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incontestable adjective [ ɪnkənˈtɛstəb(ə)l ]

• not able to be disputed.
Similar: incontrovertible, indisputable, undeniable, irrefutable, unassailable, beyond dispute, unquestionable, beyond question, indubitable, not in doubt, beyond doubt, beyond a shadow of a doubt, compelling, convincing, clinching, airtight, watertight, unarguable, undebatable, unanswerable, emphatic, categorical, unequivocal, unambiguous, unmistakable, clear, clear-cut, certain, sure, definite, definitive, proven, demonstrable, self-evident, positive, decisive, conclusive, final, ultimate, inarguable, irrefragable, apodictic,
Opposite: questionable,
Origin: late 17th century: from French, or from medieval Latin incontestabilis, from in- ‘not’ + contestabilis ‘able to be called upon in witness’, from the verb contestari (see contest).


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