Thesaurus / speculate
FEEDBACKsynonyms for speculate
synonyms for speculate
- contemplate
- figure out
- guess
- hypothesize
- read
- reflect
- ruminate
- surmise
- weigh
- wonder
- brainstorm
- cerebrate
- cogitate
- conjecture
- consider
- deliberate
- excogitate
- figure
- guesstimate
- meditate
- muse
- reason
- review
- scheme
- study
- suppose
- suspect
- beat one's brains
- build castles in air
- call it
- call the turn
- chew over
- dope out
- have a hunch
- hazard a guess
- head-trip
- kick around
- pipe-dream
- psych out
- read between lines
- run it up flagpole
- size up
See also synonyms for: speculated / speculating
- dare
- hazard
- play
- plunge
- venture
- make book
- margin up
- play the market
- pour money into
- spec
- stick neck out
- take a chance
- take a flier
- take a fling
- wildcat
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Erosion may have partly worn away what was originally a circular earthwork, the researchers speculate.
DRONES FIND SIGNS OF A NATIVE AMERICAN ‘GREAT SETTLEMENT’ BENEATH A KANSAS PASTUREBRUCE BOWERSEPTEMBER 10, 2020SCIENCE NEWSHowever, some of those people also speculate Apple may have plans to build a bigger ads business of its own.
‘IT’S THE FIRST TIME THEY’RE LISTENING’: APPLE IS STRIKING A MORE CONCILIATORY TONE WITH THE AD INDUSTRYLARA O'REILLYSEPTEMBER 8, 2020DIGIDAYIn the face of sustained hardship, which has the potential to encourage dangerously high levels of cortisol, a weak stress response — that is, producing less cortisol — could be “nature’s way of preserving the brain and body,” Gunnar speculates.
PUBERTY CAN REPAIR THE BRAIN’S STRESS RESPONSES AFTER HARDSHIP EARLY IN LIFEESTHER LANDHUISAUGUST 28, 2020SCIENCE NEWSScientists have to speculate, which could go one of two or three ways, or maybe some way they haven’t seen yet.
HOW PSEUDOSCIENTISTS GET AWAY WITH IT - FACTS SO ROMANTICSTUART FIRESTEINAUGUST 28, 2020NAUTILUSSo a weak stress response could be “nature’s way of preserving the brain and body,” Gunnar now speculates.
PUBERTY MAY REBOOT THE BRAIN AND BEHAVIORSESTHER LANDHUISAUGUST 27, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTSSome are even speculating he sees it as his “October surprise.”
ASTRAZENECA DENIES IT IS IN DISCUSSIONS TO FAST-TRACK U.S. APPROVAL OF ITS COVID-19 VACCINEJEREMY KAHNAUGUST 24, 2020FORTUNEEver since the platform left the chronological feed behind and moved to the algorithmic feed years ago, marketers, content creators, and users alike have been speculating on what exactly determines which posts make it to the top.
HOW TO OPTIMIZE FOR THE INSTAGRAM ALGORITHM IN 2020JULIA MIASHKOVAAUGUST 19, 2020SEARCH ENGINE WATCHEver since OpenAI first announced GPT-2, people have speculated that it was vulnerable to abuse.
A COLLEGE KID’S FAKE, AI-GENERATED BLOG FOOLED TENS OF THOUSANDS. THIS IS HOW HE MADE IT.KAREN HAOAUGUST 14, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWIntriguingly, the researchers speculate that with enough well-designed training environments, the approach might yield a general-purpose reinforcement learning algorithm.
DEEPMIND’S NEWEST AI PROGRAMS ITSELF TO MAKE ALL THE RIGHT DECISIONSJASON DORRIERJULY 26, 2020SINGULARITY HUB Although the team didn’t directly observe fluids moving underground, the scientists speculate that beneath the fault zone lies a reservoir of groundwater that previously had been sealed off from the zone.
MACHINE LEARNING HELPED DEMYSTIFY A CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE SWARMCAROLYN GRAMLINGJUNE 18, 2020SCIENCE NEWSWORDS RELATED TO SPECULATE
- accept
- ascertain
- be afraid
- be inclined to think
- conclude
- conjecture
- consider
- count upon
- deduce
- deem
- divine
- estimate
- expect
- fall for
- fancy
- find
- gather
- get the idea
- guess
- have a hunch
- have sneaking suspicion
- hypothesize
- imagine
- infer
- judge
- posit
- postulate
- predicate
- presume
- presuppose
- speculate
- suppose
- surmise
- suspect
- theorize
- think
- understand
- accepts
- ascertains
- concludes
- conjectures
- considers
- counts upon
- deduces
- deems
- divines
- estimates
- expects
- falls for
- fancies
- finds
- gathers
- gets the idea
- guesses
- has a hunch
- have sneaks suspicion
- hypothesizes
- imagines
- infers
- is afraid
- is inclined to thinks
- judges
- posits
- postulates
- predicates
- presumes
- presupposes
- speculates
- supposes
- surmises
- suspects
- theorizes
- thinks
- understands
- accepts
- accredits
- admits
- affirms
- attaches weight to
- be convinces of
- buys
- conceives
- concludes
- considers
- counts on
- credits
- deems
- falls for
- gives credence to
- has
- has faith in
- has no doubt
- holds
- is certain of
- is credulous
- is of the opinion
- keeps the faith
- laps up
- place confidence in
- posits
- postulates
- presumes true
- presupposes
- reckons on
- regards
- rest assures
- supposes
- swallows
- swears by
- takes as gospel
- takes at one's word
- takes for grants
- takes it
- thinks
- trusts
- understands
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.