experimental

Meaning of experimental

adjective
  1. (of a new invention or product) based on untested ideas or techniques and not yet established or finalized.
    an experimental drug
  2. (of art or an artistic technique) involving a radically new and innovative style.
    experimental music
  3. based on experience as opposed to authority or conjecture.
    an experimental knowledge of God

late 15th century (in the sense ‘having personal experience’, also ‘experienced, observed’): from medieval Latin experimentalis, from Latin experimentum (see experiment).

Information about experimental

Hyphenation of experimental

ex-per-i-men-tal

  • It consists of 5 syllables and 12 chars.
  • experimental is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables

experimental synonyms

Meaning inquiry:

inquiry, enquiry

Meaning data-based:

observational

Meaning relating to or involving exploration or investigation:

exploratory

Meaning denoting or concerned with investigation; investigative:

investigational

Meaning inquiring closely into something; searching:

probing

Meaning a formal examination of evidence by a judge, typically before a jury, in order to decide guilt in a case of criminal or civil proceedings:

trial

Meaning a procedure intended to establish the quality, performance, or reliability of something, especially before it is taken into widespread use:

test

Meaning done as an experiment or test before being introduced more widely:

pilot

Meaning engaged in, expressing, or based on conjecture rather than knowledge:

speculative

Meaning based on or involving conjecture:

conjectural

Meaning based on or serving as a hypothesis:

hypothetical

Meaning not certain or fixed; provisional:

tentative

Meaning preceding or done in preparation for something fuller or more important:

preliminary

Meaning relating to a process of testing or observing the character or abilities of a person who is new to a role or job:

probationary

Meaning a first or preliminary version of a device or vehicle from which other forms are developed:

prototype

Meaning based on, concerned with, or verifiable by observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic:

empirical

Meaning (of an idea, product, or person) not subjected to examination, experiment, or experience; unproven:

untested

Meaning (of an accused person) not yet subjected to a trial in court:

untried

Meaning (of a person) introducing new ideas; original and creative in thinking:

innovative

Meaning produced, introduced, or discovered recently or now for the first time; not existing before:

new

Meaning present or existing from the beginning; first or earliest:

original

Meaning showing creativity or original thought:

inventive

Meaning (especially of change or action) relating to or affecting the fundamental nature of something; far-reaching or thorough:

radical

Meaning (of one or more things) available as another possibility or choice:

alternative

Meaning not part of the mainstream; unconventional, peripheral, or extreme:

fringe

Meaning not known or recognized:

unfamiliar

Meaning contrary to what is usual, traditional, or accepted; not orthodox:

unorthodox

Meaning not based on or conforming to what is generally done or believed:

unconventional

Meaning (of a person or their behaviour) unconventional and slightly strange:

eccentric

Meaning not coinciding with the beat:

offbeat

Meaning socially unconventional in an artistic way:

bohemian

experimental antonyms

Meaning (of a task or activity) brought to an end; completed:

finished

Meaning concerned with or involving the theory of a subject or area of study rather than its practical application:

theoretical

Meaning (of food) no longer fresh and pleasant to eat; hard, musty, or dry:

stale

Meaning (of a phrase or idea) having been overused; unoriginal and trite:

hackneyed

Translation of experimental

Words that rhyme with experimental

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