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Synonyms for spec
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : spek |
| Phonetic Transcription : spɛk |
Top 10 synonyms for spec Other synonyms for the word spec
- action
- advance
- adventure
- advice
- advisement
- ante
- assignment
- baby
- backing
- bail
- bifocals
- blinkers
- briefing
- chance
- cheaters
- condition
- contact lenses
- contacts
- dare
- designation
- detail
- directive
- endowment
- essay
- exploit
- eyeglasses
- feat
- finance
- financing
- flier
- fling
- flutter
- four eyes
- frames
- gamble
- gambling
- game
- glasses
- goggles
- grant
- guidelines
- hazard
- header
- hedge
- hunch
- hustle
- indication
- inside
- interests
- investing
- investment
- item
- jeopardy
- lay
- lay a wager
- leap
- loan
- long shot
- lorgnette
- lottery
- lowdown
- make book
- margin up
- money
- monocle
- notification
- outside chance
- pair of glasses
- parlay
- particular
- particularization
- peril
- pet project
- piece
- pince-nez
- plan
- play
- play the market
- pledge
- plunge
- pour money into
- prescription
- project
- property
- proposition
- purchase
- pursuit
- put on
- put on the line
- put up
- raffle
- reading glasses
- recommendation
- regulation
- right money
- rims
- risk
- risky business
- risky venture
- sealed order
- set
- setup
- shades
- shoot
- shoot the works
- shot
- shot in the dark
- smart money
- spec
- specification
- specs
- spectacles
- speculate
- speculation
- speculative enterprise
- stab
- stake
- steer
- stick neck out
- stipulation
- summons
- sunglasses
- take a chance
- take a flier
- take a fling
- take action
- term
- test
- thing
- throw of the dice
- tip
- toss up
- transaction
- trial
- trifocals
- uncertainty
- undertaking
- venture
- vested interests
- wager
- wildcat
- word
Définition of spec
Origin :- short for specification, 1956. Related: Specs.
- As in investment : noun something given, lent for a return
- As in specification : noun requirement, qualification
- As in spectacles : noun eyeglasses
- As in speculation : noun risk, gamble
- As in venture : noun gamble, attempt
- As in direction(s) : noun instructions, guidance
- As in eyeglasses : noun glasses
- As in gamble : noun chance, speculation
- As in glasses : noun object worn to correct vision
- As in speculate : verb gamble, risk
- As in wager : verb bet money or something else in a gamble
- "Spec she's taken dem dogs a walkin'," said black Deborah unconcernedly.
- Extract from : « The Inn at the Red Oak » by Latta Griswold
- "Da-da-dat is, er—I spec' so—er—I dun'no', ma'm," he stammered.
- Extract from : « Southern Lights and Shadows » by Various
- I even added grimly that I knew only too well how that sort of spec.
- Extract from : « 'Twixt Land & Sea » by Joseph Conrad
- Like Topsy one can but "'spec' it growed" rather than was created.
- Extract from : « Holbein » by Beatrice Fortescue
- I 'spec' you must finish him up, and let's see what he wants of us.'
- Extract from : « Oldtown Fireside Stories » by Harriet Beecher Stowe
- I 'spec' mine done it, too, jes' like you say, 'long 'bout 'leven.
- Extract from : « The Winning Clue » by James Hay, Jr.
- She's plump and motherly-looking, with gold bows on her spec's.
- Extract from : « Sundry Accounts » by Irvin S. Cobb
- "Spec's there is," he replied, looking them over and handing me one.
- Extract from : « The Millionaire Baby » by Anna Katharine Green
- Sometimes he spec he'll go 'way, en den agin he spec he'll stay.
- Extract from : « Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
- Spec' she was lookin' had Massa Kiddah done got it printed right.
- Extract from : « Dorothy » by Evelyn Raymond
Antonyms for spec
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