conjectural

con·jec·tur·al

adj \kən-ˈjek-chə-rəl, -ˈjek-shrəl\

Definition of CONJECTURAL

1

: of the nature of or involving or based on conjecture

2

: given to conjectures

— con·jec·tur·al·ly adverb

Examples of CONJECTURAL

1. <a necessarily conjectural account of Shakespeare's life, since there is so little hard information>

First Known Use of CONJECTURAL

1553

Related to CONJECTURAL

Synonyms: academic (also academical), theoretical, hypothetical, speculative, suppositional

Antonyms: actual, factual, real

Related Words: alleged, assumed, presumed, presupposed, proposed, supposed, unproved, unproven, untested; debatable, moot; abstract, conceptual, intellectual, metaphysical; nonclinical, nonpractical; nonempirical

Near Antonyms: clinical, practical; concrete, defined, definite, distinct; attested, authenticated, confirmed, demonstrated, established, proven, substantiated, tested, time-tested, validated, verified; empirical (also empiric), nonspeculative, nontheoretical, observational

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Rhymes with CONJECTURAL

prefectural