Words Like SPECULATE

We have put together a list of words that are similar to SPECULATE.

47 Alternative Words Similar to speculate

1 Theorize Verb      Synonym Words Like Theorize
2 Theorise Verb      Synonym Words Like Theorise
3 Conjecture Verb      Synonym Words Like Conjecture
4 Hypothesize Verb      Synonym Words Like Hypothesize
5 Hypothesise Verb      Synonym Words Like Hypothesise
6 Hypothecate Verb      Synonym Words Like Hypothecate
7 Suppose Verb      Synonym Words Like Suppose
8 Meditate Verb      Synonym Words Like Meditate
9 Ponder Verb      Synonym Words Like Ponder
10 Excogitate Verb      Synonym Words Like Excogitate
11 Contemplate Verb      Synonym Words Like Contemplate
12 Muse Verb      Synonym Words Like Muse
13 Reflect Verb      Synonym Words Like Reflect
14 Mull Verb      Synonym Words Like Mull
15 Ruminate Verb      Synonym Words Like Ruminate
16 Job Verb      Synonym Words Like Job
17 Anticipate Verb      Synonym Words Like Anticipate
18 Cerebrate Verb      Synonym Words Like Cerebrate
19 Cogitate Verb      Synonym Words Like Cogitate
20 Commit Verb      Synonym Words Like Commit
21 Expect Verb      Synonym Words Like Expect
22 Invest Verb      Synonym Words Like Invest
23 Place Verb      Synonym Words Like Place
24 Put Verb      Synonym Words Like Put
25 Reason Verb      Synonym Words Like Reason
26 Think Verb      Synonym Words Like Think
27 Guess Verb      Hyponym Words Like Guess
28 Hazard Verb      Hyponym Words Like Hazard
29 Say Verb      Hyponym Words Like Say
30 Pretend Verb      Hyponym Words Like Pretend
31 Venture Verb      Hyponym Words Like Venture
32 Explicate Verb      Hyponym Words Like Explicate
33 Retrace Verb      Hyponym Words Like Retrace
34 Formulate Verb      Hyponym Words Like Formulate
35 Reconstruct Verb      Hyponym Words Like Reconstruct
36 Construct Verb      Hyponym Words Like Construct
37 Develop Verb      Hyponym Words Like Develop
38 Puzzle Verb      Hyponym Words Like Puzzle
39 Introspect Verb      Hyponym
40 Theologize Verb      Hyponym Words Like Theologize
41 Consider Verb      Hyponym Words Like Consider
42 Wonder Verb      Hyponym Words Like Wonder
43 Study Verb      Hyponym Words Like Study
44 Bethink Verb      Hyponym
45 Question Verb      Hyponym Words Like Question
46 Theologise Verb      Hyponym Words Like Theologise
47 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
4 The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate
5 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
6 to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
7 invest at a risk
8 reflect deeply on a subject
9 To meditate on a subject; reflect.
10 To engage in a course of reasoning often based on inconclusive evidence. See Synonyms at think.
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