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refutable

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Able to be refuted, or shown to be false.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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adjective satellite

Meaning 2

able to be refuted

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: questionable, confutable, confutative

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Late Latin refūtābilis (“refutable”), equivalent to refute + -able.

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: հերքելի (herkʻeli) — able to be refuted
  • Asturian: refugable — able to be refuted
  • Bulgarian: опровержим (oproveržim) — able to be refuted
  • Czech: vyvratitelný — able to be refuted
  • Dutch: weerlegbaar — able to be refuted
  • Finnish: kiistettävä — able to be refuted
  • Finnish: kiistettävissä oleva — able to be refuted
  • French: réfutable — able to be refuted
  • West-Frisian: wjerlizber — able to be refuted
  • German: widerlegbar — able to be refuted
  • Greek: αναιρέσιμος (anairésimos) — able to be refuted
  • Russian: опровержи́мый (oproveržímyj) — able to be refuted
  • Spanish: refutable — able to be refuted