indubitable
/ɪnˈdjuːbɪtəb(ə)l
/adjective
Impossible to doubt; unquestionable: an indubitable truth...
- The story has many variants, but all of them reflect an indubitable truth - China-made toys are taking a great market share in global markets.
- This fact about induction, we are told, is the difficulty that makes science fall short of telling us indubitable truths about the world.
- If this is so, no judgement, however modest, is absolutely indubitable.
Synonyms
unquestionable, undoubtable, indisputable, unarguable, inarguable, undebatable, incontestable, undeniable, irrefutable, incontrovertible, unmistakable, unequivocal, certain, sure, positive, definite, absolute, conclusive, emphatic, categorical, compelling, watertight, clear, clear-cut;
beyond doubt, beyond the shadow of a doubt, beyond dispute, beyond question, not in question, not in doubt
rare irrefragable, apodictic
Derivatives
indubitably
/ adverb [sentence adverb]: indubitably, liberalism parades under many guises...
- The goal of this doubting process is to arrive at a list of beliefs that are certain and indubitably true.
- Military detention does indubitably pose potential risks to liberty, though there are also powerful justifications for it, in a narrow range of cases.
- But in the end, their decision was indubitably made easier by the more cavalier attitudes of their postmodern upbringing.
Origin
Late Middle English: from Latin indubitabilis, from in- 'not' + dubitabilis (see dubitable).