Synonyms for speculative
ˈspɛk yəˌleɪ tɪv, -lə tɪvspec·u·la·tive

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1. bad, risky, high-risk, speculativeadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   big, spoiled, uncollectible, risky, questioning, bad, regretful, hazardous, forged, defective, inquisitive, sorry, tough, spoilt, unsound, wondering(a), high-risk, unfit, wild, notional

   Antonyms:
   sound, empirical, incurious, empiric

2. notional, speculativeadjective

   not based on fact or investigation

   "a notional figure of cost helps in determining production costs"; "speculative knowledge"

   Synonyms:
   wondering(a), bad, inquisitive, notional, fanciful, conceptional, imaginary, risky, high-risk, questioning, ideational

   Antonyms:
   empirical, empiric, incurious, sound

3. inquisitive, speculative, questioning, wondering(a)adjective

   showing curiosity

   "if someone saw a man climbing a light post they might get inquisitive"; "raised a speculative eyebrow"

   Antonyms:
   incurious, empirical, sound, empiric

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1. speculativeadjective

   Synonyms:
   contemplative, unpractical, platonic, philosophical, given to speculation

2. speculativeadjective

   Synonyms:
   theoretical, ideal, imaginary

3. speculativeadjective

   Synonyms:
   given to hazardous trading

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1. speculativeadjective

   Synonyms:
   contemplative, meditative, theoretical, supposititious

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1. List of paraphrases for "speculative":

   hedge, speculation, hypothetical, conjectural, asset-price

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1. Koji Fukaya:

   How the speculative positions are handled will depend how much the market factors in a September rate hike after the Fed meeting, i don't see big dollar longs being added even if the Fed hints of a September hike, because current positions already look stretched. But we have to remember that going long on the dollar is the current trend. With euro/dollar plays possibly saturated, players are turning their attention to dollar/yen.

2. Neal Milner:

   Anyone who says in confidence that they know what Tulsi Gabbard's up to is BS' ing. It's all pretty speculative, tulsi Gabbard relationship with the media is very surface-y.

3. Ed Egilinsky:

   Investors have to consider why they are buying. Hopefully, it's to diversify, but there's not a long enough history to say that bitcoin or others are at true inflation hedge. This is still more like speculative momentum trading.

4. Mphasis Ltd:

   The company does not respond to the market rumors and speculative news reporting.

5. Albert Einstein:

   This is what the painter, the poet, the speculative philosopher, and the natural scientists do, each in his own fashion.