Entry Word: potential

Function: adjective

Meaning: existing only as a possibility and not in fact <I can see a few potential problems with getting a puppy, but weʼll wait and see if they come up>

Synonyms possible

Related Words conceivable, imaginable, plausible, thinkable; likely, probable; conjectural, hypothetical, suppositional, theoretical (also theoretic); alleged, assumed, purported, reputed, supposed; achievable, attainable, doable, feasible, practicable, viable, workable

Near Antonyms authenticated, confirmed, demonstrated, established, proven, substantiated; authentic, bona fide, genuine, true

Antonyms actual, existent, factual, real