Synonyms and Antonyms of theory

synonym (synonym of theory)

  • (noun.cognition)
    hypothesis, possibility
    a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena (noun.cognition)
     

hypernym (theory IS A KIND OF .... relation)

  • a belief that can guide behavior (noun.cognition)
    belief
    any cognitive content held as true (noun.cognition)
     
  • a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena (noun.cognition)
    concept, conception, construct
    an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances (noun.cognition)
     
  • 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 (noun.cognition)
    explanation
    thought that makes something comprehensible (noun.cognition)
     

hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF theory relation)

  • a belief that can guide behavior (noun.cognition)
    egoism
    (ethics) the theory that the pursuit of your own welfare in the basis of morality (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    hodgepodge, jumble, patchwork
    a theory or argument made up of miscellaneous or incongruous ideas (noun.cognition)
     
  • a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena (noun.cognition)
    hypothetical
    a hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc. (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    gemmule
    the physically discrete element that Darwin proposed as responsible for heredity (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    framework, model, theoretical account
    a hypothetical description of a complex entity or process (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    conjecture, speculation
    a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence) (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    assumption, supposal, supposition
    a hypothesis that is taken for granted (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    historicism
    a theory that social and cultural events are determined by history (noun.cognition)
     
  • 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 (noun.cognition)
    reductionism
    a theory that all complex systems can be completely understood in terms of their components (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    blastogenesis
    theory that inherited characteristics are transmitted by germ plasm (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    preformation, theory of preformation
    a theory (popular in the 18th century and now discredited) that an individual develops by simple enlargement of a tiny fully formed organism (a homunc more.. (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    scientific theory
    a theory that explains scientific observations (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    field theory
    (physics) a theory that explains a physical phenomenon in terms of a field and the manner in which it interacts with matter or with other fields (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    economic theory
    (economics) a theory of commercial activities (such as the production and consumption of goods) (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    atomic theory, atomism, atomist theory, atomistic theory
    (chemistry) any theory in which all matter is composed of tiny discrete finite indivisible indestructible particles (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    holism, holistic theory
    the theory that the parts of any whole cannot exist and cannot be understood except in their relation to the whole (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    structural sociology, structuralism
    a sociological theory based on the premise that society comes before individuals (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    structural anthropology, structuralism
    an anthropological theory that there are unobservable social structures that generate observable social phenomena (noun.cognition)
     

part holonym (PART OF relation)

  • (noun.cognition)
    law, law of nature
    a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature (noun.cognition)
     
  • (noun.cognition)
    hypothesis, possibility, theory
    a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena (noun.cognition)
     

part meronym (HAS PART relation)

  • a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena (noun.cognition)
    theory
    a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumsta more.. (noun.cognition)
     

derivation (.... is derived from theory)

synonym hypernym hyponym part holonym part meronym derivation hypothesis possibility concept conception construct belief explanation hypothetical gemmule framework model conjecture speculation law law of nature hypothesis possibility theory idealogue theoretician theoriser conjecture hypothecate hypothesise
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. hypothesis, possibility . belief . concept, conception, construct . explanation . egoism . hodgepodge, jumble, patchwork . hypothetical . gemmule . framework, model, theoretical account . conjecture, speculation . assumption, supposal, supposition . historicism . reductionism . blastogenesis . preformation, theory of preformation . scientific theory . field theory . economic theory . atomic theory, atomism, atomist theory, atomistic theory . holism, holistic theory . structural sociology, structuralism . structural anthropology, structuralism . law, law of nature . hypothesis, possibility, theory . theory . idealogue, theoretician, theoriser, theorist, theorizer . conjecture, hypothecate, hypothesise, hypothesize, speculate, suppose, theorise, theorize . theoretic, theoretical


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