WordDisk
  • Reading
    • Shortcuts
      •   Home
      •   All Articles
      •   Read from Another Site
      Sources
      • Wikipedia
      • Simple Wikipedia
      • VOA Learning English
      • Futurity
      • The Conversation
      • MIT News
      • Harvard Gazette
      • Cambridge News
      • YDS/YÖKDİL Passages
      Topics
      • Technology
      • Engineering
      • Business
      • Economics
      • Human
      • Health
      • Energy
      • Biology
      • Nature
      • Space
  •  Log in
  •  Sign up
3.51
History
Add

speculative adjective [ ˈspɛkjʊlətɪv ]

• engaged in, expressing, or based on conjecture rather than knowledge.
• "he gave her a speculative glance"
Similar: conjectural, suppositional, theoretical, hypothetical, based on guesswork, putative, academic, notional, abstract, tentative, unproven, untested, unfounded, groundless, unsubstantiated, ideational, suppositious, suppositive,
Opposite: proven,
• (of an investment) involving a high risk of loss.
• "the bonuses cannot be put at risk due to some speculative investment"
Similar: risky, hazardous, unsafe, uncertain, unpredictable, chancy, dicey, iffy, dodgy,
Opposite: safe,


2025 WordDisk