hypothetical
/hʌɪpəˈθɛtɪk(ə)l/
adjective: hypothetical
based onor serving as a hypothesis.
"let us take a hypothetical case"
supposed but not necessarily real ortrue.
"the hypothetical tenth planet"
Similar:
theoretical
speculative
conjectured
imagined
notional
suppositional
supposed
assumed
presumed
putative
made up
unreal
academic
Opposite:
real
actual
Logic denoting or containing a proposition of the logical form if p then q.
noun
noun: hypothetical; plural noun: hypotheticals
a hypothetical proposition or statement.
"officials refuse to discuss military policy except in coy hypotheticals"
The series is named ‘What If’, not ‘How Could’.
hypothetical /hʌɪpəˈθɛtɪk(ə)l/ adjective: hypothetical based on or serving as a hypothesis. "let us take a hypothetical case" supposed but not necessarily real or true. "the hypothetical tenth planet" Similar: theoretical speculative conjectured imagined notional suppositional supposed assumed presumed putative made up unreal academic Opposite: real actual Logic denoting or containing a proposition of the logical form if p then q. noun noun: hypothetical; plural noun: hypotheticals a hypothetical proposition or statement. "officials refuse to discuss military policy except in coy hypotheticals"