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speculate

verb

1 speculate

To believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds.

synonyms: conjecture, hypothecate, hypothesise, hypothesize, suppose, theorise, theorize.

Roget 675: try, essay; experiment etc. 463; endeavor, strive; tempt, attempt, make an attempt; venture, adventure, speculate, take one's chance, ... show more

Roget 799a: speculate, invest, trade, trade stocks, play the market; buy long, sell short, take a position, straddle; take a plunge, plunge in, take a flier [Coll.].   

Roget 794: barter, exchange, swap, swop, truck, scorse; interchange etc. 148; commutate etc. (substitute) 147; compound for.    ... show more

Roget 621: chance etc. (hap) 156; stand a chance etc. (be possible) 470.    toss up; cast lots, draw lots; leave to chance, trust to chance, leave to the chapter of accidents, ... show more

Roget 514: suppose, conjecture, surmise, suspect, guess, divine; theorize; presume, presurmise, presuppose; assume, fancy, wis, take it; ... show more

Dutch: veronderstellen

2 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.

Dutch: speculeren

3 speculate

Reflect deeply on a subject:
— Philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years.

synonyms: chew over, contemplate, excogitate, meditate, mull, mull over, muse, ponder, reflect, ruminate ... show more.

Roget 441: see, behold, discern, perceive, have in sight, descry, sight, make out, discover, distinguish, recognize, spy, espy, ken [Scot.]; ... show more

Roget 451: think, reflect, cogitate, excogitate, consider, deliberate; bestow thought upon, bestow consideration upon; speculate, contemplate, meditate, ponder, muse, ... show more

Dutch: overpeinzen, overdenken, overwegen, stilstaan bij, contempleren, mediteren, studeren

4 speculate

Invest at a risk.

synonym: job.


Moby thesaurus: be abstracted, be caught short, be short, belong, brood, bucket, bucketshop, buy in, buy into, call, cast a horoscope, cast a nativity, cast lots, cerebrate, chew over, chew the cud, cogitate, consider, contemplate, cut lots ... show more.

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