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Definitions: Incontrovertible |
IncontrovertibleAdjective1. Impossible to deny or disprove; "incontrovertible proof of the defendant's innocence"; "proof positive"; "an irrefutable argument". 2. Necessarily or demonstrably true; "demonstrable truths". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "incontrovertible" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1686. (references) |
Synonyms: IncontrovertibleSynonyms: demonstrable (adj), irrefutable (adj), positive (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Certainty | Unimpeachable, undeniable, unquestionable; indisputable, incontestable, incontrovertible, indubitable; irrefutable; (proven); conclusive, without power of appeal. |
Stability | Fixed, steadfast, firm, fast, steady, balanced; confirmed, valid; fiducial; immovable, irremovable, riveted, rooted; settled, established; Verb: vested; incontrovertible, stereotyped, indeclinable. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Incontrovertible |
| English words defined with "incontrovertible": Disputeless ♦ Of a certain ♦ Uncontrovertible. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Incontrovertible" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Spanish (incontrovertible, unanswerable). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | ! A lot of idiots you are, selling your own birthright for a saucer of cold porridge! The thrill of theft! Of violence! The urge to live easy! Well, I ask you what is it worth when we have undeniable truth - yes! Incontrovertible evidence that Hell exists! (A Clockwork Orange; writing credit: Stanley Kubrick) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Rush Limbaugh | Gore said that Iraq is a distraction from the War on Terrorism, deliberately missing the incontrovertible fact that they are one and the same! |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Incontrovertible" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 98.36% of the time. "Incontrovertible" is used about 61 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 98.36% | 60 | 43,597 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.64% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 61 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
incontrovertible | 10 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "incontrovertible"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i pakundërshtueshëm (axiomatic, axiomatical, dogmatic, incontestable, irrefragable, irrefutable, peremptory, unassailable), i padiskutueshëm (incontestable, indisputable, recognized, unchallengeable, undisputed, unquestionable, unquestioned). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | لا يقبل الجدل (indisputable, irrefutable, positive), لا جدال فيه (decided, incontrovertibility, indisputability). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | неоспорим (inarguable, incontestable, indisputable, irrefragable, irrefutable, sovereign, stringent, strong, unarguable, uncontrovertible, undeniable, undisputed, unqualified, watertight), безспорен (incontestable, indisputable, irrefutable, outright, questionless, undisputed, undoubted, unquestionable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | nevyvratitelný (impregnable, irrefutable, unanswerable), nesporný (incontestable, indisputable, undeniable, undisputed, undoubted, unexceptionable, unquestionable, unquestioned). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مسلم (Cretain, Given, Incontestable, Moslem, Natural, Sure, Undoubted), غیرقابل بحث (Incontestable, Unassailable), بی چون وچرا (Incontestable, Indisputable, Indubitable, Peremptory), بدون مناقشه , بدون مباحثه . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | irréfutable. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | nicht verwandelbar (inconvertible). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αναμφίσβητοσ, αδιαμφισβήτητοσ (conclusive, indisputable, uncontested, unquestkoned). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | vitathatatlan (beyond dispute, indisputable, irrefragable, to stand unchallenged, unarguable, uncontented, undisputed, undoubted). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | incontrovertibile. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 否め無い (cannot deny, undeniable), 否めない (cannot deny, undeniable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | いなめない (cannot deny, undeniable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | neureggyrtagh (unanswerable), neuchaghlaaee (inalienable, intransitive, invariable, irrevocable, unchangeable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | incontrovertibleay incontroverso (undisputed), incontestável (incontestable, indisputable dogma, induce, unanswerable, unchallengeable, undeniable, undoubted, unimpeachable, unquestionable), imediatamente (direct, directly, familiarly, forthright, forthwith, immediately, instantly, just, now, offhand, oncology, point blank, promptly, right, right away, right off, straight, straightway). (various references) incontestabil (decidedly, incontestable, indisputable, irrefragable, much, undeniable, undeniably, undoubted). (various references) неопровержимый (axiomatic, axiomatical, incontestable, irrefutable, unanswerable, unassailable). (various references) neosporan (incontestable, indisputable, questionless, undeniable, undoubted, unimpeachable, unquestioned). (various references) incontrovertible (unanswerable). (various references) otvivelaktig (indubitable), obestridlig (impregnable, incontestable, indisputable, irrefragable, irrefutable, undeniable, undoubted, unimpeachable, unquestionable, unquestioned). (various references) inkâr edilemez (incontestable, indisputable, irrefragable, irrefutable, undeniable), yadsınamaz, su götürmez (beyond dispute, definite, incontestable, indisputable, irrefutable, unchallengeable, unchallenged, undeniable, unquestionable, watertight), apaçık (as plain as a pikestaff, beyond dispute, clearly, conspicuous, crying, evident, evidential, evidentiary, evidently, glaring, gross, manifest, obvious, obviously, openly, self evident, transparent, very clear, wide open, without dispute). (various references) незаперечний (cogent, excathedral, incontestable, indisputable, never say die, unassailable, unavoidable, uncontestable, undeniable). (various references) tính r nh r nh (incontrovertibility, incontrovertibleness), không thể tranh luận; không thể chối cãi, không thể b n cãi (indisputable, uncontrovertible), hiển nhiên (apodeictic, apodictic, apodictical, apparent, axiomatic, axiomatical, blatant, evident, flagrant, glaring, glaringly, glary, manifest, naked, notorious, obvious, patent, patently, self-apparent, self-evident, tactile, tangible, visibly, well-marked). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Incontrovertible" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: incontravertible, incontrivertible, incontrobertible, incontrovertable. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "incontrovertible" (pronounced i'ngkÄ'ntrōver"tubul) |
| 7 | -v er" t u b u l | convertible, nonconvertible. |
| 5 | -t u b u l | acceptable, accountable, adaptable, adjustable, adoptable, attributable, charitable, collectible, comfortable, compatible, constable, contemptible, contestable, copyrightable, countable, creditable, debatable, deductible, delectable, detectable, digestible, discountable, disreputable, eatable, electable, equitable, excitable, exportable, forfeitable, forgettable, habitable, harvestable, heritable, hospitable, imitable, immutable, imperceptible, implantable, incompatible, indestructible, indisputable, indomitable, inequitable, inevitable, inexhaustible, inflatable, inheritable, inhospitable, inimitable, injectable, inscrutable, insupportable, insurmountable, interruptible, intractable, investable, irrefutable, irresistible, irritable, lamentable, marketable, nondeductible, notable, palatable, patentable, perceptible, portable, potable, predictable, presentable, preventable, printable, profitable, prosecutable, quotable, redoubtable, regrettable, rentable, repeatable, reportable, reputable, resettable, respectable, retractable, suggestible, suitable, supportable, susceptible, tractable, transmittable, transportable, treatable, unacceptable, unaccountable, unbeatable, uncollectible, uncomfortable, undetectable, unelectable, unforgettable, uninhabitable, unpalatable, unpredictable, unprintable, unprofitable, unsuitable, unsupportable, vegetable, veritable. |
| 4 | -u b u l | abominable, accessible, achievable, actionable, addressable, admirable, admissible, adorable, advisable, affable, affordable, agreeable, allowable, amenable, amendable, amiable, amicable, analyzable, answerable, appealable, applicable, appreciable, approachable, approvable, arable, arguable, attainable, audible, available, avoidable, bankable, bearable, believable, billable, biodegradable, breakable, buildable, burnable, callable, cannibal, capable, changeable, chargeable, classifiable, collapsible, Combinable, commendable, communicable, comparable, compensable, comprehensible, conceivable, confirmable, considerable, consumable, controllable, credible, crucible, culpable, curable, defensible, definable, degradable, deliverable, demonstrable, dependable, deplorable, deployable, depreciable, describable, desirable, despicable, detachable, determinable, developable, disagreeable, discernible, discoverable, dishonorable, dispensable, disposable, distinguishable, divisible, doable, drinkable, drivable, durable, edible, eligible, Embraceable, employable, enforceable, enjoyable, enviable, equable, erasable, erodible, estimable, exchangeable, excludable, excusable, execrable, exercisable, expandable, expendable, explainable, extendable, extendible, fallible, fashionable, fathomable, favorable, feasible, fissionable, fixable, flammable, flexible, forcible, foreseeable, forgivable, formidable, fungible, fusible, gullible, hon, honorable, horrible, identifiable, illegible, imaginable, immiscible, immovable, impassable, impeachable, impeccable, impenetrable, impermissible, implacable, implausible, imponderable, impossible, impracticable, impregnable, impressionable, improbable, inaccessible, inadmissible, inadvisable, inalienable, inapplicable, inaudible, incalculable, incapable, incomparable, incomprehensible, incompressible, inconceivable, incorrigible, incredible, incurable, indefatigable, indefensible, indefinable, indelible, indescribable, indispensable, indistinguishable, indivisible, inedible, ineffable, ineligible, inescapable, inexcusable, inexorable, inexplicable, infallible, infeasible, inflammable, inflexible, innumerable, inoperable, insatiable, inseparable, insoluble, insufferable, intangible, intelligible, interchangeable, interminable, intolerable, invaluable, invincible, inviolable, invisible, invulnerable, irascible, irreconcilable, irremediable, irreparable, irreplaceable, irrepressible, irresponsible, irreversible, irrevocable, issuable, justifiable, knowledgeable, laudable, laughable, leasable, legible, liable, likable, likeable, livable, lovable, malleable, manageable, mandible, maneuverable, measurable, memorable, microwavable, miscible, miserable, moldable, movable, navigable, negligible, negotiable, noncallable, nondurable, nonrefundable, nonrenewable, nontaxable, nontransferable, noticeable, objectionable, observable, obtainable, operable, ostensible, palpable, parable, passable, payable, peaceable, perishable, permeable, permissible, personable, persuadable, pitiable, plausible, pleasurable, pliable, possible, practicable, preferable, probable, programmable, provable, punishable, questionable, reachable, readable, realizable, reasonable, receivable, rechargeable, recognizable, recordable, recoverable, recyclable, redeemable, reducible, refundable, reliable, remarkable, removable, renewable, repairable, repayable, replaceable, reprehensible, resealable, responsible, returnable, reusable, reversible, revocable, ridable, salable, saleable, salvageable, seasonable, sensible, serviceable, sizable, sizeable, sociable, soluble, solvable, spendable, submersible, survivable, sustainable, syllable, talkable, tangible, taxable, teachable, tenable, terrible, tolerable, traceable, tradable, tradeable, trainable, transferable, transferrable, tunable, typeable, unaffordable, unalienable, unalterable, unanswerable, unassailable, unattainable, unavailable, unavoidable, unbearable, unbelievable, unbuildable, unconscionable, uncontrollable, undeniable, understandable, undesirable, unemployable, unenforceable, unenviable, unexplainable, unfashionable, unfathomable, unfavorable, unfeasible, unflappable, unforeseeable, unforgivable, ungovernable, unimaginable, unimpeachable, uninsurable, unintelligible, unjustifiable, unknowable, unlivable, unmanageable, unmentionable, unmistakable, unobtainable, unquestionable, unreachable, unreadable, unreasonable, unrecognizable, unreliable, unremarkable, unsalable, unshakable, unsinkable, unsolvable, unspeakable, unstoppable, unsustainable, untenable, unthinkable, untouchable, untraceable, unusable, unverifiable, unwinnable, unworkable, usable, variable, venerable, verifiable, viable, visible, voluble, vulnerable, washable, wearable, winnable, workable. |
| 3 | -b u l | able, amble, assemble, babble, Babel, bauble, bible, bramble, bubble, Bumble, cable, cobble, coble, corbel, crumble, cymbal, dabble, Dibble, disable, disassemble, dissemble, double, Drabble, dribble, enable, enfeeble, ennoble, ensemble, fable, feeble, foible, fumble, gable, gamble, Garble, global, gobble, Gribble, grumble, hardscrabble, herbal, hobble, humble, ignoble, immeasurable, immobile, intertribal, jumble, kibble, label, libel, marble, mislabel, mobile, mumble, nibble, nimble, noble, nonverbal, pebble, preamble, psychobabble, quibble, rabble, ramble, reassemble, rebel, redouble, relabel, resemble, Roble, rouble, roundtable, rubble, Ruble, rumble, sable, Scrabble, scramble, scribble, shamble, Sibyl, squabble, Stabile, stable, stubble, stumble, symbol, table, thimble, timetable, treble, tremble, tribal, trouble, tubal, tumble, turntable, umbel, unable, unscramble, unserviceable, unstable, valuable, verbal, wamble, wobble. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-c-e-e-i-i-l-n-n-o-o-r-r-t-t-v" | |
-2 letters: controvertible. | |
-3 letters: inconvertible. | |
-4 letters: interconvert. | |
-5 letters: convertible, intercooler, reconnoiter, reconnoitre. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 6E 63 6F 6E 74 72 6F 76 65 72 74 69 62 6C 65 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01101110 01100011 01101111 01101110 01110100 01110010 01101111 01110110 01100101 01110010 01110100 01101001 01100010 01101100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I n c o n t r o v e r t i b l e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 006E 0063 006F 006E 0074 0072 006F 0076 0065 0072 0074 0069 0062 006C 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)43806981808684818871848675687871 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Quotations: Spoken 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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