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speculative |
Grep of noun speculative speculativeness Overview of adj speculative The adj speculative has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (1) bad insecure, risky, high-risk, speculative -- (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") 2. (1) notional, speculative -- (not based on fact or investigation; "a notional figure of cost helps in determining production costs"; "speculative knowledge") 3. inquisitive, speculative, questioning, wondering -- (showing curiosity; "if someone saw a man climbing a light post they might get inquisitive"; "raised a speculative eyebrow") Antonyms of adj speculative 3 senses of speculative Sense 1 bad insecure, risky, high-risk, speculative INDIRECT (VIA unsound) -> sound Sense 2 notional, speculative INDIRECT (VIA theoretical) -> empirical Sense 3 inquisitive, speculative, questioning, wondering(postnominal) INDIRECT (VIA curious) -> incurious Similarity of adj speculative 3 senses of speculative Sense 1 bad insecure, risky, high-risk, speculative => unsound (vs. sound) Sense 2 notional, speculative => theoretical (vs. empirical), theoretic Sense 3 inquisitive, speculative, questioning, wondering(postnominal) => curious (vs. incurious) Attributes of adj speculative Familiarity of adj speculative speculative used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Grep of adj speculative speculative Overview of adj speculative The adj speculative has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (1) bad insecure, risky, high-risk, speculative -- (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") 2. (1) notional, speculative -- (not based on fact or investigation; "a notional figure of cost helps in determining production costs"; "speculative knowledge") 3. inquisitive, speculative, questioning, wondering -- (showing curiosity; "if someone saw a man climbing a light post they might get inquisitive"; "raised a speculative eyebrow")
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