adj. Function: adjective
1 concerned principally with abstractions and theories FF1C; theoretical versus applied physics FF1E;
Synonyms: academic, closet, speculative
Related Words: conjectural, hypothetical, notional, suppositional, unproved; analytical, problematical
Contrasted Words: practical; factual; proved
Antonyms: applied
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Synonyms: ABSTRACT 1, hypothetical, ideal, transcendent, transcendental
Related Words: idealized, ivory-tower
Antonyms: concrete