Synonyms of the word moot


MOOTARGUABLE - CASE - CAUSE - CONSIDER - CONTROVERSIAL - DEBATABLE - DEBATE - DELIBERATE - DISCUSS - DISPUTABLE - IRRELEVANT - LAWSUIT - SUIT

moot

  • adj. (current in Britain, rare in the US) Subject to discussion (originally at a moot); arguable, debatable,…
  • adj. (Canada, US, chiefly law) Being an exercise of thought; academic.
  • adj. (Canada, US) Having no practical impact or relevance.
  • n. A moot court.
  • n. A system of arbitration in many areas of Africa in which the primary goal is to settle a dispute and reintegrate…
  • n. (Scouting) A gathering of Rovers, usually in the form of a camp lasting 2 weeks.
  • n. (paganism) A social gathering of pagans, normally held in a public house.
  • n. (historical) An assembly (usually for decision making in a locality).
  • n. (shipbuilding) A ring for gauging wooden pins.
  • v. To bring up as a subject for debate, to propose.
  • v. To discuss or debate.
  • v. (US) To make or declare irrelevant.
  • v. To argue or plead in a supposed case.
  • v. (regional, obsolete) To talk or speak.
  • v. (Scotland, Northern England) To say, utter, also insinuate.
  • n. (Scotland, Northern England) A whisper, or an insinuation, also gossip or rumors.
  • n. (Scotland, Northern England, rural) Talk.
  • n. (Australia) Vagina.

arguable

  • adj. That which can be argued; i.e., that which can be proven or strongly supported with sound logical deduction,…
  • adj. (colloquial) Open to doubt, argument or debate.

case

  • n. An actual event, situation, or fact.
  • n. (now rare) A given condition or state.
  • n. A piece of work, specifically defined within a profession.
  • n. (academia) An instance or event as a topic of study.
  • n. (law) A legal proceeding, lawsuit.
  • n. (grammar) A specific inflection of a word depending on its function in the sentence.
  • n. (grammar, uncountable) Grammatical cases and their meanings taken either as a topic in general or within…
  • n. (medicine) An instance of a specific condition or set of symptoms.
  • n. (programming) A section of code representing one of the actions of a conditional switch.
  • v. (obsolete) To propose hypothetical cases.
  • n. A box that contains or can contain a number of identical items of manufacture.
  • n. A box, sheath, or covering generally.
  • n. A piece of luggage that can be used to transport an apparatus such as a sewing machine.
  • n. An enclosing frame or casing.
  • n. A suitcase.
  • n. A piece of furniture, constructed partially of transparent glass or plastic, within which items can be…
  • n. The outer covering or framework of a piece of apparatus such as a computer.
  • n. (printing, historical) A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type, traditionally…
  • n. (typography, by extension) The nature of a piece of alphabetic type, whether a “capital” (upper case)…
  • n. (poker slang) Four of a kind.
  • n. (US) A unit of liquid measure used to measure sales in the beverage industry, equivalent to 192 fluid…
  • n. (mining) A small fissure which admits water into the workings.
  • n. A thin layer of harder metal on the surface of an object whose deeper metal is allowed to remain soft.
  • adj. (poker slang) The last remaining card of a particular rank.
  • v. (transitive) To place (an item or items of manufacture) into a box, as in preparation for shipment.
  • v. (transitive) To cover or protect with, or as if with, a case; to enclose.
  • v. (transitive, informal) To survey (a building or other location) surreptitiously, as in preparation for…

cause

  • n. (countable, often with of, typically of adverse results) The source of, or reason for, an event or action;…
  • n. (uncountable, especially with for and a bare noun) Sufficient reason for a state, as of emotion.
  • n. (countable) A goal, aim or principle, especially one which transcends purely selfish ends.
  • n. (obsolete) Sake; interest; advantage.
  • n. (countable, obsolete) Any subject of discussion or debate; a matter; an affair.
  • n. (countable, law) A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his…
  • v. To set off an event or action.
  • v. To actively produce as a result, by means of force or authority.
  • v. To assign or show cause; to give a reason; to make excuse.

consider

  • v. (transitive) To think about seriously.
  • v. (transitive) To think of doing.
  • v. (ditransitive) To assign some quality to.
  • v. (transitive) To look at attentively.
  • v. (transitive) To take up as an example.
  • v. (transitive, parliamentary procedure) To debate or dispose of a motion.
  • v. To have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect.

controversial

  • adj. Arousing controversy—a debate or discussion of opposing opinions.

debatable

  • adj. Controversial. Not fully proved, open to debate, sometimes used humorously.
  • adj. Of a person, argumentative.
  • adj. A fitting subject for debate.

debate

  • n. (obsolete) Strife, discord.
  • n. An argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting, often with more than two people,…
  • n. An informal and spirited but generally civil discussion of opposing views.
  • n. (uncountable) Discussion of opposing views.
  • n. (Frequently in French form débat) A type of literary composition, taking the form of a discussion or disputation,…
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To participate in a debate; to dispute, argue, especially in a public arena.
  • v. (obsolete, intransitive) To fight.
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To engage in combat for; to strive for.
  • v. (transitive) To consider (to oneself), to think over, to attempt to decide.

deliberate

  • adj. Done on purpose; intentional.
  • adj. Of a person, weighing facts and arguments with a view to a choice or decision; carefully considering the…
  • adj. Formed with deliberation; well-advised; carefully considered; not sudden or rash.
  • adj. Not hasty or sudden; slow.
  • v. To consider carefully.

discuss

  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To drive away, disperse, shake off; said especially of tumors.
  • v. (transitive) To converse or debate concerning a particular topic.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To communicate, tell, or disclose (information, a message, etc.).
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To break to pieces; to shatter.
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To deal with, in eating or drinking.
  • v. (transitive, law) To examine or search thoroughly; to exhaust a remedy against, as against a principal…

disputable

  • adj. Of opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute; not settled.

irrelevant

  • adj. Not related, not applicable, unimportant, not connected.

lawsuit

  • n. (law) In civil law, a case where two or more people disagree and one or more of the parties take the case…

suit

  • n. A set of clothes to be worn together, now especially a man's matching jacket and trousers (also business…
  • n. (by extension) A single garment that covers the whole body: space suit, boiler suit, protective suit.
  • n. (pejorative, slang, metonymically) A person who wears matching jacket and trousers, especially a boss…
  • n. A full set of armour.
  • n. (law) The attempt to gain an end by legal process; a process instituted in a court of law for the recovery…
  • n. The act of following or pursuing; pursuit, chase.
  • n. Pursuit of a love-interest; wooing, courtship.
  • n. The full set of sails required for a ship.
  • n. (card games) Each of the sets of a pack of cards distinguished by color and/or specific emblems, such…
  • n. (obsolete) Regular order; succession.
  • n. (obsolete) The act of suing; the pursuit of a particular object or goal.
  • n. (archaic) A company of attendants or followers; a retinue.
  • n. (archaic) A group of similar or related objects or items considered as a whole; a suite (of rooms etc…
  • v. To make proper or suitable; to adapt or fit.
  • v. (said of clothes, hairstyle or other fashion item) To be suitable or apt for one's image.
  • v. To be appropriate or apt for.
  • v. (most commonly used in the passive form) To dress; to clothe.
  • v. To please; to make content; to fit one's taste.
  • v. (intransitive) To agree; to accord; to be fitted; to correspond; — usually followed by to, archaically…

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