nnoun.cognitiona hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc.Examples:- consider the following, just as a hypothetical
Hypernyms:hypothesis possibility theory
Inherited Hypernyms:hypotheticalhypothesisconceptideacontentcognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
adj satadj.allbased primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidenceSynset:conjectural divinatory hypothetic supposed suppositional suppositious supposititious
Examples:- theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural
- the supposed reason for his absence
- suppositious reconstructions of dead languages
- hypothetical situation
Antonyms:empirical
Derivationally Related Form:suppositionhypothesisconjecture
Inherited Hypernyms:conjectural
Similar to:theoretic theoretical