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theoretical
adjective as in hypothetical
Strongest matches
abstract, academic, analytical, imaginative, intellectual, logical, metaphysical, philosophical, speculative, vague
Weak matches
as a premise, assumed, codified, conjectural, contingent, formalistic, formularized, general, ideal, idealized, ideational, ideological, impractical, in the abstract, in theory, instanced, notional, on paper, pedantic, postulated, presumed, problematical, pure, quixotic, suppositional, tentative, transcendent, transcendental, unearthly, unproved, unsubstantiated
Example Sentences
The rising threat is theoretical, until it isn’t.
Haines also has degrees in law and theoretical physics.
In contrast to Minic, Dr. Avi Loeb, a theoretical physics professor at Harvard University, praised the paper as “highly technical and offers a novel mathematical way to describe interactions among particles in a unified geometric way, including gravity and electromagnetism.”
Working with Dr. Rutwig Campoamor-Stursberg and mathematics colleague Álvaro Rodríguez Abella, Monjo performed extensive algebraic and other mathematical calculations — much of it drawing from existing research on theoretical physics — in order to arrive at their conclusions.
“An extreme abortion ban is not theoretical to us,” said Lisa Turner, who guides a political action committee promoting Democratic candidates and causes.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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