Definition for Theory:

• Supposition explaining something, esp. one based on principles independent of the phenomena &c. to be explained, opp. to HYPOTHESIS, as atomic t., t. of gravitation, evolution; speculative view, as one of my pet tt. ( often implying fancifulness); the sphere of speculative thought, as this is all very well in t., but how will it work in practice?; exposition of the principles of a science &c., as the t. of music; ( Math.) collection of results designed to illustrate principles of a subject, as t. of chances, equations. Hence theorist( 3), theorization, nn., theorize( 2) v. i. [ old French]

Synonyms for Theory:

• n.

  •
  • ideal,
  • dogma,
  • foundation,
  • conditions,
  • approach,
  • method,
  • doctrine,
  • provision,
  • philosophy,
  • argument,
  • data,
  • principles,
  • code,
  • outlook,
  • rationale,
  • commitment,
  • law,
  • Systemization,
  • plea,
  • basis,
  • faith.
  •
  • clarification,
  • outline,
  • gloss,
  • instruction,
  • interpretation,
  • explanation.
  •
  • frame of reference,
  • the spirit of the times/age,
  • ideology,
  • belief,
  • ism.
  •
  • postulate,
  • postulation,
  • reason,
  • presupposition.
  •assumption (noun)
  • hypo-thesis,
  • pre-mise,
  • pre mises,
  • assumings,
  • inference,
  • supposal,
  • shot the dark,
  • hypothesis,
  • theorization,
  • acceptings,
  • theorizations,
  • shot dark,
  • sneaking suspicions,
  • pre-mises,
  • supposals,
  • posits,
  • shot in dark,
  • pre mise,
  • sneaking suspicion,
  • hypo thesis.
  •basis (noun)
  • keynotes,
  • under-pinning,
  • ex planations,
  • infra structure,
  • chief ingredient,
  • principal element,
  • ex-planations,
  • keystones,
  • hard facts,
  • sub-strata,
  • hard fact,
  • infra structures,
  • sub-stratum,
  • sub stratums,
  • infrastructure,
  • infra-structures,
  • sub stratum,
  • roots,
  • under pinning,
  • sub-stratums,
  • infra-structure,
  • ex-planation,
  • ex planation,
  • chief ingredients,
  • sub strata,
  • fundamental,
  • principal elements,
  • rudiment.
  •belief (noun)
  • notion,
  • say-so,
  • say so.
  •belief, speculation (noun)
  • guess.
  •cognition (noun)
  • theory.
  •concept (noun)
  • conceptualization,
  • fool notion,
  • intellections,
  • brain wave,
  • big ideas,
  • big idea,
  • brain waves,
  • conceptualizations,
  • fool notions,
  • wrinkle,
  • intellection.
  •conjecture (noun)
  • guesstimates,
  • stab the dark,
  • guesstimate,
  • stab dark,
  • perhap,
  • stab in the dark,
  • theorizings,
  • stab in dark.
  •course of action (noun)
  • scheme.
  •explanation based on hypothesis and experiments (noun)
  • theorem.
  •feeling, idea (noun)
  • impression.
  •guess (noun)
  • pre dictions,
  • pre-diction,
  • pre diction,
  • pre-dictions,
  • surmisal,
  • surmisals,
  • prediction.
  •guess, belief (noun)
  • supposition.
  •guess, conclusion (noun)
  • surmise.
  •hypothesis, belief (noun)
  • presentiment,
  • idea,
  • position,
  • Formularization,
  • base,
  • proposal,
  • hunch,
  • suppose,
  • speculation,
  • codification,
  • guesswork,
  • understanding,
  • conjecture,
  • shot,
  • suspicion,
  • grounds,
  • presumption,
  • system,
  • stab,
  • concept,
  • plan.
  •idea (noun)
  • consideration,
  • inkling,
  • image,
  • inspiration,
  • thought,
  • vision,
  • ideation,
  • perception,
  • observation,
  • reflection,
  • brainstorm,
  • principle,
  • design,
  • conception.
  •ideology (noun)
  • articles faith,
  • weltanschauungs,
  • out looks,
  • out-look,
  • out-looks,
  • out look.
  •impression (noun)
  • re collection,
  • re collections,
  • re-collections,
  • re-collection.
  •knowledge (noun)
  • lore,
  • knowhow,
  • facts,
  • in sight,
  • inside story.
  •opinion (noun)
  • imaginings,
  • point view,
  • re actions.
  •person's understanding; information (noun)
  • knowledge.
  •philosophy (noun)
  • ontology,
  • rationalism,
  • meta physics,
  • Philosophies,
  • values,
  • rationalisms,
  • ontologies,
  • meta-physics,
  • metaphysics.
  •policy (noun)
  • the book,
  • the number,
  • the numbers,
  • guideline,
  • the books.
  •presupposition (noun)
  • pre supposition,
  • pre suppositions,
  • pre-suppositions,
  • pre-supposition.
  •rationale (noun)
  • whatfors,
  • whole ideas,
  • why wherefores,
  • whole idea,
  • the big idea,
  • whyfor,
  • why and wherefore,
  • the whole idea,
  • why and wherefores,
  • ex-positions,
  • why wherefore,
  • song dance,
  • the big ideas,
  • whyfors,
  • ex-position,
  • whatfor,
  • the whole ideas,
  • raison detre.
  •scheme (noun)
  • codifications,
  • pro position,
  • out line,
  • dis positions,
  • dis-positions,
  • dis position,
  • pro-positions,
  • dis-position,
  • out-lines,
  • pro positions,
  • out lines,
  • out-line,
  • orderings.
  •supposition (noun)
  • fantasy,
  • imagination,
  • prophecy.
  •surmise (noun)
  • sur mise,
  • sur mises,
  • sur-mises,
  • sur-mise.
  •system (noun)
  • MODU,
  • co-ordinations,
  • systematic processes,
  • integrals,
  • co-ordination,
  • co ordination,
  • pro-cess,
  • systematic process,
  • methodicalnesses,
  • coordination,
  • co ordinations,
  • logical order,
  • logical processes,
  • logical process,
  • fixed orders,
  • course of action,
  • definite plan,
  • frame reference,
  • coordinations,
  • course action,
  • wises,
  • orderly process,
  • pro cess,
  • logical orders,
  • fixed order,
  • orderly processes,
  • methodicalness,
  • Modus,
  • pro-cesses,
  • definite plans.
  •theorem (noun)
  • principium,
  • Principia.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • conclusion,
  • projection,
  • assumption,
  • head,
  • preamble,
  • premise,
  • thing,
  • rationalization,
  • bedrock,
  • sense,
  • gospel,
  • idealism,
  • orthodoxy,
  • mythology,
  • pillar.
  •
  • flash,
  • uncertainty,
  • orientation,
  • culture,
  • paradigm.
  •
  • consciousness,
  • politics,
  • thesis.
  •
  • feeling,
  • body.
  •
  • value.
  •
  • ground.
  •course
  • policy.
  •Other relevant words:
  • estimation,
  • sight,
  • harmonics,
  • awareness,
  • reasoning,
  • condition,
  • reaction,
  • creed,
  • tenet,
  • explication,
  • attribution,
  • music theory,
  • mystique,
  • public belief,
  • eye,
  • interpretative,
  • point of view,
  • line,
  • theoretically,
  • community sentiment,
  • yonder,
  • in theory,
  • exegesis,
  • body of instruction,
  • Lights,
  • mental image,
  • music,
  • divination,
  • opening,
  • ethos,
  • instinct,
  • sentiment,
  • Pandect,
  • reasons,
  • message,
  • dream,
  • assurance,
  • general belief,
  • hint,
  • science,
  • enlightenment,
  • judgment,
  • possibility,
  • conceit,
  • recept,
  • thinking,
  • guestimate,
  • picture,
  • bias,
  • think,
  • corollary,
  • judgement,
  • posture,
  • musicality,
  • canon,
  • reference to,
  • logic,
  • mouth,
  • assertion,
  • estimate,
  • shibboleth,
  • gaming,
  • interpretive,
  • ascription,
  • aperture,
  • perhaps,
  • premonition,
  • consensus gentium,
  • Pansophy,
  • field of view,
  • illumination,
  • assumed position,
  • Rhythmics,
  • attitude,
  • musicology,
  • expectation,
  • contention,
  • statistics,
  • hodgepodge,
  • popular belief,
  • public opinion,
  • palaetiology,
  • Significancy,
  • opportunity,
  • possible action,
  • delusion,
  • Postulatum,
  • assessment,
  • Theories,
  • Bookmaking,
  • etiology,
  • climate of opinion,
  • explanatory,
  • article of faith,
  • formula,
  • musicography,
  • yon,
  • there,
  • school,
  • premiss,
  • gap,
  • stand,
  • sensation,
  • imago,
  • Melodics,
  • cyclopedia,
  • aspect,
  • apprehension,
  • view,
  • evaluation,
  • phantasy,
  • viewpoint,
  • theoretical,
  • proposition,
  • mind,
  • fat,
  • conviction,
  • imputation,
  • memory trace,
  • contemplation,
  • fancy,
  • intuition,
  • deduction,
  • Thitherward,
  • arguments,
  • thither,
  • point,
  • monetarist,
  • premises,
  • way of thinking,
  • harmony,
  • abstraction,
  • aetiology,
  • personal judgment,
  • representation,
  • analysis,
  • reverie,
  • credo,
  • body of knowledge,
  • encyclopedia,
  • light,
  • jumble,
  • prevailing belief,
  • stance,
  • precept,
  • teaching,
  • accounting for,
  • axiom.

Paraphrases for Theory:

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    principle.
  • Noun, plural
    arguments, Studies, tenets, academics.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    principles, notion, paper, principle, proposition, premise.
  • Verb, past tense
    pointed, addressed, Discussed, Dealt, made.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Addressing, turning, Discussing, dealing.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    works.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    theoretical.
  • Proper noun, singular
    theoretical, theorie, doctrine.
  • Noun, plural
    doctrines, theorists.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    hypothesis, thesis, theoretical, Theorizing, dissertation, argument, assumption, reasoning, theorist, logic, doctrine, rhetoric, supposition.
  • Adverb
    theoretically.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Referring.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    doctrine.

Antonyms for Theory:

• n.

  • hypothesis, belief
    certainty, disbelief, proof, information, knowledge, reality, truth, fact, calculation, measurement.
  • Other antonyms:
    demonstration, discovery, evidence.

Theory Sentence Examples:

• You've got a theory, of course?

• It's all theory so far.

Homophones for Theory:

• thiery, thiry.

Hypernym for Theory:

• n.

  • cognition
    structural anthropology, theory of preformation, structuralism, reductionism, blastogenesis, economic theory, field theory, atomic theory, egoism, preformation, patchwork, holism, atomistic theory, Atomism, jumble, hodgepodge, holistic theory, structural sociology, atomist theory, scientific theory.

Hyponym for Theory:

• n.

  • cognition
    explanation, belief.

Meronym for Theory:

• n.

  • cognition
    law, theory, law of nature, hypothesis, possibility.