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. John Paul Wilson:

   Participants also believed that the black men were more capable of causing harm in a hypothetical altercation and, troublingly, that police would be more justified in using force to subdue them, even if the men were unarmed.

2. Jeb Bush:

   Yeah, I don't know what that decision would have been -- that's a hypothetical, but the simple fact was, look, mistake were made, as they always are in life. This is not a -- and foreign policy. So we need to learn from the past to make sure we're strong and secure going forward.

3. Rand Paul:

   I think it's an important question and I don't think it's a historical anecdote. I don't think it's something that's a hypothetical question.

4. Armstrong Williams:

   Dr. Carson is very dismissive of the question because it was hypothetical and Dr. Carson does not answer in hypotheticals. And so he intentionally did not answer the question, dr. Carson is still on a learning curve.

5. Peter Ward:

   North Korea could, in a hypothetical future in which sanctions are relaxed, become a significant destination for foreign investment, to do so, however the government would need to gain the trust of international investors.