Reverse Dictionary: SPECULATE

​ADJECTIVES
1449 — SPECULABLE that admits of speculation; speculative → obs.
1543 — SPECULATIVE given to speculation; inclined to theorize or indulge in conjectural reasoning
1550 — SOPHISTIC engaged in speculation → obs.
1555 — OPINIONATIVE of the nature of opinion; fancied, imaginary; conjectural, speculative → obs.
1594 — THEORICAL contemplative; speculative → obs.
1597 — NOTIONAL of knowledge, etc. purely speculative; not based on fact or demonstration → obs.
1600 — THEORIC given to or forming theories; speculative → obs.
1604 — SPECULOUS speculative → obs.
1610 — THEORETICAL given to or forming theories; speculative, influenced by theory
1641 — THEORETIC given to or forming theories; speculative, influenced by theory
1643 — AIRY speculative, conjectural; notional
1656 — PEIRASTIC involving an experiment; speculative, experimental, tentative
1662 — THINKATIVE consisting in mere thinking; speculative → obs.
1664 — NOTIONAL holding merely speculative views → obs.
1712 — VISIONARY given to fanciful or unpractical views; speculative, dreamy
1763 — SPECULATIVE engaging in commercial or financial speculation
1837 — IDEOLOGICAL speculative, idealistic; occupied with an idea, esp. of a visionary kind
1848 — VIEWY inclined to adopt speculative or unsubstantial views
1862 — WILDCAT highly speculative, fraudulent → colloq.
1882 — NOETIC given to intellectual speculation
1898 — AIMSOME ambitious, speculative → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1900 — SOPHIC relating to knowledge or speculation
1908 — UP IN THE AIR doubtful, speculative, hypothetical → sl.
1911 — MAGIN speculating, wondering; talking as if at a loss → Sc.

ADVERBS
1643 — NOTIONALLY speculatively, theoretically
1832 — ON SPEC — ON THE SPECK on the off chance; speculatively → UK sl.
1833 — EXPERIMENTALLY in a speculative or provisional way, without being sure of the outcome

NOUNS
1412 — SPECULATIVE speculation; hypothetical reasoning; theory → obs.
1440 — FANTASY — PHANTASY a whimsical or visionary speculation
1548 — ADVENTURE a commercial enterprise; a speculation; a financial risk or venture
1584 — VENTURE a commercial speculation
1600 — PROJECT a mental idea or notion; speculation → obs.
1608 — WOOL-GATHERING indulgence in idle imagining or aimless speculation
1660 — OPINIONATIVE a speculative or opinionative point → obs.
1668 — ROMANCE a concocting extravagant falsehoods; wild exaggeration, speculation, or fantasy
1692 — STOCK-JOBBING speculative dealing in stocks and shares
1693 — LAVISH extravagant or ‘wild’ in speculation → obs.
1726 — AGIOTAGE speculation in stocks
1727 — SPECULATIVENESS tendency towards speculation
1794 — SPEC a commercial speculation or venture; a prospect of future success or gain → orig. US
1801 — LAND-TRAP an unfortunate speculation in land
1813 — IDEOLOGY abstract speculation; impractical or visionary theorizing
1832 — OPERATION a speculative business transaction
1850 — VIEWINESS tendency to adopt speculative or unsubstantiated views
1862 — SOPHISTIC(S) sophistic argument or speculation as a subject of instruction
1865 — SPECULATIVISM excessive exercise of speculation; leaning towards speculation
1868 — BAD EGG a worthless speculation → sl.
1880 — FANTASTICATION fantastic speculation 
1884 — CLOUD-WORLD a region of fancy or mystical speculation
1884 — PIKING a making small or cautious financial speculations or bets → colloq.
1933 — FUTURISM speculation about the future, esp. concerning anticipated developments in technology or society
1935 — METAPHYSICALS speculative, abstract, or abstruse matters
1981 — PLAY MONEY money used to speculate in business, or in stocks and shares

NOUNS, PERSON
1456 — ADVENTURER a person who ventures capital in some project., esp. trade or settlement; a speculator
1586 — REFINER a person who engaged in refined speculation or reasoning → obs.
1611 — SPECULATRIX a female speculator
1613 — SPECULATIST a person who speculates or indulges in abstract reasoning; an habitual speculator; a theorist
1623 — ROMANCER a person given to romantic speculation, a fantasist
1638 — SPECULATIVE a speculator or speculatist → obs.
1653 — MATAEOLOGIAN — MATEOLOGIAN a person who discourses or speculates vainly or fruitlessly
1668 — LAMB a person who is cheated; esp. one who speculates and loses his money
1677 — NOTIONALIST a speculative thinker; a theorist → obs.
1707 — SPECULIST a person who speculates or indulges in abstract reasoning; an habitual speculator; a theorist
1719 — VISIONARY a person who indulges in fantastic ideas or schemes; un unpractical speculator or enthusiast
1745 — LAND-JOBBER a person who makes a business of buying and selling land on speculation
1761 — LAME DUCK an unsuccessful speculator who is unable to meet financial commitments → Stock Market sl.
1812 — SPECULATIST a person who speculates in commerce or finance
1813 — EMBANKMENT a banking speculation
1815 — IDEOLOGUE a person occupied with an idea or ideas, esp. with such as are regarded as unpractical; a speculator; an idealist; a visionary; a mere theorist
1818 — IDEOLOGIST a person who has ideas, esp. ideas regarded as impractical; a speculator; an idealist, a visionary
1825 — MONEY-SPINNER a person who makes large profits by speculation or usury
1828 — OPERATOR a person adept at speculative or shrewd operations
1829 — LAND SHARK a land speculator
1831 — IDEOLOGIST a person occupied with an idea or ideas, esp. with such as are regarded as unpractical; a speculator; an idealist; a visionary; a mere theorist
1841 — FLUNKEY an ignorant person who dabbles in financial speculation → Stock Exchange usage
1841 — SPECULATRICE a female speculator
1860 — PUNTER a gambler, a speculator → Brit. sl.
1867 — OPINION MILL a person who speculates on public opinions
1868 — PLUNGER a person who speculates, bets, or gambles, esp. rashly or recklessly → colloq.
1879 — BOOMSTER a speculator → sl., orig. US
1882 — NOETIC a person given to intellectual speculation
1889 — DIVVY-HUNTER a short-term financial speculator → UK sl.
1898 — PIKER a small-scale speculator or investor → colloq., derogatory
1929 — SPEC a speculator → US sl.
1936 — PINHOOKER a small-time speculator in farm products, esp. tobacco; esp. one who buys directly from farmers → Amer. dial.
1962 — YELLOWHAMMER a speculator → US tobacco growers’ sl. (Bk.)
1979 — BLUE-SKY ARTIST a person who speculates freely, with little basis in fact → US sl.
1979 — BLUE-SKYER a person who speculates freely, with little basis in fact → US sl.

PHRASES
1752 — IN THE AIR of an idea or theory: speculative, hypothetical

VERBS
1559 — VENTURE to be boldly speculative
1571 — AUGURATE to suppose, to speculate; to anticipate, to expect → obs.
1594 — PHILOSOPHIZE to speculate, to theorize; to think or reason philosophically
1620 — VENTURE to take part in a financial venture or speculation
1721 — JOB to deal or speculate in stocks → Stock Market usage
1802 — GAMBLE to speculate or take risks, esp. recklessly
1822 — ROMANCE to muse or speculate in a romantic manner; to have fantastic ideas
1836 — DOCTRINIZE to form doctrines or theories; to speculate, to theorize
1837 — BEAR to trade as a ‘bear’ on the stock market; to speculate for a fall → stock market usage, obs.
1842 — BULL to try to raise the price of stocks, etc.; to speculate for the rise → stock market usage
1844 — PROBLEMIZE to speculate, to theorize; to discuss or consider problems
1846 — IDEOLOGIZE to speculate, theorize in an impractical or visionary way → obs.
1859 — OPERATE to deal or speculate in stocks or shares
1876 — PLUNGE to speculate or gamble large sums → colloq.
1896 — SPORT to make a speculative investment in sport or business, to make a bet → sl.
1900 — SPEC to speculate → Aust. sl.
1905 — SPECK to speculate, to be → Aust. sl.
1957 — BLUE SKY to talk unrestrainedly, in a speculative manner → US sl.