Advertisement
Advertisement
postulated
adjective as in assumed
adjective as in hypothetical
Strongest matches
Strong matches
adjective as in induced
Strong matches
adjective as in theoretic
Weak matches
- abstract
- academic
- analytical
- as a premise
- assumed
- codified
- conjectural
- contingent
- formalistic
- formularized
- general
- hypothetic
- hypothetical
- ideal
- idealized
- ideational
- ideological
- imaginative
- impractical
- in the abstract
- in theory
- instanced
- intellectual
- logical
- metaphysical
- notional
- on paper
- pedantic
- philosophical
- presumed
- problematical
- pure
- quixotic
- speculative
- suppositional
- tentative
- transcendent
- transcendental
- unearthly
- unproved
- unsubstantiated
- vague
adjective as in theoretical
Strongest matches
Weak matches
Example Sentences
It has since been postulated that so-called cognitive reserve might account for this differential protective effect in individuals.
By doing so, they have corroborated an extremely interesting phenomenon that Nobel Prize laureate Frank Wilczek postulated around ten years ago and which had already found its way into science fiction movies.
Academic researchers have postulated that Oprah’s blessing was good for a million Obama votes in 2008; then again, in 2018 Ms. Swift endorsed a Democrat in a Tennessee Senate race who lost handily.
Self-replication has been postulated to be central to the emergence of life, but the vast majority of its known manifestations require complex macromolecules like enzymes.
Because they found the melittin gene only in bees, the researchers also invalidated the hypothesis that it belongs to a group of venom genes postulated for stinging insects called aculeatoxins.
Advertisement
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse