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Irrefutable

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Impossible to refute or disprove; incontrovertible: irrefutable arguments; irrefutable evidence of guilt.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. undeniable; unable to be disproved or refuted

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Incapable of being refuted or disproved; indisputable.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Not refutable; incapable of being refuted or disproved.

Synonyms See list under irrefragable.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. impossible to deny or disprove

Word Usage

"For readers who fail to grasp Mr. Hersh's point from the subtitle alone, his central contention is that there exists no "irrefutable evidence of an ongoing hidden nuclear-weapons program in Iran"—which is surely right, since the word "irrefutable" allows for no ambiguity."

Equivalent

undeniable

Antonym

refutable

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

indisputable

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

disputable immutable indisputable inscrutable mutable suitable unsuitable

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

irrefragable incontestable corroborative cogent indubitable unanswerable unequivocal unimpeachable undeniable syllogistic