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spec

[spek] / spɛk /
NOUN
gamble
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bet long shot venture wager
STRONG
action fling leap lottery raffle risk stab uncertainty
WEAK
outside chance shot in the dark throw of the dice toss up
Antonyms
STRONG
certainty sureness
WEAK
design guard insurance plan protection safeguard
NOUN
investment
Synonyms
STRONGEST
asset contribution expenditure expense finance financing grant loan money property purchase stake transaction venture
STRONG
advance ante backing bail endowment flutter hunch inside interests investing piece plunge speculation stab
WEAK
smart money vested interests
Antonyms
STRONG
reality truth
WEAK
divestment
NOUN
specification
Synonyms
STRONGEST
blueprint stipulation
STRONG
condition designation detail item particular particularization term
Antonyms
WEAK
generalization uncertainty vagueness
NOUN
speculation
Synonyms
STRONGEST
plunge
STRONG
backing flier flutter gambling hazard hunch piece shot stab venture wager
WEAK
right money risky business risky venture shot in the dark smart money speculative enterprise
Antonyms
STRONG
proof reality
WEAK
abstention fact information truth
NOUN
venture
Synonyms
STRONGEST
deal endeavor enterprise experiment investment project undertaking
STRONG
adventure baby chance essay exploit feat hazard header jeopardy peril proposition pursuit risk setup shot speculation stab stake test thing trial wager
WEAK
pet project
Antonyms
STRONGEST
idleness
STRONG
assurance certainty fact inaction protection reality safety surety
VERB
speculate
Synonyms
STRONG
dare hazard play plunge venture
WEAK
make book margin up play the market pour money into stick neck out take a chance take a flier take a fling wildcat
Antonyms
WEAK
abstain ignore neglect
VERB
wager
Synonyms
STRONGEST
gamble put up speculate
STRONG
adventure chance game hazard hedge hustle lay parlay play pledge plunge risk set shoot stake venture
WEAK
lay a wager play the market put on put on the line shoot the works take action
Antonyms
STRONG
ascend rise

Example Sentences

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“Do they have a spec script?” her boss would typically ask of these digital upstarts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

A complication was that McLaren were not running the latest specification of Mercedes power-unit, so can expect an uplift when they switch in Australia to the latest spec.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

I’m also picking away at some spec scripts, because I’d love to write a movie that didn’t start as a book.

From Salon • Jan. 14, 2026

DaCosta: I wrote it on spec, so I wasn’t thinking about anything besides letting my freak flag fly, basically.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2025

“I’m only saying,” said Gregory Powell, patiently, as one explaining electronics to an idiot child, “that according to spec, those robots are equipped for asteroid mining without supervision. We’re not supposed to watch them.”

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov