Antonyms for theoretical
ˌθi əˈrɛt ɪ kəlthe·o·ret·i·cal

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1. theoretical

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

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

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1. theoretical

   Antonyms:
   practical, positive, definite

   Synonyms:
   speculative, hypothetical, presumptive

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1. theoretical, theoreticadjective

   concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations

   "theoretical science"

   Antonyms:
   confirmable, verifiable, data-based, falsifiable, trial-and-error, applied, empiric, existential, observational, a posteriori, experimental, experiential, empirical, semiempirical, forensic, practical

   Synonyms:
   theoretic

2. theoreticaladjective

   concerned with theories rather than their practical applications

   "theoretical physics"

   Antonyms:
   verifiable, applied, empiric, experiential, forensic, confirmable, data-based, falsifiable, practical, empirical, semiempirical, existential, observational, trial-and-error, a posteriori, experimental

   Synonyms:
   theoretic

How to use theoretical in a sentence?

1. Herbert Carlisle:

   It's incredibly important that you've got to get past just the theoretical ... to get it into the fog and friction of dynamic environment that is changing rapidly.

2. Kostiantyn Yelisieiev:

   We are of the view it is high time to go from theoretical debates to practical discussion.

3. Martin Dempsey:

   At the planning level, it's not theoretical. It's very practical, looking at geographic locations, road networks, airfields, places where we can actually establish these hubs.

4. Dan Wilkins:

   I've been building theoretical predictions of how these echoes appear to us for a few years, i'd already seen Dan Wilkins in the theory I've been developing, so once I saw Dan Wilkins in the telescope observations, I could figure out the connection.

5. Slawek Tulaczyk:

   Just by measuring the seawater properties, we will be able to verify the theoretical predictions people have been making for decades now, i think this will be the reference point for what the conditions are at grounding lines. I'm quite confident that it's not representative of every place, but it establishes a baseline.

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