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controversial has no recorded synonym. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. Its one recorded opposite is uncontroversial.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
marked by or capable of arousing controversy
“the issue of the death penalty is highly controversial”
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for controversial come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.