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

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1. empiricaladjective

   Antonyms:
   nonempirical

   Synonyms:
   empiric

2. empiricaladjective

   Pertaining to or based on experience.

   Antonyms:
   nonempirical

   Synonyms:
   empiric

3. empiricaladjective

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

   Antonyms:
   nonempirical

   Synonyms:
   empiric

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

   Antonyms:
   scientific, regular, inductive, uniform, constant

   Synonyms:
   experimental, tentative, quackish

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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"

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

   Synonyms:
   empiric

2. empiric, empiricaladjective

   relying on medical quackery

   "empiric treatment"

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

   Synonyms:
   empiric

How to use empirical in a sentence?

1. Grant Kernaghan:

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

2. Wayne Koff:

   In the case of HIV, the old empirical approach isn't going to work.

3. 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.

4. Professor Parker-Pearson:

   We don't make that many fantastic discoveries in a lifetime of archeology but this is certainly one them, this is the first time we've found empirical evidence of how they moved the stones. There have been all sorts of ideas from rolling them in a strange cart-like construction to skimming them across the ice.

5. Chief Actuary Jean-Claude Menard:

   The empirical evidence is telling us that stocks are one of the most volatile investments. The less volatile are money market instruments, but at the same the returns are very low.

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