Empirical and Suppositional
Opposite meaning words
Empirical
Empirical adjective - Derived from experiment and observation rather than theory.
Usage example: empirical data
Suppositional is an antonym for empirical.
Suppositional
Suppositional adjective - Existing only as an assumption or speculation.
Usage example: concepts regarding the origin and structure of the universe must perforce be suppositional
Empirical is an antonym for suppositional.
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