Standard Lemma guide

incontrovertible

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

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˌɪŋ.kɒn.tɹəˈvɜː.təbl̩/
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 NG K AA2 N T R OW0 V ER1 T IH0 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Not capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed; closed to questioning.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • incontrovertible evidence
  • Her statement that dogs are mammals is incontrovertible.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: indisputable, undeniable, unquestionable

Antonyms: controvertible

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

necessarily or demonstrably true

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • demonstrable truths

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: demonstrable

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

impossible to deny or disprove

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • incontrovertible proof of the defendant's innocence
  • proof positive
  • an irrefutable argument

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: irrefutable, positive

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 controvert Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ibilis Old French -ibleder. Middle English -ible English -ible English controvertible English incontrovertible From in- + controvertible.

Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: təkzibedilməz — not capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed; closed to questioning
  • Belarusian: неабве́ржны (njeabvjéržny) — not capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed; closed to questioning
  • Danish: ubestridelig — not capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed; closed to questioning
  • Finnish: kiistaton — not capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed; closed to questioning
  • Finnish: kieltämätön — not capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed; closed to questioning
  • Finnish: kiistämätön — not capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed; closed to questioning
  • French: irréfutable — not capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed; closed to questioning
  • French: incontestable — not capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed; closed to questioning
  • German: unbestreitbar — not capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed; closed to questioning
  • Greek: αναμφισβήτητος (anamfisvítitos) — not capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed; closed to questioning
  • Greek: αδιάσειστος (adiáseistos) — not capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed; closed to questioning
  • Hungarian: kétségbevonhatatlan — not capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed; closed to questioning
  • Hungarian: tagadhatatlan — not capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed; closed to questioning
  • Hungarian: vitathatatlan — not capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed; closed to questioning
  • Irish: dobhréagnaithe — not capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed; closed to questioning
  • Italian: incontrovertibile — not capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed; closed to questioning
  • Manx: neuchaghlaaee — not capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed; closed to questioning
  • Manx: neureggyrtagh — not capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed; closed to questioning
  • Polish: bezsporny — not capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed; closed to questioning
  • Romanian: irefutabil — not capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed; closed to questioning
  • Romanian: necontroversabil — not capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed; closed to questioning
  • Russian: неопровержи́мый (neoproveržímyj) — not capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed; closed to questioning
  • Russian: неоспори́мый (neosporímyj) — not capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed; closed to questioning
  • Russian: несомне́нный (nesomnénnyj) — not capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed; closed to questioning
  • Spanish: impepinable — not capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed; closed to questioning
  • Spanish: incontrovertible — not capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed; closed to questioning
  • Swedish: obestridlig — not capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed; closed to questioning
  • Ukrainian: неспросто́вний (nesprostóvnyj) — not capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed; closed to questioning
  • Ukrainian: незапере́чний (nezaperéčnyj) — not capable of being denied, challenged, or disputed; closed to questioning