speculative
[adjective]
Synonyms: hypothetical, academic, conjectural, notional, suppositional, theoretical

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Antonyms: unspeculative
Related Words: musing, ruminating, curious, inquiring, questioning

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

spec‧u‧la‧tive /ˈspekjələtɪv, ˈspekjʊlətɪv $ -leɪ-/ adjective

1. based on guessing, not on information or facts
highly/purely/largely speculative
a purely speculative theory about life on other planets

2. bought or done in the hope of making a profit later:
speculative investments

3. if you give someone a speculative look, you look at them while trying to guess something about them
—speculatively adverb:
Delaney eyed her speculatively.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲