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Synonyms for speculative
ˈspɛk yəˌleɪ tɪv, -lə tɪvspec·u·la·tive
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Princeton's WordNet
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, notionalnotional, 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, ideationalinquisitive, speculative, questioning, wondering(a)adjective
showing curiosity
"if someone saw a man climbing a light post they might get inquisitive"; "raised a speculative eyebrow"
Dictionary of English Synonymes
speculativeadjective
Synonyms:
contemplative, unpractical, platonic, philosophical, given to speculationspeculativeadjective
Synonyms:
theoretical, ideal, imaginaryspeculativeadjective
Synonyms:
given to hazardous trading
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
speculativeadjective
Synonyms:
contemplative, meditative, theoretical, supposititious
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "speculative":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#330 | big | |
#841 | bad | |
#2028 | wild | |
#2263 | sorry | |
#4924 | tough | |
#5700 | hazardous | |
#9438 | hypothetical | |
#11273 | defective | |
#11515 | hedge | |
#13327 | questioning | |
#14041 | speculation | |
#15510 | forged | |
#15665 | risky | |
#15937 | imaginary | |
#20140 | speculative | |
#21584 | spoiled | |
#29642 | unfit | |
#39207 | notional | |
#44241 | fanciful | |
#47076 | inquisitive | |
#50756 | spoilt | |
#53805 | unsound | |
#93066 | uncollectible | |
#117889 | conjectural | |
#134051 | regretful | |
#202594 | ideational | |
#327192 | conceptional |
How to use speculative in a sentence?
The company does not respond to the market rumors and speculative news reporting.
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.
The subpoena will only be issued if he refuses to answer questions on a speculative basis of privilege, if he does not show up — though I do expect he will — but if he refuses to answer questions he ought to answer, then we will have the tools we need to ensure that we may adequately meet our own responsibilities.
Today, there are speculative forces in the markets much bigger and more powerful. And they will be eager to exploit any miscalculations by the British government or British voters, brexit would make some people very rich – but most voters considerably poorer.
Unlike many in the investment community, I classify gold and other high volatility assets as speculative investments, so although I would invest in gold, I would keep its share of the portfolio to minimum and would monitor them closely.
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