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Another word for hypothetical

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hypothetical

modif.

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.
Characterized by hypothesis
postulated, academic, philosophical; see theoretical.

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Another word for hypothetical

adjective

Existing only in concept and not in reality:
abstract, hypothetic, ideal, theoretic, theoretical, transcendent, transcendental. See real
Presumed to be true, real, or genuine, especially on inconclusive grounds:
conjectural, hypothetic, inferential, presumptive, supposed, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious, suppositive. See belief

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In that hypothetical situation, what would the defense contractor want?
These theories endeavour to discover the means by which the exceptional occurrence is brought about; but the explanation is merely hypothetical, and we are not helped in conceiving the mode of the divine activity in the working of miracles.
This theory, however, is based upon a hypothetical reconstruction of the Gospel in question which has found very few supporters.
These salts are considered to be derived from the hypothetical base OH 3.
On examination of the metal and its salts it was shown to be identical with the hypothetical element ekasilicon, whose properties had been predicted by D.

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