Synonyms for speculate
ˈspɛk yəˌleɪtspec·u·late

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1. speculate

   Synonyms:
   consider, meditate, theorize, cogitate

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1. speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, supposeverb

   to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

   "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"

   Synonyms:
   hypothecate, presuppose, guess, contemplate, think, theorise, conjecture, say, reflect, chew over, excogitate, reckon, suppose, imagine, hypothesise, mull over, think over, ponder, theorize, muse, ruminate, hypothesize, meditate, opine, mull, job

2. speculateverb

   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

   "We were speculating whether the President had to resign after the scandal"

   Synonyms:
   hypothecate, contemplate, theorise, conjecture, reflect, chew over, excogitate, suppose, hypothesise, mull over, think over, ponder, theorize, muse, ruminate, hypothesize, meditate, mull, job

3. chew over, think over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull over, ruminate, speculateverb

   reflect deeply on a subject

   "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"

   Synonyms:
   hypothecate, shine, contemplate, theorise, theorize, reflect, chew over, excogitate, suppose, hypothesise, formulate, devise, mull over, study, contrive, ponder, invent, muse, ruminate, hypothesize, meditate, forge, reverberate, mull, conjecture, job, think over

4. speculate, jobverb

   invest at a risk

   "I bought this house not because I want to live in it but to sell it later at a good price, so I am speculating"

   Synonyms:
   hypothecate, contemplate, theorise, conjecture, reflect, chew over, excogitate, suppose, hypothesise, mull over, farm out, think over, ponder, theorize, muse, ruminate, hypothesize, meditate, mull, subcontract, job

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1. speculateverb

   Synonyms:
   meditate, contemplate, cogitate, reflect, ponder, muse, ruminate, think, consider

2. speculateverb

   Synonyms:
   trade (hazardously)

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1. speculateverb

   Synonyms:
   theorize, meditate, conjecture, guess, think

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1. Van Hollen:

   We’re going to leave this decision to the jury. I ’m not going to get ahead of the game, i ’m not going to speculate about what the outcome of that jury decision will be.

2. Police Chief Jon Belmar:

   It’s kind of really hard to speculate what kind of nexus that may or may not have existed regarding the shooters and any individuals who would have been out there for whatever reason.

3. Ian Sams:

   We’re not going to get ahead of that process with the special counsel and speculate on what they may or may not want or ask for.

4. Australian Infrastructure Minister Darren Chester:

   These are items of interest but, because of the rigorous analysis to be performed, it is not possible to speculate on how long it might take to reach any conclusions.

5. Carsten Spohr:

   We can only speculate what might have been the motivation of the co-pilot. In a company that prides itself on its safety record, this is a shock. We select cockpit personnel carefully.