1. (

• hypothetical

) a hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc.; "consider the following, just as a hypothetical" ;

1. (

• conjectural ,
• divinatory ,
• hypothetical ,
• hypothetic ,
• supposed ,
• suppositional ,
• suppositious ,
• supposititious

) based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence; "theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural"; "the supposed reason for his absence"; "suppositious reconstructions of dead languages"; "hypothetical situation" ;