatable

Definition: open to doubt or debate

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


Similar words: doubtful, dubious, dubitable, in question

Definition: open to doubt or suspicion

Usage: the candidate's doubtful past; he has a dubious record indeed; what one found uncertain the other found dubious or downright false; it was more than dubitable whether the friend was as influential as she thought- Karen Horney


Similar words: equivocal

Definition: open to question

Usage: aliens of equivocal loyalty; his conscience reproached him with the equivocal character of the union into which he had forced his son-Anna Jameson


Similar words: fishy, funny, shady, suspect, suspicious

Definition: not as expected

Usage: there was something fishy about the accident; up to some funny business; some definitely queer goings-on; a shady deal; her motives were suspect; suspicious behavior


Similar words: impugnable

Definition: subject to being discredited


Similar words: self-styled, soi-disant

Definition: as claimed by and for yourself often without justification

Usage: the self-styled `doctor' has no degree of any kind


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