Speculate meaning

verb

1. to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

   “Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps”

   Synonymstheorizetheoriseconjecturehypothesizehypothesisehypothecatesuppose

2. 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”

3. 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”

   Synonymschew overthink overmeditateponderexcogitatecontemplatemusereflect

4. 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”

   Synonymsjob