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incontestable

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Not contestable; indisputable; certain.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • That he was the greatest 100m runner of his generation was incontestable.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: incontrovertible

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

incapable of being contested or disputed

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: incontestible

Antonyms: contestable

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

not open to question; obviously true

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • undeniable guilt
  • indisputable evidence of a witness

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: indisputable, undisputable

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English contest Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English contestable English incontestable From in- + contestable.

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: безспорен (bezsporen) — Not contestable; indisputable
  • Bulgarian: неопровержим (neoproveržim) — Not contestable; indisputable
  • Danish: uomtvistelig — Not contestable; indisputable
  • Danish: ubestridelig — Not contestable; indisputable
  • Dutch: ontegenzeglijk — Not contestable; indisputable
  • Dutch: onbetwistbaar — Not contestable; indisputable
  • French: incontestable — Not contestable; indisputable
  • German: unanfechtbar — Not contestable; indisputable
  • German: unbestreitbar — Not contestable; indisputable
  • Hungarian: vitathatatlan — Not contestable; indisputable
  • Hungarian: tagadhatatlan — Not contestable; indisputable
  • Italian: incontestabile — Not contestable; indisputable
  • Norwegian: uimotsigelig — Not contestable; indisputable
  • Polish: bezsporny — Not contestable; indisputable
  • Swedish: obestridlig — Not contestable; indisputable