SPECULATING Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

speculating

verb

present participle of speculate

as in guessing

to form an opinion from little or no evidence I speculate that someone has been using this cabin as a trysting place

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Recent Examples of speculating Pundits are already speculating on the movie’s Oscar chances in the Best Picture category, where no documentary has ever been nominated before. — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2026 Political experts are also speculating about what the contribution means about AOC's political future. — Marcia Kramer, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026 Sources told Page Six that Charles’ absence made many nervous, and royal insiders began speculating that his work schedule has been reduced. — Allison Degrushe, StyleCaster, 16 Oct. 2026 In the car, Jared started speculating where ICE was headed next. — Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026 Many in the Asian industry are speculating that TVing may eventually attempt to launch the K-drama service as a standalone offering in key markets across the globe. — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2026 Eldridge sounds wistful, speculating about the person who might have worn them. — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026 The industry is obsessively speculating on who survives the merger to be named to David Ellison‘s executive leadership team come Monday. — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 2 Oct. 2026 And like Farrar’s Twitter character, dangling on that final, hopeful comma, the president’s critics still return to speculating that this next scandal might just be the one that delivers comeuppance. — David MacK, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for speculating

Verb

Sorry to say it, but right now, guessing is what many are doing.

— Brian Sullivan, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026
LaBranche has become a master of sleight of hand and confusing defenses as the Warriors utilize a ton of misdirection and a plethora of running backs to keep the opposition guessing about who is getting the ball.

— Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of guessing

Verb

Thinking that writing code was the only bottleneck for deploying new software is like the Titanic seeing the tip of the iceberg and assuming there was nothing underneath it.

— Brian Jenney, IEEE Spectrum, 23 Oct. 2026
Catoir warns against assuming that digital natives will naturally be equipped to work with AI.

— Sam Birchall, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of assuming

Verb

Sacramento firefighters have responded to multiple fires along the American River Parkway near Northgate Boulevard over the past week, with investigators suspecting the fires may have been human-caused.

— Kayla Moeller, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
The family, suspecting Yarludy’s been assaulted by her teacher, accuses both Oscar and the center.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of suspecting

Verb

More recently, other experts have advised American farmers to go all out growing soybeans, supposing they will be needed by the Chinese or somebody.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
Even supposing the pledges in the 1990s documents amounted to a crime, the legal deadline for bringing mortgage fraud charges has expired.

— Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 8 Dec. 2025

Definition of supposing

Verb

Born in 1888, Jim Casey spent his life, starting at the tender age of eleven, thinking about how to deliver things more efficiently.

— Marc Levinson, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2026
Croix Bethune had been thinking about breaking the National Women’s Soccer League’s single-season record for assists since returning from injury.

— PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2026