hypothetical

Speech parts

1. hypothetical - Noun

2. hypothetical - Adjective

3. hypothetical - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Characterized by, or of the nature of, an hypothesis; conditional; assumed without proof, for the purpose of reasoning and deducing proof, or of accounting for some fact or phenomenon.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

supposed conjectural hypothetic assumed theoretical abstract imaginary conditional speculative tentative notional putative divinatory suppositional supposititious
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Antonyms

actual categorical certain complete real true
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Hypernyms

possibility hypothesis theory

Phrases with the word

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Examples

Hypothetical questions get hypothetical answers. Joan Baez

A hypothetical theory is necessary, as a preliminary step, to reduce the expression of the phenomena to simplicity and order before it is possible to make any progress in framing an abstractive theory. William John Macquorn Rankine

I don't know how to sit outside myself and test against a hypothetical self who stayed home. Thom Gunn

"Getting you a date to prom is so hard that the hypothetical idea itself is actually used to cut diamonds," I added. John Green (author)

What if there were no hypothetical questions? George Carlin

Yes, and imagine a world where there were no hypothetical situations. Jasper Fforde

Close letter words and terms

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