hypothetical

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
    

Noun

• a hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc.
  • consider the following, just as a hypothetical
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  conjectural , divinatory , hypothetic , supposed , suppositional , suppositious , supposititious