'Conjectural' definitions:
Definition of 'conjectural'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence; "theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are still highly conjectural"; "the supposed reason for his absence"; "suppositious reconstructions of dead languages"; "hypothetical situation" [syn: conjectural, divinatory, hypothetical, hypothetic, supposed, suppositional, suppositious, supposititious]
Definition of 'Conjectural'
From: GCIDE
- Conjectural \Con*jec"tur*al\, a. [L. conjecturalis: cf. F. conjectural.] Dependent on conjecture; fancied; imagined; guessed at; undetermined; doubtful. [1913 Webster]
- And mak'st conjectural fears to come into me. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- A slight expense of conjectural analogy. --Hugh Miller. [1913 Webster]
- Who or what such editor may be, must remain conjectural. --Carlyle. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'conjectural'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abstract,
- academic,
- arguable,
- armchair,
- at issue,
- confutable,
- contestable,
- controversial,
- controvertible,
- debatable,
- deniable,
- disputable,
- doubtable,
- doubtful,
- dubious,
- dubitable,
- hypothetic,
- hypothetical,
- ideal,
- iffy,
- impractical,
- in dispute,
- in doubt,
- in dubio,
- in question,
- mistakable,
- moot,
- notional,
- open to doubt,
- open to question,
- postulatory,
- problematic,
- putative,
- questionable,
- refutable,
- reputed,
- speculative,
- suppositional,
- supposititious,
- suppositive,
- suppository,
- suspect,
- suspicious,
- theoretical