hypothetically
As a supposition
Hypothetically means in a way that assumes something for the sake of argument, without asserting it as true: Hypothetically, if we doubled our budget, what could we achieve?
The word signals that what follows is speculation or theoretical reasoning rather than a claim about reality.
It often introduces thought experiments or explores possibilities without commitment.
Conditional clause marker
- supposingConjecture as premise
- assumingAccepting as true unverified
- grantedGiven or allowed officially
- givenAccepted as fact
provided · were · should · could · might · potentially · conceivably · arguably
State of affairs
- possibilityState of being achievable
- premiseFoundation for logical argument
- contingencyUncertain possible event
- what-ifHypothetical scenario query
thought experiment · counterfactual · alternate reality · parallel · simulation · model · case study · projection
Guess based on incomplete evidence
- supposeAccept as true tentatively
- imagineForm mental pictures
- assumeAccept as true
- theorizeForm explanatory suppositions
postulate · presume · surmise · infer · ponder · contemplate · muse · reason
Based on hypothesis, untested
- philosophicalConcerned with fundamental truths
- abstractCondensed version of text
- conceptualOf or relating to ideas
- speculativeBased on conjecture
analytical · deductive · propositional · axiomatic · a priori · logical · methodological · scholarly
if
Conditional clause marker
- supposingConjecture as premise
- assumingAccepting as true unverified
- grantedGiven or allowed officially
given · provided · were · should · could · might · potentially · conceivably · arguably · theoretically
situation
State of affairs
- possibilityState of being achievable
- premiseFoundation for logical argument
- contingencyUncertain possible event
what-if · thought experiment · counterfactual · alternate reality · parallel · simulation · model · case study · projection · outcome
speculate
Guess based on incomplete evidence
theorize · postulate · presume · surmise · infer · ponder · contemplate · muse · reason · deduce
theoretical
Based on hypothesis, untested
- philosophicalConcerned with fundamental truths
- abstractCondensed version of text
- conceptualOf or relating to ideas
speculative · analytical · deductive · propositional · axiomatic · a priori · logical · methodological · scholarly · intellectual
- adverbsquickly, slowly, very, really, now
- sentence adverbsobviously, certainly, probably, possibly, perhaps
- Hedging Wordsperhaps, maybe, possibly, arguably, supposedly
- evasionsno comment, dodge, deflection, hedging, equivocation
- Possibilitymaybe, perhaps, possibly, could, might
- conditionalsif, then, if clause, if clauses, else
hypotheticallyactually
In truth, not supposedly
in reality · in fact · really · in practice · in truth
hypotheticallyfactually
In accordance with reality
accurately · demonstrably · verifiably · provably · certifiably
- hypothetically speaking
- hypothetical scenarioImagined situation for reasoning