Hypothetical

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of, relating to, or based on a hypothesis: a hypothetical situation. See Synonyms at theoretical.
  • adj. Suppositional; uncertain. See Synonyms at supposed.
  • adj. Conditional; contingent.
  • n. A hypothetical circumstance, condition, scenario, or situation: OK, let's consider this possibility then—just as a hypothetical.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Based upon a hypothesis; conjectural
  • adj. conditional; contingent upon some hypothesis/antecedent
  • n. A hypothetical situation or proposition
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Same as hypothetic, and the more common form.
  • A proposition consisting of two or more clauses united by conjunctions, or which states a relation to exist between different possibilities.
  • n. A hypothetical proposition.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc.
  • adj. based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence
  • Equivalent
    Antonym
    actual   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    theory    possibility    hypothesis   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    theoretical    logical    speculative    subjective    imaginary    above    erroneous    fictitious    biological    plausible