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Antonyms for speculate
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : spek-yuh-leyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈspɛk yəˌleɪt |
Definition of speculate
Origin :- 1590s, back-formation from speculation. Related: Speculated; speculating.
- verb think about deeply and theorize
- verb gamble, risk
- "He had no right to speculate with my mother's money," said Robert, indignantly.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- She no longer feared the senator, but she refused to speculate upon what Chip might do.
- Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
- He had no time to speculate further, for Dr. Hardman entered at that moment.
- Extract from : « Frank Roscoe's Secret » by Allen Chapman
- You will have to take lessons from me, and go on the market and speculate yourself.'
- Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
- I want you to give me some money for myself—to speculate with.'
- Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
- What the startling apparition was, he had no time to speculate.
- Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
- But I must refrain, for my business is to narrate, not to speculate.
- Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
- He began to speculate on the future of the countryside when the Gaelic revival was complete.
- Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
- It is useless to speculate on what might have happened had that thing lived.
- Extract from : « The Issahar Artifacts » by Jesse Franklin Bone
- But Antoine was determined to speculate on his brother's favourable disposition.
- Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
Synonyms for speculate
- beat one's brains
- brainstorm
- build castles in air
- call it
- call the turn
- cerebrate
- chew over
- cogitate
- conjecture
- consider
- contemplate
- dare
- deliberate
- dope
- dope out
- excogitate
- figure
- figure out
- guess
- guesstimate
- have a hunch
- hazard
- hazard a guess
- head trip
- hypothesize
- kick around
- make book
- margin up
- meditate
- muse
- pipe-dream
- play
- play the market
- plunge
- pour money into
- psych out
- read
- read between lines
- reason
- reflect
- review
- ruminate
- run it up flagpole
- scheme
- size up
- spec
- stick neck out
- study
- suppose
- surmise
- suspect
- take a chance
- take a flier
- take a fling
- venture
- weigh
- wildcat
- wonder
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