Synonyms for empirical
ɛmˈpɪr ɪ kəlem·pir·i·cal

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1. empiricaladjective

   Synonyms:
   empiric

   Antonyms:
   nonempirical

2. empiricaladjective

   Pertaining to or based on experience.

   Synonyms:
   empiric

   Antonyms:
   nonempirical

3. empiricaladjective

   Pertaining to, derived from, or testable by observations made using the physical senses or using instruments which extend the senses.

   Synonyms:
   empiric

   Antonyms:
   nonempirical

4. empiricaladjective

   Verifiable by means of scientific experimentation.

   Synonyms:
   empiric

   Antonyms:
   nonempirical

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. empirical

   Synonyms:
   experimental, tentative, quackish

   Antonyms:
   scientific, regular, inductive, uniform, constant

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1. empirical, empiricadjective

   derived from experiment and observation rather than theory

   "an empirical basis for an ethical theory"; "empirical laws"; "empirical data"; "an empirical treatment of a disease about which little is known"

   Synonyms:
   empiric

   Antonyms:
   supposititious, divinatory, abstractive, hypothetic, a priori, theoretical, suppositional, suppositious, metaphysical, theoretic, supposed, conjectural, speculative, theory-based, hypothetical, notional

2. empiric, empiricaladjective

   relying on medical quackery

   "empiric treatment"

   Synonyms:
   empiric

   Antonyms:
   a priori, hypothetic, theoretic, divinatory, speculative, supposititious, conjectural, suppositional, supposed, hypothetical, notional, metaphysical, theory-based, theoretical, abstractive, suppositious

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1. empiricaladjective

   Synonyms:
   experimental, experiential, from experience (as distinguished from inference or reasoning)

2. empiricaladjective

   Synonyms:
   charlatanic, quackish

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1. List of paraphrases for "empirical":

   anecdotal, experimental, evidence-based, pilot

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1. Caitlin Ryan:

   We’ve had 60 years of research on sexual orientation, it helped create an empirical foundation for these policy changes.

2. James Clapper:

   I never saw any direct empirical evidence that the Trump Jr. campaign or someone in it was plotting/conspiring with the Russians to meddle with the election, that's not to say that there weren't concerns about the evidence we were seeing, anecdotal evidence. ... But I do not recall any instance where I had direct evidence of the content of these meetings. It's just the frequency and prevalence of them was of concern.

3. Amit Kumar:

   We now have empirical evidence that that's indeed the case, people are excited when they're looking forward to the satisfaction they'll get from purchases like vacations.

4. Aaron David Miller:

   MBS believes President Donald Trump has President Donald Trump back. There's not a shred of empirical evidence to suggest that President Donald Trump doesn't.

5. Ann Landers:

   No one has the right to destroy another person's belief by demanding empirical evidence.