hypothetical
/ˌhaɪpəˈθɛtɪkəl/noun, adjective5 syllables
Hypothetical means: based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence.
Synonyms for hypothetical9
adjective, as in based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence
conjectural, divinatory, hypothetic, supposed, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious, theoretical, theoretic
What does hypothetical mean?2
adjective
1
based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence“theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural”
noun
1
a hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc.“consider the following, just as a hypothetical possibility”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Hypothetical in a sentence
- Sci-fi readers are adept at hypothetical scenarios.nonong
- A hypothetical explanation could be that they just forgot it.abutner
- When will the most probable hypothetical accident occur?potatoindespair
- There is no point in theorizing about hypothetical situations that will never happen.dresisto
- You grew up without learning about interesting hypothetical scenarios.nonong
- Planet Tiamat is hypothetical, there is no evidence for it currently.DuosDragonPolyglot
- The force carriers for gravity are hypothetical things called gravitons, for electromagnetism they're the photons.Cangarejo
- It was just a hypothetical question.CK
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Forms of hypothetical
as a noun
- plural
- hypotheticals