SPECULATES Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

speculates

verb

present tense third-person singular of speculate

as in assumes

to form an opinion from little or no evidence I speculate that someone has been using this cabin as a trysting place

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Recent Examples of speculates Her exit comes as the industry speculates wildly about the fate of other division leaders across both companies. — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026 The Instagram caption speculates the albino shark was somewhere between eight and nine feet long. — David Hookstead Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2026 The report’s conclusion speculates that keeping things private, even innocuous ones, signals secretiveness. — Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2026 Neiman speculates that polyploidy and the snail’s unusual reproductive strategies are related. — Carrie Arnold contributing, Quanta Magazine, 2 Sep. 2026 Berman speculates that Meta will next settle the school districts case, which stemmed from some 1,200 districts across the country accusing the Facebook parent and other social media companies of spreading intentionally addictive features. — Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 30 Aug. 2026 The source speculates that Meghan may keep a relatively low profile as the family settles back into life in Britain. — Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 20 Aug. 2026 At the same time, Caillier speculates that the rugs are strong enough to stand on their own. — Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 11 Aug. 2026 Interestingly, sales of sunflower butter go up 18%; Instacart speculates that this happens because most schools have a nut-free policy. — Parents, 7 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for speculates

Verb

This implicit passivity assumes that technology, rather than people, will determine AI’s impact on work.

— Byron Auguste, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026
In the novel, likewise, the narrator assumes an almost Homeric guise, comparing current harbor gossip to chatter from the Phoenician, Cretan, Greek, and Roman eras.

— Alex Ross, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of assumes

Verb

Logan Wright, the author of Broken China, guesses that growth is now running at no more than 1% — and may even be zero.

— Andy Browne, semafor.com, 11 Aug. 2026
The system consists of a predictive algorithm that guesses how a robot is broken, along with robotic manipulators that actually take the broken robot apart.

— Kohava Mendelsohn, IEEE Spectrum, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of guesses

Verb

And yet Tatham thinks there are lessons to be learned from the interactive world, as long as designers focus on real-world play.

— Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
Oil prices are just one headwind that Tudor Jones thinks the equity market needs to handle at the moment.

— Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of thinks

Verb

Homeownership has long been a marker of the American Dream, but this dream presumes autonomy, voice and equitable treatment.

— Stephanie A. Dhuman, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026
But that logic presumes every single aspect of both studios’ production pipelines will continue to operate normally once Paramount and WBD become one.

— Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of presumes

Verb

Swift appears as a spectral figure trying to warn Johnson that, based on her own experience, her rich husband has more sinister intentions than his current bride imagines.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Oct. 2026
Our work re-imagines these ancient tombs as theatrical spaces, built to perpetuate a form of metaphysical human experience.

— Jacqueline Ortoleva, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of imagines

Verb

Peter Cho, chief marketing officer of the Sleep Spa, surmises that their mattresses first became a status symbol in 1952, when the company became the official purveyor to the royal court by King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden.

— Jaklin Romine Oct. 15, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
Bastian’s wife surmises that Johann must be a relative, and he is invited to eat.

— Alex Ross, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of surmises

Verb

Anthropic’s work even shows that internal signals can reveal when a model suspects it’s being tested, detects manipulation or is pursuing a hidden objective.

— Nicola Sfondrini, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Laurel suspects that maybe some of the books in her library have been banned, but she’s given up trying to find out.

— Scott Tobias, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026