Antonyms for speculating
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : spek-yuh-leyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈspɛk yəˌleɪt |
Definition of speculating
Origin :- 1590s, back-formation from speculation. Related: Speculated; speculating.
- verb think about deeply and theorize
- verb gamble, risk
- She felt that she had somehow blundered, and her busy mind was speculating as to how.
- Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
- She was speculating as to what might happen with Fyles stationed here in Rocky Springs.
- Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
- His mother simply accused him of not speculating on the political situation.
- Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
- He was speculating in his mind as to the risk he was running.
- Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum
- Needless to say Jed Winslow did no speculating concerning his tenant's "past."
- Extract from : « Shavings » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- Jeff made his way past the fuming candidate and walked on, speculating.
- Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
- Phillips wasted no time in speculating about what they contained.
- Extract from : « The Island Mystery » by George A. Birmingham
- While they were speculating as to whom this new visitor could be the lady herself appeared.
- Extract from : « Australia Revenged » by Boomerang
- All Jamaica had been talking of it, speculating about it, congratulating itself on it.
- Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
- All the time he was watching Hugh—at least so Hugh thought—as if speculating on him in general.
- Extract from : « David Elginbrod » by George MacDonald
Synonyms for speculating
- 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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