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Adjective
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Based on or calculated through theory or analysis
academic
intellectual
postulated
scientific
academical
tentative
analytical
logical
systematic
postulatory
accurate
deductive
empirical
experimental
factual
formularized
mathematical
methodical
meticulous
organisedUK
organizedUS
rigorous
thetic
analytic
codified
diagnostic
formalistic
pedantic
knowledge-based
research-based
more ❯
“This is, of course, a theoretical calculation, but one that graphically illustrates the point.”
Adjective
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Concerned with or involving theory or hypothesis rather than practical application
hypothetical
abstract
speculative
conjectural
notional
suppositional
conceptual
presumed
putative
assumed
conjectured
ideational
ideal
suppositious
metaphysical
suppositive
unproven
unsubstantiated
untested
imaginary
theoretic
imaginative
idealisedUK
idealizedUS
ideological
impractical
vague
unproved
unrealistic
pure
instanced
nominal
philosophical
problematical
quixotic
unpragmatic
general
imagined
not practical
as a premise
in the abstract
in theory
on paper
more ❯
“His statement, however, was limited to theoretical but impractical feasibility.”
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
hypothetical
dreamlike
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
▲
Not realistic on a practical level
unrealistic
impractical
unworkable
romantic
idealistic
impracticable
fanciful
visionary
quixotic
unfeasible
utopian
impossible
improbable
wild
absurd
unreasonable
illogical
silly
unreal
irrational
perfectionist
crazy
foolish
delusory
unlikely
nonrealistic
unworldly
senseless
naive
potty
gone
nonsensical
reachy
starry-eyed
non-viable
far-fetched
half-baked
ivory-tower
not sensible
blue sky
not applicable
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Holding or constituting a purely formal position or title without any real authority
titular
nominal
formal
token
ceremonial
official
ostensible
paper
puppet
so-called
honorary
purported
putative
supposed
in name only
in title only
symbolic
named
emblematic
apparent
given
pretended
professed
simple
alleged
mentioned
seeming
suggested
stated
would-be
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Adhering only to principles based on hypothesis or theory
dogmatic
deductive
reasoned
derivable
deducible
a priori
on faith
inferrible
inferable
inferential
rational
postulated
scientific
suppositional
presumptive
deduced
inferred
supposed
based on theory
self-evident
reductive
traceable
likely
to be inferred
inferible
presumed
to be expected
reasonable
empirical
logical
available
obtainable
resultant
attributable
determinable
extractable
provable
following
consequent
Adjective
▲
Essential, as an element, principle, or law
fundamental
basic
essential
rudimentary
underlying
elementary
basal
central
elemental
first
key
primary
prime
radical
cardinal
foundational
necessary
principal
original
vital
indispensable
initial
intrinsic
organic
primitive
primordial
root
structural
capital
chief
constitutional
important
abecedarian
beginning
crucial
ingrained
inherent
introductory
meat-and-potatoes
rudimental
critical
integral
pivotal
profound
axiological
axiomatic
bottom
bottom-line
constitutive
deep
deep-seated
grass-roots
groundlaying
major
paramount
requisite
significant
substratal
substrative
supporting
sustaining
ultimate
underived
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Relating to the mind or mental activity
psychological
mental
cerebral
intellectual
cognitive
psychical
brain
mindly
phrenic
conceptual
intellective
intrapersonal
rational
inner
internal
psychologic
thinking
psychic
psychosomatic
emotional
interior
reasoning
brainy
perceptive
innermost
thought
subjective
intra-cognitive
self- induced
spiritual
more ❯
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