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Adjective
▲
Supposed but not necessarily real or true
theoretical
conjectural
speculative
suppositional
presumed
supposed
notional
assumed
academic
putative
theoretic
conjectured
suppositious
presupposed
postulated
academical
imaginary
vague
presumptive
suspect
indefinite
doubtful
conjecturable
imagined
uncertain
unreal
unconfirmed
debatable
assumptive
contingent
disputable
questionable
concocted
conditional
contestable
indeterminate
proposed
provisory
stochastic
made up
more ❯
“That hypothetical intra-mercurial planet was labeled Vulcan, even though it had yet to be found.”
Adjective
▲
Existing only in the imagination
imaginary
unreal
fanciful
mythical
fictitious
chimerical
imagined
fantastic
visionary
fabulous
fictional
invented
mythic
illusory
fantastical
ideal
pretend
chimeric
phantasmal
phantom
fantasied
phantasmic
legendary
imaginal
notional
whimsical
dreamlike
theoretical
fabricated
hallucinatory
fancied
imaginative
unsubstantial
assumed
quixotic
delusive
mythological
ethereal
dreamy
abstract
suppositious
shadowy
fantasy
nonexistent
deceptive
illusive
concocted
storybook
supposititious
apocryphal
figmental
supposed
spectral
virtual
imagal
apparitional
invisible
made-up
make-believe
non-existent
dreamed-up
trumped up
fool's paradise
all in one's head
figment of imagination
product of someone's imagination
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Having no real material or physical form or substance
intangible
immaterial
incorporeal
ethereal
bodiless
insubstantial
impalpable
unsubstantial
unbodied
spiritual
discarnate
spectral
ghostly
airy
disembodied
phantom
supernatural
shadowy
aerial
unearthly
unembodied
phantasmal
phantasmic
unreal
wraithlike
transcendental
dim
disincarnate
untouchable
imperceptible
imponderable
unapparent
unobservable
evanescent
invisible
non-physical
imperceptible to the touch
more ❯
Adjective
▲
That may possibly happen or occur
contingent
possible
potential
prospective
liable
likely
probable
aspiring
promising
hopeful
future
could-be
wannabe
would-be
expected
to come
on the cards
anticipated
imminent
presumptive
eventual
to be
-to-be
in the making
in the cards
on the horizon
in the air
in the wind
in prospect
in store
liable to happen
in view
in the pipeline
in the offing
coming
approaching
impending
forthcoming
upcoming
destined
awaited
planned
considered
intended
designate
latent
intending
promised
proposed
soon-to-be
looked-for
hoped-for
about to be
Adjective
▲
Depending on other factors
conditional
provisional
limited
guarded
restricted
qualified
restrictive
relative
contingent
provisory
inconclusive
uncertain
modified
codicillary
fortuitous
iffy
obscure
reliant
dependent
unconfirmed
stipulatory
conditioned
with reservations
with conditions
with strings attached
with conditions attached
not absolute
relying on
granted on certain terms
with grain of salt
subject to change
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Doubtful in terms of truth or validity
questionable
doubtful
debatable
dubious
equivocal
uncertain
arguable
suspect
moot
contentious
disputable
iffy
unsettled
unsure
controversial
controvertible
doubtable
dubitable
unconfirmed
undecided
unprovable
unproven
unreliable
unresolved
unverified
apocryphal
borderline
in dispute
in doubt
issuable
marginal
negotiable
unclear
undefined
disputed
indefinite
indeterminate
spurious
ambiguous
contingent
cryptic
enigmatic
flimsy
indecisive
obscure
occult
vague
in question
open to doubt
open to question
not definite
not obvious
open to discussion
under examination
under advisement
more ❯
Noun
▲
Something presumed to be true and used as the basis for an argument
assumption
presumption
supposition
premise
presupposition
postulate
given
premiss
if
hypothesis
conjecture
surmise
speculation
posit
belief
guess
postulation
opinion
suspicion
inference
deduction
shot
theory
sneaking suspicion
shot in the dark
thesis
expectation
hunch
thought
conclusion
more ❯
“Consider, as a hypothetical, a mandatory motorcycle helmet law that applies to the driver and any passenger on a motorcycle.”
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