Synonyms of hypotheticals

hypotheticals

noun

plural of hypothetical

as in assumptions

something taken as being true or factual and used as a starting point for a course of action or reasoning

believes that predictions of the extinction of certain species as the result of global warming are based upon too many hypotheticals

Synonyms & Similar Words

• assumptions
• theories
• hypotheses
• premises
• beliefs
• presumptions
• presuppositions
• ifs
• postulates
• suppositions
• givens
• axioms
• propositions
• assertions
• principles
• doctrines
• truisms
• inferences
• verities
• theses
• laws
• standards
• precepts
• rules
• gospels
• tenets
• conclusions
• dogmas
• declarations
• foundations
• dicta
• deductions
• grounds
• canons
• affirmations
• bases
• ipse dixits
• avouchments

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hypotheticals

Some analysts voiced skepticism about the risk of a societal-scale attack carried out by AI, however, noting that such warnings typically come in the form of vague hypotheticals. — Max Zahn, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026

Thus, hypotheticals involving the NFL using a college football model might have been off base. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 8 Sep. 2026

His second-guessing doesn’t stanch his inner torrent of bile, which continues through dinner with Irène and her mother, and goes on for another fifteen pages of emotional hypotheticals and conditionals. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 9 July 2026

With that in mind, let’s run through some of those hypotheticals that Zito will be facing — and has been facing — as free agency looms. — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 28 June 2026

And in desperate times, people don’t tend to think in hypotheticals or a decade out. — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 24 June 2026

Families confronting complicated pregnancies are living through painful, high-stakes situations — not policy hypotheticals. — Robin Sautter, Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2026

The conservative justices peppered Stewart with hypotheticals. — Arkansas Online, 24 Mar. 2026

In the view of the Department of Defense, Anthropic kneecapped the partnership by insisting on unnecessary guardrails, attempting to litigate specific hypotheticals, and then dragging its feet in the subsequent negotiations. — Harry Booth, Time, 11 Mar. 2026