Synonyms for controversial
ˌkɒn trəˈvɜr ʃəl, -si əlcon·tro·ver·sial

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1. controversialadjective

   Antonyms:
   noncontroversial, uncontroversial

2. controversialadjective

   Antonyms:
   noncontroversial, uncontroversial

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1. controversialadjective

   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"

   Antonyms:
   unchallenged, stipulatory, unquestioned, uncontroversial, unchallengeable, undisputed, noncontroversial, agreed upon(p)

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1. controversialadjective

   Synonyms:
   disputatious, polemical

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1. controversialadjective

   Synonyms:
   disputatious, polemical

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1. List of paraphrases for "controversial":

   contentious, disputed, contradictory, controversy, polemical, debatable, questionable, contested, divisive, conflicting, uncontroversial, dubious, disputable

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1. Stephen Breyer:

   I thought there couldn't be a more controversial question than the one before.

2. President Donald Trump:

   I was, as you say, just reporting what I was told what I heard, what people had described to me and that turns out to have been corroborated by most of the other witness, and it seems to me that's there's not really a question about the facts of the case and so that made what I said not controversial. It was pretty straightforward.

3. Executive Director Shilo Murphy:

   We don't see this as controversial. We see this as what's needed in our community.

4. Zeph Capo:

   Im sorry, this principal may have plenty of money and time to go to the hairdresser weekly and have her stuff done, who are you to judge others who may not have the same opportunities that you do? Having a wrap on your head is not offensive. It should not be controversial.

5. John Fitzgerald Kennedy:

   Let us welcome controversial books and controversial authors.