See speculative in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
adjective
Of, characterized by, or disposed to thought:
cogitative, contemplative, deliberative, excogitative, meditative, pensive, reflective, ruminative, thinking, thoughtful. Idiom: in a brown study. See thoughtsConcerned primarily with theories rather than practical matters:
abstract, academic, theoretic, theoretical. See thoughts
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