hypothetical

1. 1.

   a hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc.

   “consider the following, just as a hypothetical”

   Broaderhypothesis

1. 1.

   based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence

   “theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural”

   “the supposed reason for his absence”

   “suppositious reconstructions of dead languages”

   “hypothetical situation”

   Synonymsconjecturaldivinatoryhypotheticsupposedsuppositionalsuppositioussupposititious

   Similartheoretical

Other forms of hypothetical

plural

hypotheticals·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about hypothetical

What does hypothetical mean?

hypothetical means "a hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc.". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in hypothetical?

hypothetical has 5 syllables: hy-po-thet-i-cal. The stress falls on "thet". In IPA it is /ˌhaɪpəˈθɛtəkəl/.

What is another word for hypothetical?

Close synonyms include conjectural, divinatory, hypothetic, supposed, suppositional. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hypothetical a common word?

hypothetical is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.