SPECULATING Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

speculating

verb

present participle of speculate

as in guessing

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 speculating Meta was facing the prospect of truly massive damages in the California case with some speculating that the ultimate number could have gone as high as $200 billion. — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026 Frank Sierawski didn't set out to discover a multibillion-dollar market for speculating on when people with life insurance policies will die. — Vito Emanuel, NPR, 25 Aug. 2026 That’s not all—sources were even speculating whether Harry and Meghan would stay together. — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 20 Aug. 2026 Does Michael Crichton still write a 1990 novel speculating about what this would be like? — Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2026 But some have been speculating that the restriction is related to the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 12 Aug. 2026 Some social media users are speculating that his health challenge in the spring could have triggered last week’s event. — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 10 Aug. 2026 The remark appeared to refer to a recent What’s The Dirt video speculating that Roc Nation had played some role in the federal class action targeting Drake and Stake. — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2026 And there was that period earlier this year when everybody was speculating about whether Natalie was based on Hannah Neeleman, who runs Ballerina Farm. — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for speculating

Verb

Royal Therapy was created for sleepers who are tired of guessing.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026
Given that, markets are in guessing mode on which option the Fed will circle in later this month.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of guessing

Verb

Paying attention to these factors can provide a useful starting point rather than assuming one solution will work for everyone.

— Ascend Agency, New York Daily News, 11 Sep. 2026
However, Ujiié cautioned against assuming any simple relationship between a species’ genetic identity and its shell chirality.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of assuming

Verb

In the r/Solidcore subreddit, one expressed frustration with the fitness studio’s lack of communication after suspecting their ringworm infection came from the Downtown Brooklyn location.

— Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 14 July 2026
Oceanside Police Captain Nick Nunez told KNSD that officers are not suspecting foul play.

— Adam England, PEOPLE, 14 July 2026

Definition of suspecting

Verb

More recently, other experts have advised American farmers to go all out growing soybeans, supposing they will be needed by the Chinese or somebody.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
Even supposing the pledges in the 1990s documents amounted to a crime, the legal deadline for bringing mortgage fraud charges has expired.

— Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 8 Dec. 2025

Definition of supposing

Verb

Opponents used to start thinking — well, worrying — about Garrett on Mondays, and that continued all the way through Sunday’s game.

— Zac Jackson, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Instead of thinking about what can be crammed in for the end of the year, Q4 should be about laying out a plan to hit the ground running in Q1.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026