noun
Meaning 1
One who speculates; an observer; a contemplator.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
speculator
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈspɛkjʊˌleɪtə/
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CMU ARPABET: S P EH1 K Y AH0 L EY2 T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
One who forms theories; a theorist.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
One who speculates; as in investing, one who is willing to take volatile risks upon invested principal for the potential of substantial returns.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, finance
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noun
Meaning 4
Synonym of field goal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, rugby, sports
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Synonyms: field goal
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: plunger
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: adventurer, venturer, gambler
Narrower terms: hedger, operator, scalper, venture capitalist
noun
Meaning 6
someone who makes conjectures without knowing the facts
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: thinker
History
Etymology
From Latin speculātor (“spy, explorer, investigator”), from speculor (“to watch, to observe”) + -tor (“-er: forming agent nouns”), from specula (“watchtower”), from speciō (“to watch, to observe”), q.v. In some senses, an agent noun formed within English from speculate. Doublet of spectator.
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: مُضَارِب (muḍārib) — one who speculates; as in investing
- Bulgarian: спекулант (spekulant) — one who speculates; as in investing
- Chinese Mandarin: 投機者 /投机者 — one who speculates; as in investing
- Czech: spekulant — one who speculates; as in investing
- Danish: spekulant — one who speculates; as in investing
- Dutch: speculant — one who speculates; as in investing
- Finnish: keinottelija — one who speculates; as in investing
- French: spéculateur — one who speculates; as in investing
- French: agioteur — one who speculates; as in investing
- French: boukiman (Senegal) — one who speculates; as in investing
- German: Spekulant — one who speculates; as in investing
- German: Spekulantin — one who speculates; as in investing
- Indonesian: spekulan — one who speculates; as in investing
- Indonesian: spekulator — one who speculates; as in investing
- Irish: amhantraí — one who speculates; as in investing
- Japanese: 投機家 (tōkika) — one who speculates; as in investing
- Korean: 투기꾼 (tugikkun) — one who speculates; as in investing
- Polish: spekulant — one who speculates; as in investing
- Portuguese: especulador — one who speculates; as in investing
- Russian: спекуля́нт (spekuljánt) — one who speculates; as in investing
- Russian: спекуля́нтка (spekuljántka) — one who speculates; as in investing
- Spanish: especulador — one who speculates; as in investing
- Swedish: spekulant — one who speculates; as in investing
- Ukrainian: ґешефтя́р (gešeftjár) — one who speculates; as in investing
- Ukrainian: спекуля́нт (spekuljánt) — one who speculates; as in investing
- Ukrainian: спекуля́нтка (spekuljántka) — one who speculates; as in investing
Real reading context