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experimental - 17 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | experimental |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exploratory |
| Synonyms: | beginning, empirical, laboratory, momentary, pilot, preliminary, preparatory, primary, provisional, speculative, temporary, tentative, test, trial, developmental, experiential, first stage, on approval, probationary, trial-and-error, unconcluded, under probation, unproved |
| Antonyms: | tested, tried, proven |
| Main Entry: | avant-garde |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unconventional, forward-looking |
| Synonyms: | beat*, experimental, head*, hip*, innovative, lead, liberal, new, new wave, progressive, radical, state-of-the-art, vanguard, leading-edge, pioneering |
| Antonyms: | conservative, conventional |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | beta |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | being tested |
| Synonyms: | dubious, experimental, flaky, new, suspect, testing, mostly working, pre-release, unready |
| Main Entry: | empirical/empiric |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | practical; based on experience |
| Synonyms: | experimental, factual, observed, pragmatic, provisional, experient, experiential, observational |
| Antonyms: | hypothetical, impractical, speculative, theoretical, unobserved |
| Main Entry: | pioneer |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | early, first |
| Synonyms: | avant-garde, brave, experimental, head, initial, lead, original, primary, prime, inaugural |
| Antonyms: | following, last, late, later |
| Main Entry: | provisional |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | contingent, tentative |
| Synonyms: | conditional, dependent, ephemeral, experimental, interim, limited, makeshift, passing, qualified, rough-and-ready, stopgap*, temporary, test, transient, pro tem, provisionary, provisory, transitional |
| Antonyms: | certain, definite, permanent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | psychedelic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | affecting the mind so as to produce vivid visions |
| Synonyms: | crazy*, experimental, kaleidoscopic, mind-blowing*, multicolored*, trip*, consciousness-expanding, freaky, hallucinatory, hallucinogenic, mind-bending, mind-changing, mind-expanding, psychoactive, psychotomimetic, psychotropic |
| Antonyms: | normal |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | psychological |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concerning the mind |
| Synonyms: | cerebral, emotional, experimental, imaginary, intellectual, mental, subconscious, subjective, unconscious, cognitive, in the mind, intellective, psychical |
| Antonyms: | body, physical |
| Main Entry: | scientific |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | systematic; discovered through experimentation |
| Synonyms: | accurate, clear, exact, experimental, logical, mathematical, methodical, objective, precise, sound, controlled, deductive |
| Antonyms: | artistic |
| Main Entry: | searching |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | probing |
| Synonyms: | curious, experimental, inquiring, inquisitive, penetrating, seeking, sharp, studious, exploratory, fact-finding |
| Main Entry: | speculative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | theoretical |
| Synonyms: | abstract, analytical, assumed, dangerous, dicey, experimental, hairy, hazardous, hypothetical, ideal, iffy, intellectual, logical, philosophical, risky, uncertain, unsubstantiated, conceptive, formularized, idealized, ideological, in theory, notional, presumed, unproved, unproven |
| Main Entry: | substitute |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | alternative |
| Synonyms: | acting, additional, alternate, another, artificial, backup, counterfeit, dummy, ersatz*, experimental, false, imitation, makeshift, mock, near, other, provisional, proxy, pseudo*, replacement, representative, reserve, second, sham, simulated, spurious, stopgap*, supplemental, supplementary, surrogate, symbolic, temporary, tentative, vicarious, substitutive, supposititious, vicarial |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | empirical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | practical |
| Synonyms: | experimental, factual, observed, pragmatic, provisional, speculative, empiric, experient, experiential, observational |
| Notes: | empirical describes results determined by experiment and observed behavior or facts; theoretical describes results that are based on guesswork or hypothesis - and pragmatic is contrasted with theoretical on the grounds that the former proceeds from what is demonstrably practical, the latter from conjecture |
| Antonyms: | conjectural, hypothetical, impractical, theoretical, theoretic, unobserved, unproved |
| Main Entry: | a posteriori |
| Part of Speech: | adjective/adverb |
| Definition: | involving reasoning from facts |
| Synonyms: | analytical, empirical, experimental, logical, practical, from the latter, inducible, inductive |
| Antonyms: | a priori |
| Main Entry: | practical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | realistic, useful |
| Synonyms: | applied, businesslike, constructive, down-to-earth, efficient, empirical, experimental, factual, feasible, functional, handy, hard-boiled*, implicit, matter-of-fact*, nuts and bolts*, operative, orderly, possible, practicable, pragmatic, rational, reasonable, sane, sensible, serviceable, sober, solid, sound, systematic, usable, utilitarian, virtual, workable, working, both feet on the ground, commonsensical, doable, in action, in operation, unidealistic, unromantic, utile, workaday |
| Antonyms: | impossible, impractical, unfeasible, unrealistic, useless, worthless, unserviceable, unworkable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | way-out |
| Part of Speech: | adjective1 |
| Definition: | unconventional |
| Synonyms: | avant-garde, esoteric, exotic, experimental, far-out*, nonconformist, odd, offbeat, peculiar, quirky, strange, unusual, untraditional |
| Antonyms: | conventional |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | underground |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | secret, subversive |
| Synonyms: | alternative, avant-garde, clandestine, concealed, covert, experimental, hidden, hush-hush*, private, radical, resistant, revolutionary, surreptitious, unbowed, unconventional, under wraps*, undercover, unusual, on the QT, on the sly, resistive |
| Antonyms: | authorized, known, legal, public, condoned |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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