Synonyms for hypothetical

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1. Supposed

   presupposed, suppositious, suppositional, conditional, conjectural, imagined, indeterminate, speculative, indefinite, questionable, unconfirmed, equivocal, doubtful, conjecturable, concocted, suspect, stochastic, stochastical, assumed by hypothesis, possible, uncertain, debatable, imaginary, of the nature of hypothesis, vague, theoretical, pretending, open, provisory, casual, disputable, refutable, postulational, contestable, presumptive, hypothesized, assumptive, contingent, theoretic, postulated, based on incomplete knowledge; see also assumed 1, likely 1.

   Antonyms proved*, demonstrated, confirmed.

2. Characterized by hypothesis

   postulated, academic, philosophical; see theoretical.