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- Dictionaryhy·po·thet·i·cal/ˌhīpəˈTHedəkəl/
adjective
- 1. of, based on, or serving as a hypothesis: "that option is merely hypothetical at this juncture"
noun
- 1. a hypothetical proposition or statement: "Finn talked in hypotheticals, tossing what-if scenarios to Rosen"
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Learn the meaning of hypothetical, an adjective that describes something based on a suggested idea or theory. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related entries for hypothetical.
HYPOTHETICAL definition: 1. imagined or suggested but not necessarily real or true: 2. imagined or suggested but not…. Learn more.
Hypothetical means assumed or entertained as a theoretical possibility, invented example, premise for argument’s sake, etc.; supposed. Learn more about its origin, usage, and related words from Dictionary.com.
It means something based on an informed guess. Hypotheticals are fun. How would you do in a hypothetical arm-wrestling competition against your Grandma? There are people in the Pentagon whose jobs are to consider all kinds of hypotheticals––what if Luxembourg armed itself with nuclear weapons?
Learn the meaning of hypothetical, an adjective that describes something imagined or suggested but not necessarily real or true. See how to use hypothetical in sentences and compare it with synonyms and related words.
Learn the meaning of hypothetical, an adjective that describes something based on possible ideas or situations rather than actual ones. Find synonyms, pronunciation, grammar, and usage examples of hypothetical in British and American English.
Learn the meaning, pronunciation and usage of the adjective hypothetical, which means based on possible and imagined situations or ideas. See examples, synonyms and related words in the Oxford Collocations Dictionary app.
