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experimental
adjective
Synonyms and Antonyms of EXPERIMENTAL
1
made or done as an experiment <an experimental procedure for patients suffering from leukemia>
Related Words exploratory, investigative, probative; preliminary, preparatory, provisional, temporary, tentative; conjectural, hypothetical, speculative, theoretical (also theoretic); untested, untried; unproved, unproven
Near Antonyms accepted, established, standard; tested, tried; advanced, developed; proved, proven; conclusive, decisive, definitive, final, permanent
2
based on observation or experience <asserted that experimental knowledge is vastly superior to idle speculation and theorizing>
Related Words actual, factual, genuine, hard, material, real; accepted, established, tried, tried-and-true; indisputable, undeniable; demonstrable, provable, verifiable
Near Antonyms conjectural, hypothetical, speculative; unproven, unsubstantiated; metaphysical, transcendentalist, visionary
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