Another word for hypothetical
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Adjective
Existing only in concept and not in reality
- Concerned with the a priori or intuitive basis of knowledge as independent of experience.
- Asserting a fundamental irrationality or supernatural element in experience.
- Surpassing all others; superior.
- Surpassing others; preeminent or supreme.
- Lying beyond the ordinary range of perception:
- Transcending the Aristotelian categories.
- Of, relating to, or based on theory.
- Restricted to theory; not practical or applied:
- Studying or working to develop theory.
- Concerned with theories or hypotheses rather than with practical matters.
- Existing only in theory, not proven in reality.
- A conception of something in its absolute perfection:
- One that is regarded as a standard or model of perfection or excellence:
- An ultimate or worthy object of endeavor; a goal:
- based on hypothesis or theory; hypothetical
- existing as an abstract concept rather than a concrete reality
- Considered apart from concrete existence:
- Not applied or practical; theoretical.
- Difficult to understand; abstruse:
See also:Presumed to be true, real, or genuine, especially on inconclusive grounds
- Of the nature of, including, or involving supposition.
- A conjunction, such as if or providing, that introduces a supposition.
- Substituted with fraudulent intent; spurious.
- Hypothetical; supposed.
- Resting on supposition; hypothetical; conjectural.
- Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
- Presumed to be true or real without conclusive evidence:
- Intended:
- Required:
- Based on a presumption; presumed:
- Providing a reasonable basis for belief or acceptance:
- Presumptuous:
- Of, relating to, or involving inference.
- Derived or capable of being derived by inference.
- based on hypothesis or theory; hypothetical
- existing as an abstract concept rather than a concrete reality
- based on or involving conjecture
- inclined to make conjectures
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Another word for hypothetical
Modifier
Supposed
- simple past tense and past participle of postulate
- Concerned with theories or hypotheses rather than with practical matters.
- Existing only in theory, not proven in reality.
- Liable but not certain to occur; possible:
- Dependent on other conditions or circumstances; conditional:
- Happening by or subject to chance or accident; unpredictable:
- Characterized by assumption.
- Taken for granted; assumed.
- Presumptuous; assuming.
- simple past tense and past participle of hypothesize
- Based on a presumption; presumed:
- Providing a reasonable basis for belief or acceptance:
- Presumptuous:
- That which can be contested.
- that can be disputed; debatable
- Being without ceremony or formality; relaxed or informal:
- Unpremeditated or offhand:
- Suited for everyday wear or informal use:
- Depending on a proviso; conditional.
- Affording unobstructed entrance and exit; not shut or closed.
- Affording unobstructed passage or view:
- Having no protecting or concealing cover:
- The act of imagining; make-believe
- Present participle of pretend.
- Of, relating to, or based on theory.
- Restricted to theory; not practical or applied:
- Studying or working to develop theory.
- Not clear in meaning or expression; inexplicit.
- Not thinking or expressing oneself clearly:
- Lacking definite shape, form, or character; indistinct:
- Having existence only in the imagination; unreal.
- Of or being the coefficient of the imaginary unit in a complex number.
- Of, involving, or being an imaginary number.
- Being such that formal argument or discussion is possible.
- Open to dispute; questionable.
- In dispute, as land or territory claimed by more than one country.
- Not known or established; questionable:
- Not determined; undecided:
- Not having sure knowledge:
- Capable of happening, existing, or being true without contradicting proven facts, laws, or circumstances:
- Capable of becoming or of being made to be so; potential:
- Capable of occurring or being done in accordance with something specified. Used with the superlative:
- Alternative form of stochastic.
- Of, relating to, or characterized by conjecture; conjectural.
- Involving or containing a random variable or process:
- To consider (something) to be true or probable on little or no evidence:
- To have doubts about (something); distrust:
- To consider (a person) guilty without proof:
- Able to be conjectured upon.
- Subject to or causing doubt:
- Experiencing or showing doubt:
- Of uncertain outcome; undecided.
- Open to two or more interpretations and often intended to conceal the truth.
- Characterized by a mixture of opposing elements and therefore questionable or uncertain:
- Not finally established, settled or confirmed.
- (Christianity) Not having undergone the ritual of confirmation.
- Open to doubt or challenge; problematic.
- Not yet determined or specified.
- Of dubious morality or respectability:
- Unclear; vague.
- Lacking precise limits:
- Uncertain; undecided:
- Given to, characterized by, or based upon speculation or conjecture:
- Expressing inquisitive interest:
- Engaging in, given to, or involving financial speculation:
- Not precisely determined, determinable, or established:
- Not precisely fixed, as to extent, size, nature, or number:
- Lacking clarity or precision, as in meaning; vague:
- Conceived or envisioned in the mind.
- simple past tense and past participle of imagin
- simple past tense and past participle of imagine
- based on or involving conjecture
- inclined to make conjectures
- Imposing, depending on, or containing a condition.
- Stating, containing, or implying a condition.
- Brought about by conditioning.
- Resting on supposition; hypothetical; conjectural.
- Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
- simple past tense and past participle of presuppose
Antonyms:Characterized by hypothesis
- Of, relating to, or based on a system of philosophy.
- Characteristic of a philosopher, as in equanimity, enlightenment, and wisdom.
- Of or relating to institutionalized education and scholarship, especially at a college or university.
- Of or relating to studies that rely on reading and involve abstract thought rather than being primarily practical or technical.
- Relating to scholarly performance:
- simple past tense and past participle of postulate
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