refutable.

Capable of being shown false through evidence or reasoning.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• refutable claim
• refutable argument

On the page

The claim was refutable in principle.

She proposed a refutable explanation.

The critic showed why the argument was refutable.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic. Forms: More refutable; most refutable where degree is meaningful; relational uses are normally non-gradable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.