Commodity futures markets have become highly speculative.
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Speculative
//ˈspɛkjuləˌtɪv//
Synonyms for "speculative" (125 found)
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Closest matches (25)
Strong matches (38)
Related words (62)
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Adjective(4 words)
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4 entriesderived
13 entriesrelated to
13 entriessimilar
5 entriesTranslations
30 translations across 19 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- рискован adj (characterized by speculation; based on guessing or unfounded opinions)
- спекулативен adj (characterized by speculation; based on guessing or unfounded opinions)
Catalan
1 entries- especulatiu adj (characterized by speculation; based on guessing or unfounded opinions)
Czech
1 entries- spekulativní adj (characterized by speculation; based on guessing or unfounded opinions)
Dutch
1 entries- speculatief adj (characterized by speculation; based on guessing or unfounded opinions)
Esperanto
3 entries- konjekta adj (characterized by speculation; based on guessing or unfounded opinions)
- spekula adj (pertaining to financial speculation)
- spekulativa adj (characterized by speculation; based on guessing or unfounded opinions)
Finnish
4 entries- järkeilevä adj (characterized by speculation; based on guessing or unfounded opinions)
- keinotteleva adj (pertaining to financial speculation)
- keinottelu adj (pertaining to financial speculation)
- keplotteleva adj (pertaining to financial speculation)
French
1 entries- spéculatif adj (characterized by speculation; based on guessing or unfounded opinions)
Galician
1 entries- especulativo adj (characterized by speculation; based on guessing or unfounded opinions)
German
1 entries- spekulativ adj (characterized by speculation; based on guessing or unfounded opinions)
Greek
1 entries- αναπόδεικτος adj (characterized by speculation; based on guessing or unfounded opinions)
Ido
1 entries- spekulema adj (characterized by speculation; based on guessing or unfounded opinions)
Italian
1 entries- speculativo adj (characterized by speculation; based on guessing or unfounded opinions)
Kazakh
1 entries- алып-сатарлық adj (characterized by speculation; based on guessing or unfounded opinions)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- spekulativ adj (characterized by speculation; based on guessing or unfounded opinions)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- spekulativ adj (characterized by speculation; based on guessing or unfounded opinions)
Polish
1 entries- spekulatywny adj (characterized by speculation; based on guessing or unfounded opinions)
Russian
2 entries- спекуляти́вный adj (characterized by speculation; based on guessing or unfounded opinions)
- умозри́тельный adj (characterized by speculation; based on guessing or unfounded opinions)
Spanish
1 entries- especulativo adj (characterized by speculation; based on guessing or unfounded opinions)
Ukrainian
2 entries- спекуляти́вний adj (characterized by speculation; based on guessing or unfounded opinions)
- умогля́дний adj (characterized by speculation; based on guessing or unfounded opinions)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
The Government should not keep information confidential merely because public officials might be embarrassed by disclosure, because errors and failures might be revealed, or because of speculative or abstract fears.
Source: tatoeba (3652793)
Civil rights are apparently speculative.
Source: tatoeba (7469888)
"Björn, people who read speculative fiction, as fantasy and sci-fi, become good at evaluating hypothetical situations." "Ragnar, do you mean it enhances their creativity and imagination?" "Correct."
Source: tatoeba (9441166)
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