ADJECTIVE | all | speculative, bad, risky, high-risk | not financially safe or secure |
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all | speculative, notional | not based on fact or investigation | |
all | speculative, inquisitive, questioning, wondering | showing curiosity |
Sounds | speh'kyahlahtihv | |
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Rhymes | abortive ... vituperative: 304 rhymes with ihv... |
Meaning | not financially safe or secure. | |
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Example | "speculative business enterprises" | |
Synonyms | bad, risky, high-risk | |
Broader | unsound | not sound financially |
Spanish | arriesgado, inseguro, mal, malo | |
Catalan | arriscat, dolent, insegur, mal | |
Nouns | speculativeness | financial risk |
Verbs | speculate | invest at a risk |
Meaning | not based on fact or investigation. | |
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Example | "speculative knowledge" | |
Synonym | notional | |
Broader | theoretical, theoretic | concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations |
Spanish | especulativo, hipotético | |
Catalan | especulatiu, hipotètic | |
Nouns | speculativeness | the quality of being a conclusion or opinion based on supposition and conjecture rather than on fact or investigation |
Verbs | speculate | to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds |
speculate | 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 |
Meaning | showing curiosity. | |
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Example | "raised a speculative eyebrow" | |
Synonyms | inquisitive, questioning, wondering | |
Broader | curious | eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns) |
Spanish | inquisitivo, interrogativo | |
Adverbs | speculatively | with speculation |
Verbs | speculate | reflect deeply on a subject / subject |
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