Speculative thinking

Synonyms for "speculative thinking" (17 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (4)

Noun(4 words)
biased reasoningconjecturalconjecturecreative reasoning

Strong matches (5)

Noun(5 words)
faulty reasoningguessworkhypotheticalhypothetical reasoningidea generation

Related words (8)

Noun(8 words)
provisionalscenario thinkingspeculationsspeculativetheoreticaltheoretical planningtheoretical speculationwishful thinking

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

9 entries
analytical stancecognitioncognitive processdesign thinkingdiscourse modemental activitymental processplanning cognitionthinking

More specific

12 entries
abstract contemplationconceptual framingfuture forecastinghypothesis generationhypothetical deductionhypothetical modelingscenario analysisscenario constructionscenario planningtheoretical reasoningunfounded inferencewishful bias

Collocations

10 entries
rigorous speculative thinkingspeculative thinking and planningspeculative thinking approachspeculative thinking biasspeculative thinking exercisespeculative thinking frameworkspeculative thinking in researchspeculative thinking modelspeculative thinking processspeculative thinking style

Inflections

2 entries
more speculative thinkingmost speculative thinking

Derivations

5 entries