Definition for Controversial:

• Relating to disputes.

Synonyms for Controversial:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • controversial.
  •arguable (adjective)
  • un-sure,
  • un sure.
  •argumentative (adjective)
  • polemical,
  • spikier,
  • polemic,
  • fire-eating,
  • Eristic,
  • spikiest,
  • disputatious,
  • spiky,
  • scrappy,
  • fire eating,
  • opinionated,
  • having a chip on one's shoulder,
  • salty.
  •at issue (adjective)
  • in dispute,
  • uncertain,
  • debateable,
  • open to discussion,
  • argumentative,
  • dubious,
  • doubtful,
  • dubitable,
  • under discussion,
  • disputed,
  • Contended,
  • suspect,
  • Doubtable,
  • moot,
  • litigious,
  • contentious.
  •contentious (adjective)
  • dissident,
  • confrontational,
  • quarrelsome,
  • argumentive,
  • resistant,
  • conflicting,
  • antagonistic,
  • contrary,
  • dissenting,
  • protesting,
  • oppositional.
  •dialectic (adjective)
  • most rationalistic,
  • most dialectical,
  • rationalistic,
  • more dialectical,
  • more rationalistic.
  •disputable (adjective)
  • Mootable.
  •disputatious (adjective)
  • most dissentious,
  • most caviling,
  • dissentious,
  • more caviling,
  • more dissentious.
  •eristic (adjective)
  • most eristical,
  • more eristical.
  •questionable (adjective)
  • most paradoxical,
  • un-confirmed,
  • hard believe,
  • open doubt,
  • most unconfirmed,
  • in definite,
  • most unproven,
  • un-reliable,
  • unconfirmed,
  • in-definite,
  • more paradoxical,
  • un-proven,
  • un proven,
  • hypo thetical,
  • un defined,
  • un reliable,
  • more unproven,
  • in determinate,
  • most controvertible,
  • un-defined,
  • pro visional,
  • more unconfirmed,
  • hypo-thetical,
  • more controvertible,
  • un confirmed.
  •uncertain (adjective)
  • mysterious,
  • insecure,
  • undecided,
  • deniable,
  • confused,
  • changeable,
  • ambivalent,
  • unsure,
  • vague,
  • precarious,
  • tentative,
  • unconvinced.
  •unsubstantiated (adjective)
  • uncorroborated,
  • unsupported.

• n.

  •
  • at odds (with),
  • at cross purposes,
  • at loggerheads (with someone),
  • on a collision course,
  • in contention,
  • discordant.
  •controversial (noun)
  • debatable.
  •debatable (noun)
  • in question,
  • subject to controversy,
  • provocative.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • divided,
  • warring,
  • disunited,
  • unresolved,
  • irreconcilable,
  • controversially.
  •
  • forensic.
  •argumentative
  • dialectical.

Paraphrases for Controversial:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    contentious, disputed, polemical, disputable.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Adjective
    uncontroversial.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    inconsistent, ambiguous, adversarial, litigious, provocative, difficult, disagreement, heated, moot, ambivalent, doubtful, Conflictive, critical, delicate, exciting, tricky, mixed, challenging, lively, Impugned, intractable, fierce, unanimous.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    contradictory, questionable, contested, debatable, confrontational, divisive, conflicting, dubious, problematic, contestable, paradoxical, objectionable, argumentative, much-discussed, conflictual, arguable, sensitive, sticking, controversy, undisputed, thorny.
  • Proper noun, singular
    controversy.

Antonyms for Controversial:

• adj.

  • all
    uncontroversial.
  • at issue
    incontrovertible, unquestionable, definite, sure, agreeable, peaceful, undoubted, certain, undisputed.
  • Other antonyms:
    tractable, uncontested, good-natured, easygoing, amicable, complaisant, good-tempered, affable, cooperative, obliging, sociable, noncontroversial, conciliatory, obedient, genial, amiable, gracious, complying, peaceable, amenable, cordial, submissive, acquiescent, benevolent, pacific, pleasant, compliant, ingratiating, docile, friendly.

Controversial Sentence Examples:

• He was laborious and honest, but the controversial cast of his mind sometimes coloured his work.

• Thus, though a controversial element is bound to come into political education, we would mitigate this element by not allowing any one form to go to more than one master for political work.

Homophones for Controversial:

• controversially.