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")

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