English

Detailed Synonyms for speculate in English

speculate:

to speculate verb (speculates, speculated, speculating)

  1. to speculate
    to speculate; to conjecture; bet with shares
  2. to speculate
    to speculate
    • speculate verb (speculates, speculated, speculating)
  3. to speculate
    to guess; to suppose; to speculate; to presume; to estimate; to surmise; to conjecture
    • guess verb (guesses, guessed, guessing)
    • suppose verb (supposes, supposed, supposing)
    • speculate verb (speculates, speculated, speculating)
    • presume verb (presumes, presumed, presuming)
    • estimate verb (estimates, estimated, estimating)
    • surmise verb (surmises, surmised, surmising)
    • conjecture verb (conjectures, conjectured, conjecturing)
  4. to speculate
    to theorize; to conjecture; to speculate; to theorise
    • theorize verb, American (theorizes, theorized, theorizing)
    • conjecture verb (conjectures, conjectured, conjecturing)
    • speculate verb (speculates, speculated, speculating)
    • theorise verb, British
  5. to speculate
    to venture; to gamble; to speculate; to take a chance; to take a risk; to do risky business
    • venture verb (ventures, ventured, venturing)
    • gamble verb (gambles, gambled, gambling)
    • speculate verb (speculates, speculated, speculating)
    • take a chance verb (takes a chance, took a chance, taking a chance)
    • take a risk verb (takes a risk, took a risk, taking a risk)
    • do risky business verb (does risky business, did risky business, doing risky business)
  6. to speculate
    – to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds 1
    to suppose; to conjecture; to speculate; to theorize; theorise; hypothesise; hypothesize; hypothecate
    – to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds 1
  7. to speculate
    – 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 1
    to speculate
    – 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 1
    • speculate verb (speculates, speculated, speculating)
      • We were speculating whether the President had to resign after the scandal1
  8. to speculate
    – invest at a risk 1
    job; to speculate
    – invest at a risk 1
    • job verb
    • speculate verb (speculates, speculated, speculating)
      • I bought this house not because I want to live in it but to sell it later at a good price, so I am speculating1

Conjugations for speculate:

present
  1. speculate
  2. speculate
  3. speculates
  4. speculate
  5. speculate
  6. speculate
simple past
  1. speculated
  2. speculated
  3. speculated
  4. speculated
  5. speculated
  6. speculated
present perfect
  1. have speculated
  2. have speculated
  3. has speculated
  4. have speculated
  5. have speculated
  6. have speculated
past continuous
  1. was speculating
  2. were speculating
  3. was speculating
  4. were speculating
  5. were speculating
  6. were speculating
future
  1. shall speculate
  2. will speculate
  3. will speculate
  4. shall speculate
  5. will speculate
  6. will speculate
continuous present
  1. am speculating
  2. are speculating
  3. is speculating
  4. are speculating
  5. are speculating
  6. are speculating
subjunctive
  1. be speculated
  2. be speculated
  3. be speculated
  4. be speculated
  5. be speculated
  6. be speculated
diverse
  1. speculate!
  2. let's speculate!
  3. speculated
  4. speculating
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

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Related Definitions for "speculate":

  1. to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds1
  2. talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion1
    • We were speculating whether the President had to resign after the scandal1
  3. invest at a risk1
    • I bought this house not because I want to live in it but to sell it later at a good price, so I am speculating1