Hypothetical and True

Hypothetical

Hypothetical adjective - Existing only as an assumption or speculation.

True is an antonym for hypothetical in theoretical topic.

Nearby Words: hypothesis, hypothetic

True

True adjective - Existing in fact and not merely as a possibility.
Usage example: the true scope of this environmental problem is far greater than anyone imagined

Hypothetical is an antonym for true.

Both words in one sentence

  • Set Right What Once Went Wrong This is Charles Wallace's mission in A Swiftly Tilting Planet, as the Echthroi have created a Might-Have-Been (a hypothetical timeline that is in the process of supplanting the true timeline) where the world is destroyed by nuclear war.
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