hypothetically speaking
- theoreticallyIn principle, not actuality
- supposeAccept as true tentatively
- imagineForm mental pictures
- what-ifHypothetical scenario query
- conjectureGuess from limited facts
speculation · pretend · scenario · assuming · abstract · musing · fantasy · possibility · alternate · perhaps · daydream · armchair · pondering · fictional · imaginary · counterfactual · supposing · abstraction
actuality
hypothetically speakingin reality
Expressing what's true
actually · in fact · in point of fact · as a matter of fact · in practice