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/
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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.
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