speculate - Similar and Opposite Words

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Verb

reflect deeply on a subject

Synonyms

• chew over
• contemplate
• excogitate
• meditate
• mull
• mull over
• muse
• ponder
• reflect
• ruminate
• speculate
• think over

More generic

• cerebrate
• cogitate
• think

More specific

• bethink
• cogitate
• consider
• introspect
• premeditate
• puzzle
• question
• study
• theologise
• theologize
• wonder

Verb

to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

Synonyms

• conjecture
• hypothecate
• hypothesise
• hypothesize
• speculate
• suppose
• theorise
• theorize

More generic

• anticipate
• expect

More specific

• construct
• develop
• explicate
• formulate
• reconstruct
• retrace

Verb

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

Synonyms

• speculate

More generic

• reason

More specific

• guess
• hazard
• pretend
• say
• suppose
• venture

Verb

invest at a risk

Synonyms

• job
• speculate

More generic

• commit
• invest
• place
• put

More specific

• bull

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