SPECULATE

To believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

Example: "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"

• conjecture  21
• hypothecate  24
• hypothesise  22
• hypothesize  31
• suppose  11
• theorise  11
• theorize  20

• anticipate  14
• expect  17

• construct  13
• reconstruct  15
• retrace  9
• develop  13
• • explicate  20
  • formulate  14
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Talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion

Example: "We were speculating whether the president had to resign after the scandal"

• reason  6

• guess  6
• hazard  19
• pretend  10
• venture  10
• • say  6
  • suppose  11
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Reflect deeply on a subject

Example: "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"

• chew over
• contemplate  17
• excogitate  20
• meditate  11
• mull  6
• mull over
• muse  6
• ponder  9
• reflect  12
• ruminate  10
• think over

• cerebrate  13
• cogitate  11
• think  12

• premeditate  16
• theologise  14
• theologize  23
• introspect  14
• • bethink  16
  • cogitate  11
  • question  17
  • wonder  10
  • puzzle  26
  • consider  11
  • study  9
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Invest at a risk

Example: "I bought this house not because i want to live in it but to sell it later at a good price, so i am speculating"

• job  12

• commit  12
• invest  9
• place  9
• put  5

• bull  6