Synonyms for hypothetical
ˌhaɪ pəˈθɛt ɪ kəlhy·po·thet·i·cal

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1. hypotheticaladjective

   Synonyms:
   conjectural

2. hypotheticaladjective

   Based upon a hypothesis; conjectural

   These hypotheticals serve no purpose until we have more information.

   Synonyms:
   conjectural, conditional

3. hypotheticaladjective

   conditional; contingent upon some hypothesis/antecedent

   Synonyms:
   conditional, conjectural

4. hypotheticaladjective

   Antonyms:
   actual

5. hypotheticaladjective

   Antonyms:
   categorical

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1. hypothetical

   Synonyms:
   conceived, fabulous, fanciful, feigned, fictitious, illusory, imaginary, reported, supposed, supposititious, theoretical, unreal, untrue, visionary

   Antonyms:
   actual, authentic, certain, demonstrable, developed, essential, genuine, positive, real, substantial, true, unquestionable, veritable

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1. hypotheticaladjective

   a hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc.

   "consider the following, just as a hypothetical"

   Antonyms:
   empirical, empiric

2. conjectural, divinatory, hypothetical, hypothetic, supposed, suppositional, suppositious, supposititiousadjective

   based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence

   "theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural"; "the supposed reason for his absence"; "suppositious reconstructions of dead languages"; "hypothetical situation"

   Synonyms:
   hypothetic, so-called, supposititious, conjectural, sibylline, supposed, supposed(a), divinatory, suppositional, mantic, supposed(p), sibyllic, vatical, suppositious, vatic, alleged(a)

   Antonyms:
   empirical, empiric

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1. thought experiment

   Submitted by anonymous on July 17, 2022  

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1. hypotheticaladjective

   Synonyms:
   conditional, that involves an hypothesis

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1. List of paraphrases for "hypothetical":

   counterfactual, notional, assumed, what-if, putative, speculative, theoretical, hypothesis, imaginary

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1. Jeb Bush:

   I don't know what that decision would have been. That's a hypothetical.

2. Alan Dershowitz:

   Lets consider a hypothetical, lets assume that President Obama had been told by his advisors that it really is important to send lethal weapons to the Ukraine. But then he gets a call from his pollster and his political adviser, who says we know its in the national interest to send lethal weapons to the Ukraine, but were telling you that the left-wing of your party is really going to give you a hard time if you start selling lethal weaponsand potentially get into a lethal war with Russia. Would anybody here suggest that is impeachable?

3. Brett Kavanaugh:

   The question of self pardons is something I have never analyzed, it is a question I have not written about, it's a question therefore that is a hypothetical question that I can not begin to answer in this context as a sitting judge and as a nominee to Supreme Court.

4. Republican Rep. Ed Clere:

   Unfortunately we're back here, not just with needle exchange as a hypothetical theory, but with a real situation where a needle exchange (program) could make a difference.

5. Charles Lauller:

   Imagine there were no hypothetical situations.