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. Elena Kagan:

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

2. Noah Grant:

   Especially in counties that don't have as many reserves, it's getting late in the game to recruit but that's why we're still doing this, there could be an outbreak in a city and we could lose a lot of workers. That's just hypothetical but with this election you kind of have to prepare for anything, especially with this year. We're just making sure we have enough.

3. Robert Durst:

   'Did you kill Susan Berman?' is strictly a hypothetical, i did not kill Susan Berman. But if I had, I would lie about it.

4. Comey Giuliani:

   It was a hypothetical.

5. 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.