Hypothetical
1hypothetical — I adjective assumed, conjectural, hypothetic, imaginary, make believe, opinabilis, pretended, speculative, supposed, suppositional, suppositive, unreal, unverifiable associated concepts: hypothetical controversy, hypothetical facts, hypothetical… …
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3hypothetical — [hī΄pə thet′i kəl] adj. [< Gr hypothetikos (< hypothesis) + AL] 1. based on, involving, or having the nature of a hypothesis; assumed; supposed 2. given to the use of hypotheses [a hypothetical mind] 3. Logic CONDITIONAL: Also hypothetic n …
4hypothetical — UK US /ˌhaɪpəˈθetɪkəl/ adjective ► imagined or suggested, but perhaps not true or really happening: »Total return will be based on a hypothetical $1,000 investment …
5hypothetical — 1580s, from Gk. hypothetikos pertaining to a hypothesis, from hypothesis (see HYPOTHESIS (Cf. hypothesis)). Related: Hypothetically; hypothetic …
6hypothetical — conjectural, *supposed, supposititious, reputed, putative, purported Analogous words: theoretical, speculative, academic: *doubtful, dubious, problematic, questionable Contrasted words: *certain, inevitable, necessary: proved, tested, tried,… …
7hypothetical — [adj] guessed, assumed academic, assumptive, casual, concocted, conditional, conjecturable, conjectural, contestable, contingent, debatable, disputable, doubtful, equivocal, imaginary, imagined, indefinite, indeterminate, postulated, presumptive …
8hypothetical — ► ADJECTIVE 1) of, based on, or serving as a hypothesis. 2) supposed but not necessarily real or true. DERIVATIVES hypothetically adverb …
9hypothetical — /haɪpəˈθɛtɪkəl / (say huypuh thetikuhl) adjective Also, hypothetic. 1. assumed by hypothesis; supposed: a hypothetical case. 2. relating to, involving, or of the nature of hypothesis: hypothetical reasoning. 3. given to making hypotheses: a… …
10hypothetical — [[t]ha͟ɪpəθe̱tɪk(ə)l[/t]] hypotheticals ADJ If something is hypothetical, it is based on possible ideas or situations rather than actual ones. Let s look at a hypothetical situation in which Carol, a recovering cocaine addict, gets invited to a… …
