An inexperienced stock speculator could easily let his business go to pot and lose his entire fortune.
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Speculator
Synonyms for "speculator" (71 found)
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adventurerarmchair authoritybetterbetting ringbettorbig operatorboneshakercardsharkcardsharpcardsharpercasuistcompulsive gambler
Noun(3 words)
Strong matches (21)
cosmologistcrap shooterdoctrinairedoctrinariangamblergamestergunslingerhazarderhypothesisthypothesizerlame duckmargin purchasermetaphysicianoperatorpetty gamblerphilosophasterphilosophephilosopherphilosophizer
Noun(2 words)
hypothesis proposerinvestor
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7 entriesconjecture makerforeign exchange speculatorfutures speculatorhypothesis proposerreal estate speculatorstock speculatortheory builder
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5 entriesfutures speculatorreal estate speculatorspeculator activityspeculator riskstock speculator
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If someone, because of his love of a forest, walks there half of every day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer; but if he spends his whole day as a speculator, chopping down that forest and making the earth bald before its time, he is esteemed an industrious and enterprising citizen.
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a bold and paradoxical speculator
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[…] in things of Fact, the People are as much to be believed, as the most subtle Philosophers and Speculators, since here sense is the Judge.
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