CONCRETIZING Antonyms

• a hypothetical possibility, circumstance, statement, proposal, situation, etc.

• based primarily on surmise rather than adequate evidence

• of no importance or relevance especially to a law case

• without material form or substance

• not consisting of matter

• not pertinent to the matter under consideration

• (often followed by `to') lacking importance; not mattering one way or the other

• (of especially business assets) not having physical substance or intrinsic productive value

• incapable of being perceived by the senses especially the sense of touch

• assets that are saleable though not material or physical

• hard to pin down or identify

• lacking substance or reality; incapable of being touched or seen

• lacking substance or reality; incapable of being touched or seen

• concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations

• concerned with theories rather than their practical applications

• lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria

• not actually such; being or seeming fanciful or imaginary

• contrived by art rather than nature

• lacking material form or substance; unreal

• existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment

• a concept or idea not associated with any specific instance

• a sketchy summary of the main points of an argument or theory

• not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature

• dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention

• consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically

• make off with belongings of others

• consider apart from a particular case or instance

• give an abstract (of)

• have the idea for

• draw from specific cases for more general cases

• speak or write in generalities

• cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use

• become systemic and spread throughout the body