Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb dispute
2 senses of dispute
Sense 1
challenge, dispute, gainsay -- (take exception to; "She challenged his claims")
=> contest, contend, repugn -- (to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation; "They contested the outcome of the race")
Sense 2
quarrel, dispute, scrap, argufy, altercate -- (have a disagreement over something; "We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America"; "These two fellows are always scrapping over something")
=> argue, contend, debate, fence -- (have an argument about something)
Antonyms of adj disputed
1 sense of disputed
Sense 1
disputed -- (subject to disagreement and debate)
INDIRECT (VIA controversial) -> uncontroversial, noncontroversial -- (not likely to arouse controversy)
Similarity of adj disputed
1 sense of disputed
Sense 1
disputed -- (subject to disagreement and debate)
=> controversial (vs. uncontroversial) -- (marked by or capable of arousing controversy; "the issue of the death penalty is highly controversial"; "Rushdie's controversial book"; "a controversial decision on affirmative action")