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Synonyms for hypothetical
ˌhaɪ pəˈθɛt ɪ kəlhy·po·thet·i·cal
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Wiktionary
hypotheticaladjective
Synonyms:
conjecturalhypotheticaladjective
Based upon a hypothesis; conjectural
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Synonyms:
conjectural, conditionalhypotheticaladjective
conditional; contingent upon some hypothesis/antecedent
Synonyms:
conditional, conjecturalhypotheticaladjective
Antonyms:
actualhypotheticaladjective
Antonyms:
categorical
English Synonyms and Antonyms
hypothetical
Synonyms:
conceived, fabulous, fanciful, feigned, fictitious, illusory, imaginary, reported, supposed, supposititious, theoretical, unreal, untrue, visionaryAntonyms:
actual, authentic, certain, demonstrable, developed, essential, genuine, positive, real, substantial, true, unquestionable, veritable
Princeton's WordNet
hypotheticaladjective
a hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc.
"consider the following, just as a hypothetical"
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)
Editors Contribution
thought experiment
Dictionary of English Synonymes
hypotheticaladjective
Synonyms:
conditional, that involves an hypothesis
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "hypothetical":
counterfactual, notional, assumed, what-if, putative, speculative, theoretical, hypothesis, imaginary
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1550 | reported | |
#4689 | supposed | |
#5373 | assumed | |
#6019 | theoretical | |
#7915 | fabulous | |
#8627 | hypothesis | |
#9438 | hypothetical | |
#9933 | conditional | |
#13230 | unreal | |
#13328 | putative | |
#14325 | conceived | |
#15937 | imaginary | |
#19590 | visionary | |
#20140 | speculative | |
#27219 | fictitious | |
#30218 | untrue | |
#39207 | notional | |
#44241 | fanciful | |
#52075 | illusory | |
#76584 | counterfactual | |
#77722 | feigned | |
#117889 | conjectural | |
#228299 | mantic | |
#266660 | divinatory |
How to use hypothetical in a sentence?
The question of self pardons is something I have never analyzed, it is a question I have not written about, it's a question therefore that is a hypothetical question that I can not begin to answer in this context as a sitting judge and as a nominee to Supreme Court.
That's the plan, but it's hypothetical just now. Providing everything goes well, I would play in the Davis Cup, then have a little break and play Toronto and the Olympics, and potentially not play in Cincinnati, i've always enjoyed representing my country. Statistically I've played by far my best tennis when I've played for Great Britain.
Yeah, I probably won't vote for it, but I, there's no text. So you know, this is all hypothetical.
At that point in history, the reality of Brexit was more hypothetical than tangible but also by far the biggest issue voters thought the country was facing.
We don't comment on the business of other tours, real or hypothetical. We're focused on our business.
Translations for hypothetical
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- افتراضي, افتراArabic
- hipotèticCatalan, Valencian
- hypotetickýCzech
- hypotetiskDanish
- hypothetischGerman
- υποθετικόςGreek
- hipotezaEsperanto
- hipotéticoSpanish
- فرضیPersian
- hypoteettinenFinnish
- hypothétiqueFrench
- hipitéiseachIrish
- काल्पनिकHindi
- hipotetikusHungarian
- hipotetisIndonesian
- skilyrtur, skilyrt, reist á tilgátu, reistur á tilgátuIcelandic
- ipoteticoItalian
- ಕಾಲ್ಪನಿಕKannada
- 가설적Korean
- hypotheticaLatin
- hypothetischDutch
- hypotetiske, hypotetisk, hypotetisktNorwegian
- hipotetycznyPolish
- hipotéticoPortuguese
- ipoteticRomanian
- гипотетическийRussian
- hypotetiskSwedish
- அனுமானTamil
- ఊహాజనితTelugu
- น่าสงสัยThai
- farazi, nazari, varsayımlı, varsayımsal, kuramsalTurkish
- giảVietnamese
- 假想Chinese
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