Speculative

What do we mean by speculative?

Given to, characterized by, or based upon speculation or conjecture. adjective

Expressing inquisitive interest. adjective

Engaging in, given to, or involving financial speculation. adjective

Spent in speculation. adjective

Involving chance; risky. adjective

Pertaining to or affording vision or outlook: a meaning influenced by Latin specula, ‘a watch-tower.’

Given to speculation; contemplative; theoretical.

Purely scientific; having knowledge as its end; theoretical: opposed to practical; also (limiting a noun denoting a person and signifying his opinions or character), in theory, and not, or not merely, in practice; also, cognitive; intellectual.

Inferential; known by reasoning, and not by direct experience: opposed to intuitive; also, improperly, purely a priori.

Pertaining or given to speculation in trade; engaged in speculation, or precarious ventures for the chance of large profits; of the nature of financial speculation: as, a speculative trader; speculative investments or business.

Given to speculation; contemplative. adjective

Involving, or formed by, speculation; ideal; theoretical; not established by demonstration. adjective

Of or pertaining to vision; also, prying; inquisitive; curious. adjective

Of or pertaining to speculation in land, goods, shares, etc.. adjective

More risky than typical investments; not investment grade. adjective

Characterized by speculation; based on guessing or unfounded opinions. adjective

Showing curiosity adjective

Not financially safe or secure adjective

Characterized by speculation; based on guessing, unfounded opinions, or extrapolation.

Pursued as a gamble, with possible large profits or losses; risky.

Pertaining to financial speculation; Involving or resulting from high-risk investments or trade.

Assuming something before really knowing. Urban Dictionary

Person who invests in a risky venture, in the hope of making a large profit. Urban Dictionary

A combination of the words speculate and analyze; speculative analysis. Urban Dictionary

An offshoot combination of "to speculate" and "curious", most often used to refer to when you call bs on someone's story but are still going to listen to it anyways Urban Dictionary

An unidentified substance, resembling jizz, that appears somewhere it is not normally found. Urban Dictionary

Verb-the process of busting a nut on a good looking girls face...usually used when when a significant other is nearby. Urban Dictionary

When you make a spec out of you, and some guy named lation. Urban Dictionary

A phrase used by potential profiteers to remind prospective investors that returns can only come from good investment. Really a buzzword (or buzzphrase) to get money from others to squander on fruitless and flowerly ideas. See European union, Belgium. Urban Dictionary

Someone who seems straight, but is actually gay. Urban Dictionary

A genre of fiction that encompasses works with supernatural or futuristic elements. The most notable genres of speculative fiction include fantasy, science fiction, horror, utopian, dystopian, alternate history, apocalyptic, post-apocalyptic, superhero and supernatural Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to speculative:
speculative, speculate, speculation, speculating, unspeculative, speculatist, speculative', specularite.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word speculative:
fiction, bubble, bubbles, metaphysics, realism, hypothetical, fantasy, futures, investments, ventures, theology, horror, anthology, theories, podcast, genres, builder, execution, philosophical, philosophy, database, boom, venture, hugo, speculation, authors, hypothesis, practical, asset, currency, genre, philosopher, science, bonds, investment, developments, loans, edited, quantum, evolution, theoretical, trading, novel, poetry, stories, graphic, themes, ideas, literary, nature, thinking, universe, reason.

Adjectives that are often used to describe speculative:
genetic, non, some.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective speculative:
philosophy, thought, reason, purposes, nature, activity, theology, knowledge, attacks, character, interest, opinions, demand, ventures, theory, science, boom, theories, activities, attack, investment, element, investments, profits, ideas, builders, thinking, metaphysics, intellect, mind, builder, questions, fiction, market, philosopher, transactions, building, truth, bubble, venture, markets, question, capital, fever, spirit, sciences, movements, look, motive, bubbles, philosophers, mania, buying, stocks, opinion, enterprise, basis, minds, views, operations, business, enterprises, reasoning, trading, inquiry, gains, purchases, principles, hypothesis, turn, matters, interpretation, thinker, idea, prices, securities, thinkers, flows, idealism, profit, discussion, hypotheses, notions, interests, eye, doctrine.

Words that sound like speculative:
speculative, speculating, speculated, spiculate, speculatory, speculate, speculator, speculates, speculatively, circulative, speculum, speculators, specula.