theory - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena

Synonyms

• hypothesis
• possibility
• theory

More generic

• concept
• conception
• construct

More specific

• assumption
• conjecture
• framework
• gemmule
• historicism
• hypothetical
• model
• speculation
• supposal
• supposition
• theoretical account

Related

• theory

Noun

a belief that can guide behavior

Synonyms

• theory

More generic

• belief

More specific

• egoism
• hodgepodge
• jumble
• patchwork

Noun

a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena

Synonyms

• theory

More generic

• explanation

More specific

• atomic theory
• atomism
• atomist theory
• atomistic theory
• blastogenesis
• economic theory
• field theory
• holism
• holistic theory
• preformation
• reductionism
• scientific theory
• structural anthropology
• structural sociology
• structuralism
• theory of preformation

Related

• hypothesis
• law
• law of nature
• possibility
• theory

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