Speculate Synonyms and Antonyms

spĕkyə-lāt
To use the powers of the mind, as in conceiving ideas, drawing inferences, and making judgments
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. cerebrate
  2. cogitate
  3. deliberate
  4. ratiocinate
  5. reflect
  6. think
To think
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. conjecture
  2. contemplate
  3. meditate
  4. reflect
  5. ponder
  6. guess
  7. consider
  8. think
  9. surmise
  10. hypothesize
  11. muse
  12. theorize
  13. ruminate
  14. brainstorm
  15. chance
  16. deliberate
  17. infer
  18. hazard an opinion
  19. chew-over
  20. dream
  21. gamble
  22. think over
  23. cogitate
  24. imagine
  25. suppose
  26. beat the brains
  27. predict
  28. wear out the gray matter
  29. reason
  30. excogitate
  31. risk
  32. venture
  33. wonder
  34. mull
  35. mull-over
Antonyms:
  1. neglect
  2. ignore
  3. take-for-granted
To gamble in business
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. gamble
  2. venture
  3. risk
  4. hazard
  5. margin up
  6. be long of the market
  7. job
  8. pour money into
  9. play the market
  10. take-a-chance
Antonyms:
  1. abstain
To formulate or assert as a tentative explanation
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. hypothesize
  2. theorize
  3. theorise
  4. conjecture
  5. hypothesise
  6. hypothecate
  7. suppose

Words Related to Speculate

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Speculate Sentence Examples

  • If you want me to speculate, I'd say it ran far deeper than that.

  • I won't speculate on what that size is, but it certainly is not a size 0.

  • That's an area where I wouldn't even dare to speculate.

  • Which irked her for reasons she didn't want to speculate about.

  • It didn't make him feel warm and fuzzy to speculate after the lawyer's let­ter to Cynthia Byrne.

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