experimental

experimental

adjective

Definition of EXPERIMENTAL

1

made or done as an experiment <an experimental procedure for patients suffering from leukemia>

Synonyms developmental, pilot, trial

Related Words exploratory, investigative, probative; preliminary, preparatory, provisional, temporary, tentative; conjectural, hypothetical, speculative, theoretical (also theoretic); untested, untried; unproved, unproven

Near Antonyms accepted, established, standard; tested, tried; advanced, developed; proved, proven; conclusive, decisive, definitive, final, permanent

2

based on observation or experience <asserted that experimental knowledge is vastly superior to idle speculation and theorizing>

Synonyms existential, experiential, experimental, objective, observational

Related Words actual, factual, genuine, hard, material, real; accepted, established, tried, tried-and-true; indisputable, undeniable; demonstrable, provable, verifiable

Near Antonyms conjectural, hypothetical, speculative; unproven, unsubstantiated; metaphysical, transcendentalist, visionary

Antonyms nonempirical, theoretical (also theoretic), unempirical