Synonyms for speculative
ˈspɛk yəˌleɪ tɪv, -lə tɪvspec·u·la·tive

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1. bad, risky, high-risk, speculativeadjective

   not financially safe or secure

   "a bad investment"; "high risk investments"; "anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky"; "speculative business enterprises"

   Synonyms:
   big, spoiled, uncollectible, risky, questioning, bad, regretful, hazardous, forged, defective, inquisitive, sorry, tough, spoilt, unsound, wondering(a), high-risk, unfit, wild, notional

   Antonyms:
   sound, empirical, incurious, empiric

2. notional, speculativeadjective

   not based on fact or investigation

   "a notional figure of cost helps in determining production costs"; "speculative knowledge"

   Synonyms:
   wondering(a), bad, inquisitive, notional, fanciful, conceptional, imaginary, risky, high-risk, questioning, ideational

   Antonyms:
   empirical, empiric, incurious, sound

3. inquisitive, speculative, questioning, wondering(a)adjective

   showing curiosity

   "if someone saw a man climbing a light post they might get inquisitive"; "raised a speculative eyebrow"

   Antonyms:
   incurious, empirical, sound, empiric

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1. speculativeadjective

   Synonyms:
   contemplative, unpractical, platonic, philosophical, given to speculation

2. speculativeadjective

   Synonyms:
   theoretical, ideal, imaginary

3. speculativeadjective

   Synonyms:
   given to hazardous trading

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1. speculativeadjective

   Synonyms:
   contemplative, meditative, theoretical, supposititious

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1. List of paraphrases for "speculative":

   hedge, speculation, hypothetical, conjectural, asset-price

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1. Thomas Herzfeld:

   Hugo Cancio is the best Cuba play we have and also the most speculative, it's not one I could recommend. The financials aren't there. But it is one I want to own.

2. Owen Callan:

   We had a real capitulation in markets this morning and there was no obvious catalyst, we then had some bargain hunters coming in later in the day, but the moves have been driven by more speculative hedge funds.

3. Charles Randell:

   In line with Instagram's rules, she disclosed that this was an #AD, but she didn't have to disclose that Ethereum Max — not to be confused with ethereum — was a speculative digital token created a month before by unknown developers, one of hundreds of such tokens that fill the crypto-exchanges.

4. Mphasis Ltd:

   The company does not respond to the market rumors and speculative news reporting.

5. Mark Norell:

   I consider that stuff to be really speculative and out there, i mean, there's really no way to tell.