speculative

speculative

adjective

Definition of SPECULATIVE

existing only as an assumption or speculation <a speculative explanation of why this ancient pottery was found hundreds of miles from where it was made>

Synonyms academic (also academical), conjectural, hypothetical, speculative, suppositional

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

Antonyms actual, factual, real