A hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc..

Based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence:
— Hypothetical situation.

synonyms: conjectural, divinatory, hypothetic, supposed, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious.

Roget 514: supposing etc. v.; given, mooted, postulatory^†; assumed etc. v.; supposititious, suppositive^†, suppositious; gratuitous, speculative, conjectural, hypothetical, theoretical, academic, supposable, presumptive, putative; suppositional.    suggestive, allusive.    ... show more

Roget 469: qualifying etc. v.; qualified, conditioned, restricted, hedged; conditional; exceptional etc. (unconformable) 83.    hypothetical etc. (supposed) 514; contingent etc. (uncertain) 475.    ... show more

Roget 475: uncertain; casual; random etc. (aimless) 621; changeable etc. 149.    doubtful, dubious; indecisive; unsettled, undecided, undetermined; in suspense, open to discussion; controvertible; in question etc. (inquiry) 461.    vague; indeterminate, indefinite; ambiguous, equivocal; undefined, undefinable; confused etc. (indistinct) 447; mystic, oracular; dazed.    perplexing etc. v.; enigmatic, paradoxical, apocryphal, problematical, hypothetical; experimental etc. 463.    unpredictable, unforeseeable (unknowable) 519.    fallible, questionable, precarious, slippery, ticklish, debatable, disputable; unreliable, untrustworthy.    contingent, contingent on, dependent on; subject to; dependent on circumstances; occasional; provisional.    unauthentic, unauthenticated, unauthoritative; unascertained, unconfirmed; undemonstrated; untold, uncounted.    in a state of uncertainty, in a cloud, in a maze; bushed, off the track; ignorant, etc. 491; afraid to say; out of one's reckoning, astray, adrift; at sea, at fault, at a loss, at one's wit's end, at a nonplus; puzzled etc. v.; lost, abroad, d_esorient_e; distracted, distraught.    ... show more