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Synonyms for theoretical
ˌθi əˈrɛt ɪ kəlthe·o·ret·i·cal
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
theoretical
Synonyms:
conceived, fabulous, fanciful, feigned, fictitious, hypothetical, illusory, imaginary, reported, supposed, supposititious, unreal, untrue, visionaryAntonyms:
actual, authentic, certain, demonstrable, developed, essential, genuine, positive, real, substantial, true, unquestionable, veritable
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
theoretical
Synonyms:
speculative, hypothetical, presumptive
Princeton's WordNet
theoretical, theoreticadjective
concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations
"theoretical science"
Synonyms:
theoreticAntonyms:
confirmable, verifiable, data-based, falsifiable, trial-and-error, applied, empiric, existential, observational, a posteriori, experimental, experiential, empirical, semiempirical, forensic, practicaltheoreticaladjective
concerned with theories rather than their practical applications
"theoretical physics"
Synonyms:
theoreticAntonyms:
verifiable, applied, empiric, experiential, forensic, confirmable, data-based, falsifiable, practical, empirical, semiempirical, existential, observational, trial-and-error, a posteriori, experimental
Dictionary of English Synonymes
theoreticaladjective
Synonyms:
speculative, conjectural, hypothetical, unpractical, not practical
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "theoretical":
theory, notional, conceptual, theories, theoretically, theoretic, academic, moot, lilun, imputed, theorist, desk, doctrine, hypothetical, pre-service
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#1506 | academic | |
#1550 | reported | |
#1649 | theory | |
#2467 | desk | |
#4689 | supposed | |
#6019 | theoretical | |
#6758 | theories | |
#7915 | fabulous | |
#8637 | doctrine | |
#9438 | hypothetical | |
#9938 | conceptual | |
#13230 | unreal | |
#14325 | conceived | |
#15937 | imaginary | |
#19590 | visionary | |
#20140 | speculative | |
#20175 | theoretically | |
#26576 | moot | |
#27219 | fictitious | |
#29538 | imputed | |
#30218 | untrue | |
#33157 | theoretic | |
#39207 | notional | |
#44200 | theorist | |
#44241 | fanciful | |
#47461 | presumptive | |
#52075 | illusory | |
#77722 | feigned |
How to use theoretical in a sentence?
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...
Structural solutions rather than theoretical ones seem to be the order of the day.
President Trump's high crimes threaten our democracy, i'm a black man representing Georgia, born when Jim Crow was alive and well. To me the idea that elections can be undermined is not theoretical.
In Marseilles they make half the toilet soap we consume in America, but the Marseillaise only have a vague theoretical idea of its use, which they have obtained from books of travel.
I think it takes going on the record to get these tough conversations started because otherwise it's theoretical.
Translations for theoretical
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- نظريArabic
- teòricCatalan, Valencian
- teoretickýCzech
- theoretischGerman
- teoriaEsperanto
- teóricoSpanish
- تئوریکPersian
- teoreettinenFinnish
- ástøðiligurFaroese
- théoriqueFrench
- teoiriciúilIrish
- teóricoGalician
- सैद्धांतिक, सैद्धान्तिक, इल्मीHindi
- elméletiHungarian
- teoricoItalian
- theoretischDutch
- teoretiskNorwegian
- teoretycznyPolish
- teóricoPortuguese
- теоретическийRussian
- teorétičenSlovene
- kuramsal, teorikTurkish
- علمی, نظریاتیUrdu
- teorodik, teorikVolapük
- 理论Chinese
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