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.
  •live (adjective)
  • un-settled,
  • un settled.
  •moot (adjective)
  • open debate,
  • most contestable,
  • un decided,
  • un-resolved,
  • un resolved,
  • un-decided,
  • more contestable.
  •open (adjective)
  • yet to be decided,
  • up for discussion.
  •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.
  •litigiousness (noun)
  • fire-eatings,
  • opinionateds,
  • fireeatings,
  • factiou,
  • salties,
  • disputatiou,
  • fire eatings,
  • contentiou,
  • touchies,
  • quarrelsomes,
  • spikies,
  • pugnaciou,
  • litigiou,
  • controversials,
  • combatives.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • divided,
  • warring,
  • disunited,
  • unresolved,
  • irreconcilable,
  • controversially.
  •
  • forensic.
  •argumentative
  • dialectical.
  •in dispute
  • issue.
  •Other relevant words:
  • complex,
  • intricate,
  • shrew,
  • plaintiff,
  • painful,
  • gladiatorial,
  • problematical,
  • suspicious,
  • termagant,
  • suppositional,
  • nettlesome,
  • knotty,
  • difficult,
  • iffy,
  • tough,
  • party,
  • delicate,
  • Confuted,
  • controversialist,
  • disputant,
  • doubted,
  • Argumental,
  • refutable,
  • sticky,
  • confutable,
  • Questioned,
  • speculative,
  • cat-and-dog,
  • discursive,
  • louche,
  • Contradictable,
  • nasty,
  • contested,
  • complicated,
  • worrying,
  • shady,
  • hard,
  • factious,
  • in doubt,
  • Mistakable,
  • reasoning,
  • pro and con,
  • defendant,
  • hairy,
  • litigant,
  • virago,
  • troublesome,
  • involved,
  • unconcluded,
  • confutative,
  • unsettled,
  • debater,
  • poignant,
  • combative,
  • critical,
  • tricky,
  • touchy,
  • Discursory,
  • vexatious,
  • undetermined,
  • unpacific,
  • ticklish,
  • contention,
  • prickly,
  • sensitive,
  • challengeable,
  • indefinite,
  • appellant,
  • shakable,
  • disputative,
  • ill-humored,
  • conjectural,
  • arguer,
  • pettifogging,
  • disreputable,
  • belligerent,
  • tangled,
  • problematic,
  • thorny.

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.

Homophones for Controversial:

• controversially.