What is another word for theoretical?
518 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ θi͡əɹˈɛtɪkə͡l], [ θiəɹˈɛtɪkəl], [ θ_iə_ɹ_ˈɛ_t_ɪ_k_əl]Table of Contents
Similar words for theoretical:- academic (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- conceptual (adjective)
- conjectural (adjective)
- dogmatic (adjective)
- doubtful (adjective)
- fundamental (adjective)
- hypothetical (adjective)
- ideal (adjective)
- imaginary (adjective)
- immaterial (adjective)
- impractical/impracticable (adjective)
- metaphysical (adjective)
- suppositional (adjective)
- topical (adjective)
- transcendent (adjective)
- transcendent/transcendental (adjective)
- unnegotiable (adjective)
- unreal (adjective)
- unrealistic (adjective)
- unusable (adjective)
- unworkable (adjective)
- a priori (adverb)
- a priori (adverb)
- abstractive (noun)
- hypothetic (noun)
- hypothetical (noun)
- ideological (noun)
- other synonyms
- in name only
- other relevant words
Synonyms for Theoretical:
adj.
•academic (adjective) •all (adjective) •conceptual (adjective) •conjectural (adjective)- putative,
- more surmised,
- guesstimated,
- more guesstimated,
- un resolved,
- more guessing,
- most guessing,
- un-resolved,
- most guesstimated,
- on hunch,
- on long shot,
- guessing,
- most surmised,
- more surmising,
- most surmising,
- most figured,
- more figured.
- unerring,
- un changeable,
- un-erring,
- un qualified,
- peremptory,
- most reasoned,
- most excathedra,
- more reasoned,
- doctrinaire,
- more doctrinal,
- eternal,
- as matter course,
- most deductive,
- as matter of course,
- in-evitable,
- most doctrinal,
- un erring,
- un-changeable,
- more deductive,
- as a matter course,
- more excathedra,
- un-qualified,
- in evitable.
- dis-composed,
- most baffled,
- un sure,
- most agnostic,
- more faltering,
- un decided,
- dis trustful,
- most flustered,
- dis composed,
- un-convinced,
- in decisive,
- more agnostic,
- more flustered,
- most discomposed,
- un settled,
- most unconvinced,
- most faltering,
- dis-trustful,
- un-decided,
- most questioning,
- dis concerted,
- un-settled,
- doubting,
- more discomposed,
- in quandary,
- un-sure,
- more baffled,
- dis-concerted,
- more questioning,
- more unconvinced,
- questioning,
- in-decisive,
- un convinced.
- more axiological,
- more foundational,
- most meat and potatoes,
- more underived,
- under-lying,
- in dispensable,
- most foundational,
- more bottom line,
- most bottomline,
- more sustaining,
- grassroots,
- in-dispensable,
- un-derived,
- more substrative,
- un derived,
- most axiological,
- more bottom-line,
- most meat-and-potatoes,
- most substratal,
- bottomline,
- substratal,
- more meat-and-potatoes,
- elementary,
- most bottom line,
- more substratal,
- most bottom-line,
- more bottomline,
- most grass-roots,
- most fundamental,
- sub-stratal,
- more grass-roots,
- para mount,
- more grass roots,
- grass roots,
- under lying,
- most underived,
- elemental,
- para-mount,
- more grassroots,
- sub stratal,
- most sustaining,
- most substrative,
- most grassroots,
- most grass roots,
- more meat and potatoes,
- grass-roots.
- general,
- pure,
- ideational,
- intellectual,
- quixotic,
- contingent,
- imaginative,
- Instanced,
- vague,
- problematical,
- in the abstract,
- logical,
- suppositional,
- Postulated,
- speculative,
- on paper,
- presumed,
- analytical,
- unearthly,
- formularized,
- in theory,
- unproved,
- tentative,
- assumed,
- as a premise,
- notional,
- unsubstantiated,
- codified,
- philosophical,
- idealized.
- ivorytower,
- un earthliest,
- un-earthliest,
- un-attainable,
- highflown,
- un earthlier,
- un attainable,
- most ivorytower,
- in the clouds,
- most ivory tower,
- high flown,
- more ivory-tower,
- most out of reach,
- more ivorytower,
- more out-of-reach,
- most out-of-reach,
- un earthly,
- un-earthlier,
- most ideal,
- more ivory tower,
- most ivory-tower,
- un-earthly,
- more out of reach.
- ethereal,
- immaterial,
- incorporeal,
- impalpable,
- spiritual,
- intangible,
- unsubstantial,
- imponderable,
- bodiless,
- supernatural,
- eerie,
- unworldly.
- in-applicable,
- more nogo,
- un wiser,
- un feasible,
- un wisest,
- in efficacious,
- most inoperable,
- un-wise,
- infeasible,
- most no go,
- un-wisest,
- out question,
- more irrealizable,
- most irrealizable,
- most unbusinesslike,
- irrealizable,
- un-businesslike,
- most no-go,
- un-serviceable,
- most nonfunctional,
- out the question,
- more inoperable,
- un-feasible,
- wont fly,
- most nogo,
- un serviceable,
- in operable,
- more infeasible,
- in applicable,
- more nonfunctional,
- more impracticable,
- in-efficacious,
- starry eyed,
- most unserviceable,
- more no go,
- more unbusinesslike,
- non-viable,
- un businesslike,
- most nonviable,
- more no-go,
- illogical,
- most infeasible,
- in-feasible,
- more unserviceable,
- un-wiser,
- more nonviable,
- un wise,
- in feasible,
- not prayer,
- in-operable,
- starryeyed,
- non viable,
- non functional.
- jesuitic,
- Unfleshly,
- nonmaterial,
- nonphysical,
- oversubtle,
- non-material,
- Discarnate,
- Supramundane,
- unphysical,
- supranatural,
- suprahuman,
- Supermundane,
- superhuman,
- non-physical.
- in-tact,
- most transmundane,
- more unequalable,
- un equalled,
- most unrivalled,
- in-finite,
- sub lime,
- more unequalled,
- un rivalled,
- most unequalable,
- most exceeding,
- more unrivalled,
- trans-mundane,
- sub-lime,
- more surpassing,
- most unequalled,
- in finite,
- un-rivalled,
- more exceeding,
- second none,
- trans mundane,
- more transcending,
- un-paralleled,
- in comparable,
- un-equalled,
- un paralleled,
- in tact,
- sur-passing,
- most transcending,
- in-comparable,
- more transcendental,
- most surpassing,
- more transcendent,
- pre eminent,
- more transmundane.
adv.
•a priori (adverb)adv
•a priori (adverb)n.
•abstractive (noun) •hypothetic (noun) •hypothetical (noun) •ideological (noun)Other synonyms:
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- contradictory,
- mistaken,
- preconceived,
- chemistry,
- muddle-headed,
- privately,
- fundamental,
- simplistic,
- received,
- black and white,
- popular,
- inductive,
- radical,
- loud,
- uncontroversial,
- threadbare,
- nonconformist,
- inmost,
- messianic,
- discretionary,
- critically,
- compatible,
- optimistic,
- subjective,
- technically,
- innermost,
- revisionist,
- skewed,
- deep,
- utilitarian,
- warmed-over,
- literal,
- strictly,
- profound,
- critical,
- elegant,
- ideological,
- defensible,
- deterministic,
- ahistorical,
- circular,
- central,
- thought-out,
- confucian,
- mechanistic,
- contagious,
- competing,
- utopian,
- orthodox,
- introspective,
- set,
- holistic,
- thoughtfully,
- anthropocentric,
- strict.
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- fixed.
- contemplative,
- technical,
- noetic,
- reputed,
- taken for granted,
- cerebral,
- apparent,
- theory,
- esoteric,
- experimental,
- fictitious,
- astrophysicist,
- exploratory,
- presumptive,
- mentally,
- closet,
- rational,
- calorie,
- fairly,
- Notionally,
- unconfirmed,
- made-up,
- ratiocinative,
- speculatively,
- Supposing,
- supposititious,
- visionary,
- theoretically,
- suspected,
- just,
- intellectually,
- divinatory,
- aerodynamics,
- ivory tower,
- accepted,
- putatively,
- debatable,
- cognitive,
- untested,
- nonobjective,
- purely,
- experiential,
- illusive,
- Suppositive,
- completely,
- fancifully,
- kinetic,
- unproven,
- given,
- mechanics,
- Conjectured,
- newtonian,
- Theorized,
- inquisitive,
- artificial,
- armchair,
- dynamics,
- Academical,
- logically,
- theoretic,
- academically,
- nonrepresentational,
- imagined,
- mental,
- Surmised,
- gratuitous,
- Conjecturally,
- Metaphysic,
- fallacious,
- Presupposed,
- evident,
- Speculated,
- Guessed,
- Postulatory,
- hypothetically,
- learnedly,
- idealistic,
- dynamic,
- mythical,
- studiously,
- merely,
- rationally,
- Unpractical,
- taken,
- so-called,
- supposedly,
- prying,
- moot,
- Mooted,
- hypothesized,
- perfectly,
- titular,
- self-styled,
- cogitative,
- astrophysics,
- purport,
- abstractionist,
- soi-disant,
- supposable,
- illusory,
- make-believe,
- theory-based,
- token,
- abstractly,
- utterly,
- perceptual,
- expected,
- suppositious,
- nonfigurative,
- fanciful,
- soundly.
Paraphrases for Theoretical:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
theoretic, conceptual, notional.
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Proper noun, singular
conceptual, notional.
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Adjective
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Reverse Entailment
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Adjective
theoretically.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
computational, philosophical, rhetorical, Imputed, pre-service, ideological, analytical, intellectual, formal, speculative, nominal, counterfactual, logical, principle, principled.
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Verb, past tense
predicted.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
hypothetical, theory, doctrinal, abstract, moot.
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Adjective
Antonyms for Theoretical:
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adj.
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all
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hypothetical
definite, factual, material, ignorant, physical, objective, real, illogical, certain, proven, concrete, simple.
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Other antonyms:
clinical, attested, authenticated, noticeable, substantiated, demonstrated, discernible, distinct, trial and error, perceptible, sensible, appreciable, observable, visible, palpable, defined, verified, established, confirmed, validated, time-tested, tangible, empiric, tested, a posteriori, detectable.
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