Словарь синонимов английского языка - speculate

(v) 1. Often, speculate on or upon or about or over. beflect (on or about or over), consider, muse (on or about or over), meditate (on or oveb or about), contemplate (on or about), cogitate (on or about), think (about or over or on), ponder (over or about), mull over, chew on or over, ruminate (on or over or about), wonder (about), deliberate (over or on or about), weigh, judge, evaluate, theorize (on or about), conjecture (on or about), postulate, hypothesize: I have been speculating about whether I should take a holiday in the Algarve. Why not go and enjoy yourself instead of speculating on the world's injustices? 2. gamble, wager, take a chance, Colloq have a flutter, play the market, take a plunge: She is too conservative to speculate in the stock market.