Speculative
Antonyms of SPECULATIVE
- authenticated, sound, applied, proven, practical, empiric, observational, confirmed, safe, validated, distinct, established, incurious, time-tested, verified, tested, attested, substantiated, actual, concrete, defined, demonstrated, definite, factual, real, clinical.
Examples of usage:
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Under the former, or speculative aspect, an affirmative general proposition is an assertion of a speculative truth, viz. "A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive (Vol. 1 of 2)" by John Stuart Mill
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Her face was troubled, speculative; the brows clouded, the lips compressed. "The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith" by George Meredith
