Theory

Noun

 * 1)  An unproven conjecture.
 * 2)  An expectation of what should happen, barring unforeseen circumstances.
 * 3)   A coherent statement or set of statements that attempts to explain observed phenomena.
 * There is now a well-developed theory of electrical charge.
 * 1)   A logical structure that enables one to deduce the possible results of every experiment that falls within its purview.
 * 2)   A field of study attempting to exhaustively describe a particular class of constructs. #  (logic) A set of axioms together with all statements derivable from them.

Adjectives for Theory
favorite; plausible; vibratory; psychoanalytic; experimental; undulatory; imaginative; unsound; universal; constructive; atomic; fanciful; antediluvian; coherent; unsatisfactory;  elaborate;   psychological; rounded; shaky; buttressed; nebulous; physical; artistic; vague; communistic; protectionist; elliptic; geometrical; evolutionary; color; straightforward; antiquated; ethical; mistaken; collision; philosophical; aesthetic; destructive; cherished; reprehensible; underlying; ingenious; deliberate; extravagant; chemical; classical; absurd; unsupported; oftexpressed; plausible; preconceived; tremendous; fantastic; secular; fossilized; coherential; radical; original; futile; abstract; relative; dynamic; irreconcilable; musical; impracticable; Utopian; moral; religious; vague; suicide; economic.

Verbs for Theory
abandon—; absorb in—; accept—; adopt—; advance—; antiquate—; apply—; arrive at —; authenticate—; base on—; blast—; check—; commit to—; comprehend—; conceive—; confirm—; contradict—; corrobo¬rate—; crush—; defend—; demolish—; de¬vise—; discard—; discredit—; dismiss—; disprove—; dispute—; elaborate—; embrace —; entertain—; evolve—; exhaust—; explode—; explain—; hail—; hazard—; illus¬trate—; incline to—; incorporate in—; investigate—; maintain—; nurse—; outline—; propound—; refute—; reject—; relinquish —; scorn—; set forth—; speculate on—; submit—; subscribe to—; substantiate—; support—; test—; unveil—; upset—; verify —; visualize—; —s clash; —concludes; — deludes; —holds water; —opposes; —proposes; herald—.

Thesaurus
apprehension, assumption, attitude, base, basis, body of theory, climate of opinion, common belief, community sentiment, conceit, concept, conception, conclusion, conjecture, consensus gentium, consideration, estimate, estimation, ethos, explanation, eye, fancy, feeling, general belief, grounds, guess, guesswork, harmonics, harmony, hunch, hypothesis, idea, image, imago, impression, intellectual object, judgment, lights, melodics, memory-trace, mental image, mental impression, mind, music, music theory, musicality, musicography, musicology, mystique, notion, observation, opinion, perception, perhaps, personal judgment, point of view, popular belief, position, posture, premise, presentiment, presumption, prevailing belief, public belief, public opinion, reaction, recept, reflection, representation, rhythmics, sentiment, sight, speculation, stance, supposal, suppose, supposition, surmise, suspicion, tentative explanation, theoretical structure, there, thinking, thither, thitherward, thought, understanding, unified theory, view, way of thinking, yon, yonder