- Types Of Speech
- You can use speculate as a verb in a sentence.
- About Speculate
- A 3 syllables verb and 9 letters with the letters a, c, e, l, p, s, t, and u, 5 consonants, 4 vowels and 3 syllables with the middle letter u. Speculate starts with a consonant and ends with a vowel with the starting letters s, sp, spe, spec, specu, and the ending characters are e, te, ate, late, ulate, ..
- Definition
- Reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"
- Origin/Roots
- Latin
- School Grade
- Speculate is set as a sat word that starts with s, ends with e, 3 syllables, 4 vowels and 9 letters.
- Pig Latin
- Speculate in Pig Latin is said as "eculatespay or eculatespway".
- Unigram
- s | p | e | c | u | l | a | t | e
- Bigram
- sp | pe | ec | cu | ul | la | at | te
- Trigram
- spe | pec | ecu | cul | ula | lat | ate
- Quadrigram
- spec | pecu | ecul | cula | ulat | late
- Word Gram
- Verb Examples
- reflect deeply on a subject;
"I mulled over the events of the afternoon";
"philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years";
"The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate" - to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds;
"Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps" - 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;
"We were speculating whether the President had to resign after the scandal" - invest at a risk;
"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"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Acquire | come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes) "He grew a beard" "The patient developed abdominal pains" |
| Act Like | |
| Adumbrate | give to understand "I insinuated that I did not like his wife" |
| Adventure | a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful) |
| Advise | give advice to "The teacher counsels troubled students" "The lawyer counselled me when I was accused of tax fraud" |
| Affect | the conscious subjective aspect of feeling or emotion |
| Afterthought | an addition that was not included in the original plan "the garage was an afterthought" |
| Aim | the action of directing something at an object "he took aim and fired" |
| Allude To | |
| Almighty | terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God |
View all cognitive synonyms for Speculate
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Speculate | reflect deeply on a subject "I mulled over the events of the afternoon" "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years" "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate" |
View English words with the unique letters used in speculate. Words With The Letters Acelpstu
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Contemplation | a long and thoughtful observation |
| Meditation | continuous and profound contemplation or musing on a subject or series of subjects of a deep or abstruse nature "the habit of meditation is the basis for all real knowledge" |
| Muller | a vessel in which wine is mulled |
| Muse | the source of an artist''s inspiration "Euterpe was his muse" |
| Muser | a reflective thinker characterized by quiet contemplation |
| Musing | a calm lengthy intent consideration |
| Ponderer | a reflective thinker characterized by quiet contemplation |
| Reflection | the image of something as reflected by a mirror (or other reflective material) "he studied his reflection in the mirror" |
| Reflexion | the image of something as reflected by a mirror (or other reflective material) "he studied his reflection in the mirror" |
| Rumination | regurgitation of small amounts of food seen in some infants after feeding |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Cerebrate | use or exercise the mind or one''s power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments "I''ve been thinking all day and getting nowhere" |
| Cogitate | use or exercise the mind or one''s power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments "I''ve been thinking all day and getting nowhere" |
| Think | an instance of deliberate thinking "I need to give it a good think" |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Bethink | consider or ponder something carefully; "She bethought her of their predicament" |
| Cogitate | use or exercise the mind or one''s power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments; "I''ve been thinking all day and getting nowhere" |
| Consider | judge or regard; look upon; judge; "I think he is very smart"; "I believe her to be very smart"; "I think that he is her boyfriend"; "The racist conceives such people to be inferior" |
| Introspect | reflect on one''s own thoughts and feelings |
| Premeditate | think or reflect beforehand or in advance; "I rarely premeditate, which is a mistake" |
| Puzzle | a toy that tests your ingenuity |
| Question | uncertainty about the truth or factuality of existence of something; "the dubiousness of his claim"; "there is no question about the validity of the enterprise" |
| Study | a detailed critical inspection |
| Theologise | make theoretical speculations about theology or discuss theological subjects |
| Theologize | make theoretical speculations about theology or discuss theological subjects |
View All Hyponyms For Speculate
Speculate Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With S
- Ends With E
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