Words Like SPECULATE
We have put together a list of words that are similar to SPECULATE.
47 Alternative Words Similar to speculate
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Introspect
Verb Hyponym
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Bethink
Verb Hyponym
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Premeditate
Verb Hyponym
5 examples of speculate
1
to speculate on questions in religion; to speculate on political events.
2
to speculate in coffee, in sugar, or in bank stock
3
to speculate the nature of a thing
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The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate
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philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years
10 definitions of speculate
1
To consider by turning a subject in the mind, and viewing it in its different aspects and relations; to meditate; to contemplate; to theorize
2
To view subjects from certain premises given or assumed, and infer conclusions respecting them a priori.
3
To purchase with the expectation of a contingent advance in value, and a consequent sale at a profit; -- often, in a somewhat depreciative sense, of unsound or hazardous transactions.
4
To consider attentively.
5
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
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to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
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reflect deeply on a subject
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To meditate on a subject; reflect.
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To engage in a course of reasoning often based on inconclusive evidence. See Synonyms at think.