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 Antonyms(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

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. 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.

2. Monica Schwarz-Friesel:

   For the first time in modern anti-Semitism research our study gives empirical evidence that anti-Semitism is on the rise.

3. Grant Kernaghan:

   We've got empirical data supporting the fact that investors are currently rewarding companies that are going out and doing big deals.

4. Deshawn Yeldell:

   One has to Journey within the boundaries of paradise fading into a world of unconsciousness only if you’re thirsting to inherit this empirical knowledge not too greater and not too lesser, -MillYentei

5. Cem Kaner:

   Testing is an empirical investigation conducted to provide stakeholders with information about the quality of the software under test.

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