Synonyms for speculative
ˈspɛk yəˌleɪ tɪv, -lə tɪvspec·u·la·tive

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1. bad, risky, high-risk, speculativeadjective

   not financially safe or secure

   "a bad investment"; "high risk investments"; "anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky"; "speculative business enterprises"

   Synonyms:
   big, spoiled, uncollectible, risky, questioning, bad, regretful, hazardous, forged, defective, inquisitive, sorry, tough, spoilt, unsound, wondering(a), high-risk, unfit, wild, notional

   Antonyms:
   sound, empirical, incurious, empiric

2. notional, speculativeadjective

   not based on fact or investigation

   "a notional figure of cost helps in determining production costs"; "speculative knowledge"

   Synonyms:
   wondering(a), bad, inquisitive, notional, fanciful, conceptional, imaginary, risky, high-risk, questioning, ideational

   Antonyms:
   empirical, empiric, incurious, sound

3. inquisitive, speculative, questioning, wondering(a)adjective

   showing curiosity

   "if someone saw a man climbing a light post they might get inquisitive"; "raised a speculative eyebrow"

   Antonyms:
   incurious, empirical, sound, empiric

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1. speculativeadjective

   Synonyms:
   contemplative, unpractical, platonic, philosophical, given to speculation

2. speculativeadjective

   Synonyms:
   theoretical, ideal, imaginary

3. speculativeadjective

   Synonyms:
   given to hazardous trading

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1. speculativeadjective

   Synonyms:
   contemplative, meditative, theoretical, supposititious

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1. List of paraphrases for "speculative":

   hedge, speculation, hypothetical, conjectural, asset-price

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How to use speculative in a sentence?

1. Robert Moore:

   At the margin you get and will continue to get those who are speculative, we've seen that in the past week and we'll continue to see some evidence of that.

2. Paul Lambert:

   In terms of the flow that we're hearing about ... it's not panic selling of euros, we're hearing it's corporate flow, some fund flow, some speculative flow. None of it in itself is particularly outsized but it's all going in the same direction.

3. RJ Intindola:

   No one can penetrate silence; they can only interpret what is said. However, silence will create an abundance of speculative suppositions.

4. Luis Gonzali:

   It's likely that next week we will see strong outflows from Pemex bonds, while I believe Moody's was benevolent with the sovereign's rating, it wasn't with Pemex's rating, which, inevitably, now enters the universe of speculative bonds.

5. Everett Millman:

   The huge crash in 2018 was a correction after a speculative mania. The gains in 2017 were astronomical.