speculative
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adjective \ˈspe-kyə-lə-tiv, -ˌlā-\Definition of SPECULATIVE
1
: involving, based on, or constituting intellectual speculation; also : theoretical rather than demonstrable <speculative knowledge>
2
: marked by questioning curiosity <gave him a speculative glance>
3
: of, relating to, or being a financial speculation <speculative stocks> <speculative venture>
— spec·u·la·tive·ly adverb
See Examples of SPECULATIVE
- His conclusions are highly speculative.
- a writer with a speculative mind
- a speculative boom in housing construction
First Known Use of SPECULATIVE
14th century
Related to SPECULATIVE
- Synonyms
- academic (also academical), conjectural, hypothetical, theoretical, suppositional
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Rhymes with SPECULATIVE
aggregative, agitative, applicative, carminative, circulative, cogitative, combinative, commutative, connotative, consecrative, consultative, contemplative, copulative, corporative, denotative, dissipative, duplicative, educative, facultative, federative, generative, germinative, gravitative, imitative, implicative, innovative, instigative, integrative, irritative, iterative, legislative, limitative, meditative, meliorative, motivative, nominative, nuncupative, operative, palliative, penetrative, procreative, propagative, qualitative, quantitative, recreative, regulative, replicative, separative, terminative, vegetative
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