Dictionary Definition
hypothetical adj : based on hypothesis; "a
hypothetical situation"; "the site of a hypothetical colony" [syn:
hypothetic]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- /ˌhaɪpəˈθɛtɪkl/, /%haIp@"TEtIkl/
Adjective
- Based upon a hypothesis; conjectural
Translations
based upon a hypothesis
- Finnish: hypoteettinen
- French: hypothétique
- German: hypothetisch
- Icelandic: reistur á tilgátu , reist á tilgátu f|n; skilyrtur , skilyrt f|n
- Italian: ipotetico
- Persian: (farzi)
- Swedish: hypotetisk
Extensive Definition
Hypothetical is an adjective, meaning of or
pertaining to a hypothesis. See:
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
a fortiori, a posteriori, a priori, abstract, academic, analytic, armchair, assumed, categorical, conditional, conjectural, conjectured, deductive, dialectic, discursive, doubtful, enthymematic, epagogic, guessed, hypothesized, hypothetic, ideal, imagined, impractical, inductive, inferential, maieutic, moot, notional, postulatory, presumed, problematic, putative, reputed, soritical, speculative, supposed, suppositional, supposititious, suppositive, suppository, surmised, suspected, syllogistic, synthetic, theoretical, transcendent, transcendental