hypothetical
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc.
consider the following, just as a hypothetical
Types & categories
- hypothesis hypernym
Sense 2 adjective
based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence
theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural
Related & opposite
- conjecture derivation
- supposal derivation
- conjecture derivation
- supposal derivation
- supposition derivation
- theoretical similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | hypothesis |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | conjecture |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | supposal |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | conjecture |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | supposal |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | supposition |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | theoretical |