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Synonyms for speculation
ˌspɛk yəˈleɪ ʃənspec·u·la·tion

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English Synonyms and Antonyms4.0 / 3 votes

  1. speculation

    A hypothesis is a statement of what is deemed possibly true, assumed and reasoned upon as if certainly true, with a view of reaching truth not yet surely known; especially, in the sciences, a hypothesis is a comprehensive tentative explanation of certain phenomena, which is meant to include all other facts of the same class, and which is assumed as true till there has been opportunity to bring all related facts into comparison; if the hypothesis explains all the facts, it is regarded as verified; till then it is regarded as a working hypothesis, that is, one that may answer for present practical purposes. A hypothesis may be termed a comprehensive guess. A guess is a swift conclusion from data directly at hand, and held as probable or tentative, while one confessedly lacks material for absolute certainty. A conjecture is more methodical than a guess, while a supposition is still slower and more settled; a conjecture, like a guess, is preliminary and tentative; a supposition is more nearly final; a surmise is more floating and visionary, and often sinister; as, a surmise that a stranger may be a pickpocket. Theory is used of the mental coordination of facts and principles, that may or may not prove correct; a machine may be perfect in theory, but useless in fact. Scheme may be used as nearly equivalent to theory, but is more frequently applied to proposed action, and in the sense of a somewhat visionary plan. A speculation may be wholly of the brain, resting upon no facts worthy of consideration; system is the highest of these terms, having most of assurance and fixity; a system unites many facts, phenomena, or doctrines into an orderly and consistent whole; we speak of a system of theology, of the Copernican system of the universe. Compare SYSTEM.

    Synonyms:
    conjecture, guess, hypothesis, scheme, supposition, surmise, system, theory

    Antonyms:
    certainty, demonstration, discovery, evidence, fact, proof

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms4.0 / 1 vote

  1. speculation

    Synonyms:
    contemplation, consideration, weighing, thought, theory, scheme, hypothesis, view, conjecture

    Antonyms:
    realization, proof, fact, verification, certainty

Princeton's WordNet3.7 / 3 votes

  1. guess, conjecture, supposition, surmise, surmisal, speculation, hypothesisnoun

    a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

    Synonyms:
    guess, possibility, conjecture, surmise, guesswork, theory, meditation, venture, supposition, dead reckoning, guessing, surmisal, supposal, assumption, hypothesis, shot

  2. speculation, conjecturenoun

    a hypothesis that has been formed by speculating or conjecturing (usually with little hard evidence)

    "speculations about the outcome of the election"; "he dismissed it as mere conjecture"

    Synonyms:
    surmisal, hypothesis, meditation, guess, conjecture, supposition, surmise, venture

  3. speculation, venturenoun

    an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits

    "he knew the stock was a speculation when he bought it"

    Synonyms:
    surmisal, hypothesis, meditation, guess, conjecture, supposition, surmise, venture

  4. meditation, speculationnoun

    continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature

    "the habit of meditation is the basis for all real knowledge"

    Synonyms:
    surmisal, hypothesis, meditation, guess, conjecture, supposition, surmise, venture

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. speculationnoun

    Synonyms:
    contemplation

  2. speculationnoun

    Synonyms:
    theory, scheme, hypothesis, supposition, conjecture, view, a priori reasoning

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words1.0 / 1 vote

  1. speculationnoun

    Synonyms:
    theory, supposition, conjecture, contemplation, thought

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "speculation":

    speculative, conjecture, drivel

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How to use speculation in a sentence?

  1. Michael McCarthy:

    If we see a (PMI) number well under 49.5, it might spark further stimulus speculation and that might end up being supportive.

  2. Joe Biden:

    And one of the things I find fascinating that's happening, and you all deal with it every day- and it will impact on how things move- Is that a lot of the speculation and the polling data shows that the, um, that the, uh, cables are heading south. They're losing viewership, fox is okay for a while, but it's not great. And a lot of the rest are predicted to be not very much in the mix in the next four to five years. I don't know if that's true or not. But I do know that we have sort of put everybody in- put themselves in certain alleys, and they've decided that, you know, how many people who watch MSNBC also watch Fox another politician trying to find out what's going on in both places.

  3. Ulrich Spiesshofer:

    Recent media reports that we will bid for our German competitor Kuka are pure speculation.

  4. Michael Inouye:

    These have usually been associated with cryptocurrencies where the celebrity will hype it up and then when people invest in it they in turn around and sell their currency at a profit, this speaks to the less savory side of all of NFT-blockchain-crypto, which is at least in part driven by hype and speculation.

  5. Dick DeGuerin:

    Do I think this is a coincidence ? Hell, no, there has been rumor, innuendo and speculation for a number of years, and now we're going to get our day in court on this.


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