'Speculative' definitions:
Definition of 'speculative'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Not financially safe or secure; "a bad investment"; "high risk investments"; "anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky"; "speculative business enterprises" [syn: bad, risky, high-risk, speculative]
adjective
Not based on fact or investigation; "a notional figure of cost helps in determining production costs"; "speculative knowledge" [syn: notional, speculative]
adjective
Showing curiosity; "if someone saw a man climbing a light post they might get inquisitive"; "raised a speculative eyebrow" [syn: inquisitive, speculative, questioning, wondering(a)]
Definition of 'Speculative'
From: GCIDE
- Speculative \Spec"u*la*tive\ (sp[e^]k"[-u]*l[.a]*t[i^]v), a. [Cf. F. sp['e]culatif, L. speculativus.]
- 1. Given to speculation; contemplative. [1913 Webster]
- The mind of man being by nature speculative. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Involving, or formed by, speculation; ideal; theoretical; not established by demonstration. --Cudworth. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Of or pertaining to vision; also, prying; inquisitive; curious. [R.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Of or pertaining to speculation in land, goods, shares, etc.; as, a speculative dealer or enterprise. [1913 Webster]
- The speculative merchant exercises no one regular, established, or well-known branch of business. --A. Smith. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Finance) More risky than typical investments; not investment grade. [PJC] -- {Spec"u*la*tive*ly}, adv. -- {Spec"u*la*tive*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'speculative'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abstract,
- academic,
- adventurous,
- aleatory,
- analytical,
- arguable,
- armchair,
- at issue,
- chancy,
- closet,
- cogitative,
- cognitive,
- concentrating,
- concentrative,
- conceptive,
- conceptual,
- conceptualized,
- confutable,
- conjectural,
- contemplating,
- contemplative,
- contestable,
- controversial,
- controvertible,
- curious,
- debatable,
- deliberating,
- deliberative,
- deniable,
- dicey,
- disputable,
- doubtable,
- doubtful,
- dubious,
- dubitable,
- excogitating,
- full of risk,
- hazardous,
- hypothetic,
- hypothetical,
- ideal,
- idealistic,
- idealized,
- ideational,
- ideative,
- iffy,
- impractical,
- in dispute,
- in doubt,
- in dubio,
- in question,
- inquiring,
- intellectual,
- introspective,
- meditating,
- meditative,
- mental,
- mistakable,
- moot,
- museful,
- musing,
- noetic,
- notional,
- open to doubt,
- open to question,
- pensive,
- pondering,
- postulatory,
- prehensive,
- problematic,
- questionable,
- questioning,
- ratiocinative,
- rational,
- reflecting,
- reflective,
- refutable,
- riskful,
- risky,
- ruminant,
- ruminating,
- ruminative,
- serious,
- sober,
- suppositional,
- supposititious,
- suppositive,
- suspect,
- suspicious,
- theoretical,
- thinking,
- thought,
- thoughtful,
- uncertain,
- unpractical,
- unproved,
- unproven,
- unrealistic,
- unreliable,
- untested,
- untrustworthy,
- venturesome,
- venturous,
- wildcat,
- wistful