speculation
speculation is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A conclusion to which the mind comes by speculating; mere theory; view; notion; conjecture. From him Socrates derived the principles of morality, and most part of his natural speculations. Sir W. temple. To his speculations on these subjects he gave the lofty name of the "Oracles of Reason." Macaulay.
- 2.Power of sight. [Obs.] Thou hast no speculation in those eyes. Shak.
- 3.A game at cards in which the players buy from one another trumps or whole hands, upon a chance of getting the highest trump dealt, which entitles the holder to the pool of stakes.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- adventure
- aim
- analogy
- approximation
- association
- assumed
- assumption
- attempt
- bare
- belief
- best
- blue
- bold
- chance
- conceit
- condition
- conjecture
- coup
- dark
- data
- debut
- divination
- empirical
- endeavor
- essay
- estimate
- exertion
- experiment
- experimental
- experimentally
- feel
- fortune
- grope
- guess
- guesswork
- hand
- hard
- hint
- hypothesis
- idea
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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