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contestible

contestible is the alternative spelling of contestable.

Meaning of contestable

Adjective

contestable (comparative more contestable, superlative most contestable)

  1. That can be contested; debatable.
    • Some said he was the greatest of his time but with the amount of talent around that view was contestable.

Forms of contestible

comparativemore contestible
superlativemost contestible

Origin of contestible

From contest + -ible.

Words formed from contestible

Questions about contestible

What is contestible the alternative spelling of?
Contestible is the alternative spelling of contestable.

Words near contestible in the dictionary

  1. contestee
  2. contestees
  3. contester
  4. contesters
  5. contesteth
  6. contestible
  7. contesting
  8. contestingly
  9. contestings
  10. contests
  11. contex

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Adapted from Wiktionary: contestible (page history and authors); contestable (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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