controversial

1. 1.

   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”

   Antonymsuncontroversial

   Similararguablecontentiousdisputedpolemic

Questions about controversial

What does controversial mean?

controversial means "marked by or capable of arousing controversy".

How many syllables are in controversial?

controversial has 4 syllables: con-tro-ver-sial. The stress falls on "ver". In IPA it is /ˌkɑntɹəˈvɝʃəl/.

What is the opposite of controversial?

The recorded antonyms are uncontroversial.

Is controversial a common word?

controversial is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with controversial?

2 words rhyme with controversial. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.