All hypothetical synonyms
hy·po·thet·i·cal
H h adj hypothetical
- problematic — of the nature of a problem; doubtful; uncertain; questionable.
- speculative — pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by speculation, contemplation, conjecture, or abstract reasoning: a speculative approach.
- vague — not clearly or explicitly stated or expressed: vague promises.
- imaginary — existing only in the imagination or fancy; not real; fancied: an imaginary illness; the imaginary animals in the stories of Dr. Seuss.
- theoretical — given to, forming, or dealing with theories; speculative.
- debatable — If you say that something is debatable, you mean that it is not certain.
- academic — Academic is used to describe things that relate to the work done in schools, colleges, and universities, especially work which involves studying and reasoning rather than practical or technical skills.
- suspect — to believe to be guilty, false, counterfeit, undesirable, defective, bad, etc., with little or no proof: to suspect a person of murder.
- contingent — A contingent of police, soldiers, or military vehicles is a group of them.
- casual — If you are casual, you are, or you pretend to be, relaxed and not very concerned about what is happening or what you are doing.
- conditional — If a situation or agreement is conditional on something, it will only happen or continue if this thing happens.
- conjectural — A statement that is conjectural is based on information that is not certain or complete.
- disputable — capable of being disputed; debatable; questionable.
- doubtful — of uncertain outcome or result.
- indefinite — not definite; without fixed or specified limit; unlimited: an indefinite number.
- indeterminate — not determinate; not precisely fixed in extent; indefinite; uncertain.
- presumptive — affording ground for presumption: presumptive evidence.
- putative — commonly regarded as such; reputed; supposed: the putative boss of the mob.
- questionable — of doubtful propriety, honesty, morality, respectability, etc.: questionable activities; in questionable taste.
- supposed — assumed as true, regardless of fact; hypothetical: a supposed case.
- uncertain — not definitely ascertainable or fixed, as in time of occurrence, number, dimensions, or quality.
- assumptive — taken for granted.
- provisory — containing a proviso or condition; conditional.
- suppositional — the act of supposing.
- suppositious — formed from or growing out of supposition: suppositious evidence.
- theoretic — of, relating to, or consisting in theory; not practical (distinguished from applied).
- concocted — to prepare or make by combining ingredients, especially in cookery: to concoct a meal from leftovers.
- conjecture — A conjecture is a conclusion that is based on information that is not certain or complete.
- contestable — a race, conflict, or other competition between rivals, as for a prize.
- refutable — to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge.
- stochastic — of or relating to a process involving a randomly determined sequence of observations each of which is considered as a sample of one element from a probability distribution.
- unconfirmed — to establish the truth, accuracy, validity, or genuineness of; corroborate; verify: This report confirms my suspicions.
adjective hypothetical
- proposed — to offer or suggest (a matter, subject, case, etc.) for consideration, acceptance, or action: to propose a new method.
- assumed — false; fictitious
- guessed — to arrive at or commit oneself to an opinion about (something) without having sufficient evidence to support the opinion fully: to guess a person's weight.
- conjecturable — Able to be conjectured upon.
- equivocal — Open to more than one interpretation; ambiguous.