Textual thesaurus for "speculate"

(verb) chew over, reflect, ponder, think over, ruminate, mull, mull over, muse, excogitate, contemplate, meditate

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

(verb) theorise, theorize, suppose, hypothecate, hypothesise, hypothesize, conjecture

to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds

Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps

(verb) job

invest at a risk

I bought this house not because I want to live in it but to sell it later at a good price, so I am speculating