suppositious (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *suppositious*:
ADJECTIVE	all	suppositious, conjectural, divinatory, hypothetical, hypothetic, supposed, suppositional, supposititious	based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence

English > *suppositious*: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaning	Based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence.
Example	"suppositious reconstructions of dead languages"
Synonyms	conjectural, divinatory, hypothetical, hypothetic, supposed, suppositional, supposititious
Broader	theoretical, theoretic	concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations
Spanish	adivinatorio, conjetural, hipotético, supositivo, supuesto
Catalan	hipotètic, supositiu
Nouns	supposition	a hypothesis that is taken for granted
Nouns	supposition	a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

HyperDic: suppositious