theoretical

Academic Word List, sublist 1.

About 37.28 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Of or relating to theory; abstract; not empirical.

Similar words

abstractive theoretic notional a priori metaphysical hypothetic hypothetical speculative conjectural suppositional

Often followed by

and framework model basis analysis models considerations work physics perspectives

Word family

theoretic theoretically theories theorist theorists theory