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121speculative — adj 1. deliberative, cogitative, rational, reasoning, intellectual, ideational; abstract, ideal, notional, imaginary, philosophical; analytic, experimental. 2. theoretical, academic, hypothetical, supposititious, suppositional, conjectural;… …
122theoretical — adj theoretic, pure, unapplied, abstract, impractical, unrealistic; ideal, ideational, ideological, academic, doctrinaire; hypothetical, conjectural, notional, speculatory, moot, postulatory, assumed, suppositive, supposititious, suppositional,… …
123unfounded — adj unsupported, ungrounded, groundless, unsound, unbased, baseless, without basis, idle, vain; unattested, unevidenced, unproven, uncorroborated, unsubstantiated, unauthorized, unestab lished; conjectural, speculative, suppositional,… …
124speculative — adjective 1) any discussion is largely speculative Syn: conjectural, suppositional, theoretical, hypothetical, tentative, unproven, unfounded, groundless, unsubstantiated 2) a speculative investment Syn: risky …
125theoretical — adjective Syn: hypothetical, speculative, academic, conjectural, suppositional, notional, unproven Ant: actual, real, practical …
126supposition — /sʌpəˈzɪʃən/ (say supuh zishuhn) noun 1. the act of supposing. 2. that which is supposed; an assumption; a hypothesis. {late Middle English, from Medieval Latin suppositio (in Latin: a putting under) used as translation of Greek hypothesis… …
127suppositious — /sʌpəˈzɪʃəs/ (say supuh zishuhs) adjective 1. supposititious. 2. suppositional …
128suppositive — /səˈpɒzətɪv/ (say suh pozuhtiv) adjective 1. of the nature of or involving supposition; suppositional. 2. supposititious or false. 3. Grammar expressing supposition, as the words if , granting , or provided . –noun 4. Grammar a suppositive word.… …
