Synonyms:
speculate, theorize, theorise, conjecture, hypothesize, hypothesise, hypothecate, suppose
Meaning: to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"
Synonyms:
speculate
Meaning: talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion; "We were speculating whether the President had to resign after the scandal"
Synonyms:
chew_over, think_over, meditate, ponder, excogitate, contemplate, muse, reflect, mull, mull_over, ruminate, speculate
Meaning: reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"
Usage examples
Whatever feelings influenced her, I cared not to speculate on them.
Do you call it work to get hold of concessions and speculate with them?"
The heart of Mrs. Wilcox was alone hidden, and perhaps it is superstitious to speculate on the feelings of the dead.
"What Aramis says is very sensible," replied Athos; "we must speculate upon the faults of people, and not upon their virtues.
These thoughts filled my mind, as I followed the priest from the room; and for a long time I continued to speculate upon what I had seen.
He then went on to speculate as to the cause of the planets' motion. The old idea was that they were carried round by angels or celestial intelligences.
What the stuff was we could not at first conjecture, or rather, we didn't have much time to speculate on it, for we had to get our ship in shape to withstand we hardly knew what.
For recreation he could twiddle his thumbs and speculate on the thoughts which must agitate the minds of the generals. Also, he was drilled and drilled and reviewed, and drilled and drilled and reviewed.