what if scenario
- hypotheticalAssumed but unproven
- alternateOccur in succession
- possibilityState of being achievable
- speculationUnproven theorizing or risky investment
- imagineForm mental pictures
scenario · counterfactual · suppose · contingency · thought experiment · parallel · branching · divergent · alternate history · butterfly effect · sliding doors · fork · timeline · conjecture · daydream · fantasy · projection · simulation
- Alternate Historyalternate history, alternate timeline, alternate timelines, alternate reality, alternate world
actuality
what if scenarioreality
What actually exists
true story · case study · matter of record · ground truth · nonfiction
certainty
what if scenariocertainty
Total absence of doubt
foregone conclusion · sure thing · fait accompli · given · inevitability
temporal orientation
what if scenariohistorical record
Preserved account of past
the facts · chronicle · postmortem · after-action report · primary source