Synonyms of the word

counterfactual

• adj. Contrary to the facts; untrue.
• n. A claim, hypothesis, or other belief that is contrary to the facts.
• n. (philosophy) A conditional statement in which the conditional clause is false, as "If I had arrived on…

conditional

• n. (grammar) A conditional sentence; a statement that depends on a condition being true or false.
• n. (grammar) The conditional mood.
• n. (logic) A statement that one sentence is true if another is.
• n. (programming) An instruction that branches depending on the truth of a condition at that point.
• n. (obsolete) A limitation.
• adj. Limited by a condition.
• adj. (logic) Stating that one sentence is true if another is.
• adj. (grammar) Expressing a condition or supposition.