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Synonyms for "speculative" in English

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  1. speculative:
  2. speculate:

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Detailed Synonyms for speculative in English

speculative:

speculative adj

  1. speculative
    speculative; hypothetical; theoretical; in theory
  2. speculative
    – showing curiosity 1
    inquisitive; questioning; speculative; wondering
    – showing curiosity 1
  3. speculative
    – not based on fact or investigation 1
    notional; speculative
    – not based on fact or investigation 1
    • notional adj
      • a notional figure of cost helps in determining production costs1
    • speculative adj
      • speculative knowledge1
  4. speculative
    – not financially safe or secure 1
    bad; risky; speculative; high-risk
    – not financially safe or secure 1
    • bad adj
      • a bad investment1
    • risky adj
      • anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky1
    • speculative adj
      • speculative business enterprises1
    • high-risk adj

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Related Definitions for "speculative":

  1. showing curiosity1
    • raised a speculative eyebrow1
  2. not based on fact or investigation1
    • speculative knowledge1
  3. not financially safe or secure1
    • speculative business enterprises1

speculate:

to speculate verbe (speculates, speculated, speculating)

  1. to speculate
    to speculate; to conjecture; bet with shares
  2. to speculate
    to speculate
    • speculate verbe (speculates, speculated, speculating)
  3. to speculate
    to guess; to suppose; to speculate; to presume; to estimate; to surmise; to conjecture
    • guess verbe (guesses, guessed, guessing)
    • suppose verbe (supposes, supposed, supposing)
    • speculate verbe (speculates, speculated, speculating)
    • presume verbe (presumes, presumed, presuming)
    • estimate verbe (estimates, estimated, estimating)
    • surmise verbe (surmises, surmised, surmising)
    • conjecture verbe (conjectures, conjectured, conjecturing)
  4. to speculate
    to theorize; to conjecture; to speculate; to theorise
    • theorize verbe, américain (theorizes, theorized, theorizing)
    • conjecture verbe (conjectures, conjectured, conjecturing)
    • speculate verbe (speculates, speculated, speculating)
    • theorise verbe, britannique
  5. to speculate
    to venture; to gamble; to speculate; to take a chance; to take a risk; to do risky business
    • venture verbe (ventures, ventured, venturing)
    • gamble verbe (gambles, gambled, gambling)
    • speculate verbe (speculates, speculated, speculating)
    • take a chance verbe (takes a chance, took a chance, taking a chance)
    • take a risk verbe (takes a risk, took a risk, taking a risk)
    • do risky business verbe (does risky business, did risky business, doing risky business)
  6. to speculate
    – to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds 1
    to suppose; to conjecture; to speculate; to theorize; hypothesize; hypothecate; theorise; hypothesise
    – to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds 1
    • suppose verbe (supposes, supposed, supposing)
      • Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps1
    • conjecture verbe (conjectures, conjectured, conjecturing)
    • speculate verbe (speculates, speculated, speculating)
    • theorize verbe, américain (theorizes, theorized, theorizing)
    • hypothesize verbe, américain
    • hypothecate verbe
    • theorise verbe, britannique
    • hypothesise verbe, britannique
  7. to speculate
    – talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion 1
    to speculate
    – talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion 1
    • speculate verbe (speculates, speculated, speculating)
      • We were speculating whether the President had to resign after the scandal1
  8. to speculate
    – invest at a risk 1
    job; to speculate
    – invest at a risk 1
    • job verbe
    • speculate verbe (speculates, speculated, speculating)
      • I bought this house not because I want to live in it but to sell it later at a good price, so I am speculating1

Conjugations for speculate:

present
  1. speculate
  2. speculate
  3. speculates
  4. speculate
  5. speculate
  6. speculate
simple past
  1. speculated
  2. speculated
  3. speculated
  4. speculated
  5. speculated
  6. speculated
present perfect
  1. have speculated
  2. have speculated
  3. has speculated
  4. have speculated
  5. have speculated
  6. have speculated
past continuous
  1. was speculating
  2. were speculating
  3. was speculating
  4. were speculating
  5. were speculating
  6. were speculating
future
  1. shall speculate
  2. will speculate
  3. will speculate
  4. shall speculate
  5. will speculate
  6. will speculate
continuous present
  1. am speculating
  2. are speculating
  3. is speculating
  4. are speculating
  5. are speculating
  6. are speculating
subjunctive
  1. be speculated
  2. be speculated
  3. be speculated
  4. be speculated
  5. be speculated
  6. be speculated
diverse
  1. speculate!
  2. let's speculate!
  5. speculated
  6. speculating
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

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Alternate Synonyms for "speculate":


Related Definitions for "speculate":

  1. to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds1
  2. talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion1
    • We were speculating whether the President had to resign after the scandal1
  3. invest at a risk1
    • I bought this house not because I want to live in it but to sell it later at a good price, so I am speculating1







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