Search Result for "theoretical": 
Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations;
- Example: "theoretical science"
[syn: theoretical, theoretic]

2. concerned with theories rather than their practical applications;
- Example: "theoretical physics"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Theoretic \The`o*ret"ic\, Theoretical \The`o*ret"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?: cf. L. theoreticus, F. th['e]or['e]tique.] Pertaining to theory; depending on, or confined to, theory or speculation; speculative; terminating in theory or speculation: not practical; as, theoretical learning; theoretic sciences. -- The`o*ret"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

theoretical adj 1: concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; "theoretical science" [syn: theoretical, theoretic] [ant: empiric, empirical] 2: concerned with theories rather than their practical applications; "theoretical physics" [ant: applied]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

31 Moby Thesaurus words for "theoretical": abstract, academic, analytical, armchair, closet, conceptual, conjectural, debatable, fanciful, hypothetic, hypothetical, ideal, idealized, ideational, ideological, impractical, moot, notional, postulatory, problematical, pure, putative, speculative, suppositional, supposititious, transcendent, transcendental, unproved, unproven, unrealistic, untested