hypothetical 1
adjectivedomain: all adj
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
Definition
based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence
Examples
- 1.hypothetical situation
- 2.the supposed reason for his absence
- 3.theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural
- 4.suppositious reconstructions of dead languages
Synonyms
- conjectural 1
based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence
- divinatory 2
based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence
- hypothetic 1
based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence
- supposed 4
based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence
- suppositional 1
based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence
- suppositious 1
based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence
- supposititious 1
based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence


