9 Letter Words for Speculate
peculates, speculate
8 Letter Words for Speculate
capelets, epaulets, peculate, scapulet
7 Letter Words for Speculate
auletes, capelet, caplets, capsule, capulet, cautels, celesta, culpate, cuspate, eluates, epaules, epaulet, escuela, euclase, pectase, placets, pulsate, puteals, scaleup, septula, setuale, spatule, specula, sulcate, teacups, upscale, upsteal
6 Letter Words for Speculate
acutes, alecup, apelet, apulse, asleep, aspect, asteep, ateles, auceps, aulete, caples, caplet, capuls, castle, casule, caules, cautel, claspt, clause, clauts, cleats, cleeps, clepes, clupea, cuesta, culets, culpae, culpas, cupels, cuspal, eacles, eclats, elapse, elates, elects, eluate, elutes, epacts, epaule, escape, espace, etapes, lacets, leptus, letups, palest, palets, pastel, peaces, pectus, peleus, peltae, peltas, peseta, pestle, petals, peteca, places, placet, plaste, plates, please, pleats, pucest, puteal, saltee, salute, sapele, scalet, scapel, sclate, sculpt, scutal, scutel, sealet, secale, select, septal, sepult, setula, setule, spleet, staple, steale, suclat, taupes, teacup, teasel, teasle, tepals, tuples, upcast, upseal
5 Letter Words for Speculate
actus, acute, alces, alecs, aleut, altus, astel, atees, atlee, atule, caese, calpe, calps, capel, capes, caple, capul, caput, caste, catel, cates, cauls, caups, cause, cease, celts, cepes, cesta, ceste, cetes, cetus, claes, clape, claps, clapt, clasp, clast, clats, claus, claut, cleat, cleep, clepe, clept, clues, culet, culpa, cults, cupel, cutes, eales, easel, easle, eclat, ectal, elaps, elate, elect, elute, epact, epeus, espec, etape, laces, lacet, lapse, latus, leaps, leapt, lease, least, leats, lects, leeps, leets, lepas, lepta, lepus, leste, letup, luces, lucet, lutea, lutes, paces, pacts, pales, palet, palus, paste, pasul, patee, patel, pates, pauls, pause, peace, peals, peats, peels, pelas, peles, pelta, pelts, peste, petal, petas, place, plast, plate, plats, pleas, pleat, puces, pulas, pules, pulse, pusle, salep, salet, salue, saple, sauce, sault, saute, scale, scalp, scalt, scape, scaul, scaup, scaut, sceat, scelp, sclat, sculp, scult, scuta, scute, sepal, septa, setae, setal, setup, slape, slate, sleep, sleet, slept, slete, space, spale, spalt, spate, spaul, speal, speat, spece, spect, speel, spete, splat, splet, spule, sputa, spute, stale, staup, steal, steel, steep, stela, stele, stupa, stupe, sulea, taces, talcs, tales, talus, tapes, tapul, tapus, taupe, teals, tease, teels, teles, tepal, tepas, tesla, tules, tulsa, tuple, upeat, upsee, upset, utees
4 Letter Words for Speculate
aces, acle, aclu, acpt, acts, actu, acus, alce, alec, alee, alep, ales, alps, alts, apes, apse, apsu, apts, apus, ates, atle, aute, calp, cals, cape, caps, capt, case, cast, cate, cats, caul, caup, caus, ceas, cees, cele, cels, celt, cepa, cepe, ceps, cest, cete, clap, clat, clee, clep, clue, cpus, cues, culp, cult, cups, cusp, cust, cute, cuts, eale, ease, east, eats, eaus, ecus, eels, elec, else, elts, esau, esca, etas, etua, lace, lacs, laet, laps, lase, last, late, lats, laus, leap, leas, leat, lect, leep, lees, leet, lepa, leps, lese, lest, lete, lets, luce, lues, lupe, lust, lute, pace, pacs, pact, pacu, pale, pals, palt, pase, past, pate, pats, patu, paul, paut, peal, peas, peat, pecs, peel, pees, pela, pele, pelt, pelu, pesa, pest, peta, pete, pets, plat, plea, plus, psec, puca, puce, pula, pule, puls, puts, sale, salp, salt, sate, saul, saut, scap, scat, scet, scul, scup, scut, seal, seat, sect, seel, seep, sele, selt, sept, seta, slap, slat, slee, slue, slup, slut, spae, spat, spec, spet, spue, sput, stap, step, stue, suet, sula, supa, supe, supt, tace, tael, talc, tale, tape, taps, tapu, tasu, taus, teal, teap, teas, teca, teel, tees, tela, tele, tels, tepa, tepe, tues, tula, tule, tups, ules, ulta, upas, upla, usee, utas, utes
3 Letter Words for Speculate
ace, act, aes, alc, ale, alp, als, alt, apc, ape, apl, apt, ase, asl, asp, ast, ate, atp, aul, cal, cap, cat, cee, cel, cep, cpa, cpl, cps, cpt, cpu, csp, cst, cte, cts, cue, cul, cup, cut, eas, eat, eau, ect, ecu, eec, eel, ela, els, elt, epa, esc, ese, esp, est, esu, eta, etc, lac, lap, las, lat, lca, lea, lee, lep, les, let, leu, lsc, lst, lue, lut, pac, pal, pas, pat, pau, pct, pea, pec, pee, pel, pes, pet, plu, pst, pta, pte, pts, pua, pul, pus, put, sac, sal, sap, sat, sau, sct, sea, sec, see, sel, sep, set, sla, sle, slt, spa, spl, spt, sta, sue, sup, tal, tap, tas, tau, tcp, tea, tec, tee, tel, tes, tlc, tps, tsp, tua, tue, tup, uca, ula, ule, ult, ups, usa, use, ust, uta, utc, ute, uts
Definitions for Speculate
[1] to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
[2] to indulge in conjectural thought.
[3] to engage in any business transaction involving considerable risk or the chance of large gains, especially to buy and sell commodities, stocks, etc., in the expectation of a quick or very large profit.
[4] (when tr, takes a clause as object) to conjecture without knowing the complete facts
[5] (intr) to buy or sell securities, property, etc, in the hope of deriving capital gains
[6] (intr) to risk loss for the possibility of considerable gain
[7] (intr) NZ rugby to make an emergency forward kick of the ball without taking any particular aim
Words related to Speculate
guess, read, hypothesize, wonder, reflect, contemplate, weigh, ruminate, surmise, conjecture, cerebrate, consider, figure, deliberate, study, dope, muse, excogitate, brainstorm, reason
Words nearby Speculate
spectrum, spectrum analyser, spectrum analysis, spectrum disorder, specular, speculate, speculation, speculative, speculative fiction, speculative philosophy, speculator
Origin of Speculate
1590–1600; < Latin speculātus, past participle of speculārī to watch over, explore, reconnoiter, derivative of specula watch tower, noun derivative of specere to look, regard; see -ate1
Other words from Speculate
o·ver·spec·u·late , verb (used without object), o·ver·spec·u·lat·ed, o·ver·spec·u·lat·ing.
pre·spec·u·late , verb (used without object), pre·spec·u·lat·ed, pre·spec·u·lat·ing.
un·spec·u·lat·ing , adjective
Word origin for Speculate
C16: from Latin speculārī to spy out, from specula a watchtower, from specere to look at
Synonyms for Speculate
contemplate, figure out, guess, hypothesize, read, reflect, ruminate, surmise, weigh, wonder, brainstorm, cerebrate, cogitate, conjecture, consider, deliberate, dope, 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
