What is another word for subjunctive?
Pronunciation: [sˈʌbd͡ʒəŋktˌɪv] (IPA) 
The subjunctive is a grammatical mood that expresses various states of unreality, including wishes, doubts, and hypothetical situations. Some synonyms for subjunctive include conditional, optative, and potential mood. The conditional mood is used to express hypothetical situations that are dependent on a condition. The optative mood is used to express wishes, desires, or prayers. The potential mood is used to express possibilities or abilities. Other synonyms for the subjunctive include the irrealis mood, the counterfactual mood, and the hypothetical mood. Regardless of the term used, these moods are all used to express situations that are not real, but rather hypothetical or wished for.
