Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

refutable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.54 in modern English

Syllables: refutable
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Able to be refuted, or shown to be false.

Etymology

From Late Latin refūtābilis (“refutable”), equivalent to refute + -able.

Derived Forms

nonrefutable refutability refutably unrefutable

Synonyms

questionable confutable confutative

Antonyms

irrefutable

Questions

What does refutable mean?: Able to be refuted, or shown to be false.
Where does refutable come from?: From Late Latin refūtābilis (“refutable”), equivalent to refute + -able.

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