SYNONYMS AND RELATED EXPRESSIONS
conjectural
adjective
Based on an unproved guess or inference.
Local English device voice, when available. This is not a recorded dictionary pronunciation.
Based on incomplete evidence
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Usage distinction
Return to topHypothetical can mean a deliberately imagined case; conjectural describes an explanation lacking adequate evidence.
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See conjectural in use
The reconstruction of the missing scene is necessarily conjectural.
A library group considered a hypothetical plan to extend a small reading event into a full weekend program. Their attendance forecast was conjectural because it rested on only two earlier evenings and several untested assumptions about interest.
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