empirical

Meanings

Plural: empiricals

Adjective

• derived from experiment and observation rather than theory
  • "an empirical basis for an ethical theory"
  • "empirical laws"
  • "empirical data"
  • "an empirical treatment of a disease about which little is known"
• relying on medical quackery

Adj

• Pertaining to or based on experience, as opposed to theory.
• Pertaining to, derived from, or testable by observations made using the physical senses or using instruments which extend the senses.
• Verifiable by means of scientific experimentation.

Noun

• A measurement or result achieved by empirical means.

Synonyms

empiric

Antonyms

anecdotal, nonempirical, theoretical

Related Words

anecdotal evidence, empirical evidence, empiricism, empiricist, empyrical, trial and error

Anagrams of empirical