Definition
hypothesist
noun
- a person who forms or proposes hypotheses; someone who reasons from assumptions or conjectures
Usage: formal; rare in modern usage
Examples
- The hypothesist proposed a new model to explain the observed phenomena.
- As a hypothesist, she was skilled at developing testable assumptions from limited data.
- The ancient hypothesist reasoned about the nature of atoms long before modern science confirmed their existence.
- Every good scientist must be part hypothesist, willing to imagine possibilities before proving them.