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. Ken Cheung:

   The market is re-pricing the situation, as investors had thought trade negotiations were coming to an end, if the trade war reignites, some market participants may speculate about renewed yuan depreciation to counteract the negative impact from rising tariffs.

2. Farhan Zaidi:

   We really like our team. We like the way the pieces on this team fit, we have some of the best clubhouse team chemistry that I’ve ever been around and any time you talk about those moves it’s kind of fun to speculate but there’s a very real impact on the clubhouse of bringing in, even if something is a move that makes sense on paper, it's disruptive to the team dynamic and you just have to think through that.

3. Greg Waldron:

   It's too early now to speculate on whether it was an issue with the aircraft or crew.

4. Tzipi Horowitz-Kraus:

   I would speculate that it is an effect that lasts, the brain develops rapidly from zero to six years of age, and the more exposure, the more you enrich and nurture these brain networks that are related to social and academic ability, the more the kid will gain the future.

5. Even Harris:

   As it relates to what might be the future conduct of Russian President Vladimir Putin, I can not speculate.