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")
speculative definition
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