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

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. theoretical

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

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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. theoretical

   Synonyms:
   speculative, hypothetical, presumptive

   Antonyms:
   practical, positive, definite

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.7 / 3 votes

1. theoretical, theoreticadjective

   concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations

   "theoretical science"

   Synonyms:
   theoretic

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

2. theoreticaladjective

   concerned with theories rather than their practical applications

   "theoretical physics"

   Synonyms:
   theoretic

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

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. theoreticaladjective

   Synonyms:
   speculative, conjectural, hypothetical, unpractical, not practical

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "theoretical":

   theory, notional, conceptual, theories, theoretically, theoretic, academic, moot, lilun, imputed, theorist, desk, doctrine, hypothetical, pre-service

How to pronounce theoretical?

How to say theoretical in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency

How to use theoretical in a sentence?

1. Geoffrey Kabat:

   What the public wants to know is: What are the agents in our surroundings that are likely to have palpable effects on our health? Not theoretical exposures which might, under some far-fetched conditions, possibly have an effect.

2. Demetre Daskalakis:

   If it's a hug that doesn't necessarily include a shirt, there's a theoretical risk of transmission there, but that's not what we're hearing in terms of what's happening with our cases, so it's lower risk. I can't say zero risk.

3. Kotaro Kohno:

   The more massive a galaxy, the more massive the supermassive black hole at its heart. So the study of these galaxies and their evolution will tell us more about the evolution of supermassive black holes, too, massive galaxies are also intimately connected with the distribution of invisible dark matter. This plays a role in shaping the structure and distribution of galaxies. Theoretical researchers will need to update their theories now.

4. Richard Phillips Feynman:

   The theoretical broadening which comes from having many humanities subjects on the campus is offset by the general dopiness of the people who study these things...

5. Larry Zerner:

   Miller has to convince a studio to make this thing that can only be distributed in the U.S., we can have this theoretical argument that you can do a movie that doesn't infringe on the rights of anyone else, but is anyone seriously going to do that without worldwide rights ? I doubt it.