incontestable
adjective
in·con·test·able ˌin-kən-ˈte-stə-bəl 
: not contestable : indisputable
an incontestable fact
incontestable talent
incontestability
ˌin-kən-ˌte-stə-ˈbi-lə-tē
noun incontestably
ˌin-kən-ˈte-stə-blē
adverb 
Synonyms
- accomplished
- certain
- inarguable
- incontrovertible
- indisputable
- indubitable
- irrefragable
- irrefutable
- positive
- sure
- unanswerable
- unarguable
- unchallengeable
- undeniable
- unquestionable
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
The evidence against him is incontestable. the incontestable statement that every contest has a winner and a loser
Recent Examples on the Web China claims the island, a self-governing democracy that is critical to global technology supply chains, as an incontestable part of its territory. 
Ana Swanson, BostonGlobe.com, 1 June 2022 The charge that economists are more than occasionally guilty of excessive self-confidence is incontestable. Idrees Kahloon, The New Yorker, 16 May 2022 Today, the Sun Ra Arkestra’s influence on avant-garde American music and Afrofuturist thought is incontestable. Hannah Edgar, chicagotribune.com, 23 Mar. 2022 The advancement in the 24 years that separated their wins — embodied with such resolute strength of character by Poitier — is incontestable. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Jan. 2022 What all these arguments miss is the simple fact that, despite whatever rising costs exist for raw materials or transportation or other underlying factors, the incontestable truth is: profits are way up for the largest corporations in America. Faiz Shakir, The New Republic, 22 Nov. 2021 The combination of these poor incentives results in money being siphoned from average Americans in a virtually incontestable fashion. Frederick Daso, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2021 There are no incontestable arguments or fail-proof strategies that will always convert a conspiracy theorist to skepticism. Jovan Byford, CNN, 4 Aug. 2020 Yet the facts were incontestable, the verdict and sentence assured: guilty, and life imprisonment, the death penalty being a thing of the past in France. Robert Gottlieb, New York Times, 12 Dec. 2019 See More
Ana Swanson, BostonGlobe.com, 1 June 2022 The charge that economists are more than occasionally guilty of excessive self-confidence is incontestable. Idrees Kahloon, The New Yorker, 16 May 2022 Today, the Sun Ra Arkestra’s influence on avant-garde American music and Afrofuturist thought is incontestable. Hannah Edgar, chicagotribune.com, 23 Mar. 2022 The advancement in the 24 years that separated their wins — embodied with such resolute strength of character by Poitier — is incontestable. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Jan. 2022 What all these arguments miss is the simple fact that, despite whatever rising costs exist for raw materials or transportation or other underlying factors, the incontestable truth is: profits are way up for the largest corporations in America. Faiz Shakir, The New Republic, 22 Nov. 2021 The combination of these poor incentives results in money being siphoned from average Americans in a virtually incontestable fashion. Frederick Daso, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2021 There are no incontestable arguments or fail-proof strategies that will always convert a conspiracy theorist to skepticism. Jovan Byford, CNN, 4 Aug. 2020 Yet the facts were incontestable, the verdict and sentence assured: guilty, and life imprisonment, the death penalty being a thing of the past in France. Robert Gottlieb, New York Times, 12 Dec. 2019 See More Word History
Etymology
French, from in- + contestable, from contester to contest
First Known Use
1673, in the meaning defined above
incontestable
adjective
as in indisputable
not capable of being challenged or proved wrong the incontestable statement that every contest has a winner and a loser Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- indisputable
- incontrovertible
- unquestionable
- indubitable
- irrefutable
- undeniable
- unarguable
- irrefragable
- unchallengeable
- inarguable
- conclusive
- unanswerable
- definite
- positive
- accomplished
- certain
- unequivocal
- absolute
- sure
- unambiguous
- undisputed
- decisive
- uncontested
- uncontradicted
- unquestioned
- clear
- hands-down
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- disputable
- problematical
- debatable
- problematic
- arguable
- questionable
- moot
- disputed
- negotiable
- controvertible
- controversial
- answerable
- refutable
- uncertain
- doubtful
- dubious
- inconclusive
- ambiguous
- contradictable
- doubtable
- debated
- theoretical
- iffy
- indecisive
- equivocal
- academic
- theoretic
- speculative
- hypothetical
- academical