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English adjective: hypothetical

1. hypothetical based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence


SamplesTheories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural.
The supposed reason for his absence.
Suppositious reconstructions of dead languages.
Hypothetical situation.


Synonymsconjectural, divinatory, hypothetic, supposed, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious


Similartheoretic, theoretical


Antonymsempirical, empiric


English noun: hypothetical

1. hypothetical (cognition) a hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc.


SamplesConsider the following, just as a hypothetical.


Broader (hypernym)hypothesis, possibility, theory









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