Antonyms 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

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

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

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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"

   Antonyms:
   empirical, empiric

   Synonyms:
   hypothetic, so-called, supposititious, conjectural, sibylline, supposed, supposed(a), divinatory, suppositional, mantic, supposed(p), sibyllic, vatical, suppositious, vatic, alleged(a)

How to use hypothetical in a sentence?

1. John McCain:

   A North Korean missile with a nuclear payload capable of striking an American city is no longer a distant hypothetical, but an imminent danger -- one that poses a real and rising risk of conflict.

2. Elena Kagan:

   I think that is different, i have difficulty with that hypothetical.

3. Alan Dershowitz:

   Lets consider a hypothetical, lets assume that President Obama had been told by his advisors that it really is important to send lethal weapons to the Ukraine. But then he gets a call from his pollster and his political adviser, who says we know its in the national interest to send lethal weapons to the Ukraine, but were telling you that the left-wing of your party is really going to give you a hard time if you start selling lethal weaponsand potentially get into a lethal war with Russia. Would anybody here suggest that is impeachable?

4. 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.

5. Jeb Bush:

   I don't know what that decision would have been. That's a hypothetical.

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