Usually means: Based on conjecture, not fact.
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We found 35 dictionaries that define the word speculative:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. speculative: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. speculative: Merriam-Webster
  3. speculative: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. speculative: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. speculative: Collins English Dictionary
  6. speculative: Vocabulary.com
  7. Speculative, speculative: Wordnik
  8. speculative: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. speculative: Wiktionary
  10. speculative: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. speculative: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. speculative: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. speculative: Dictionary.com
  14. speculative: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Speculative: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Speculative: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. speculative: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. speculative: Rhymezone
  19. Speculative: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. speculative: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. speculative: FreeDictionary.org
  22. speculative: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. speculative: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)

Business (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. speculative: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)
  3. INVESTORWORDS (No longer online)
  4. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  5. Speculative: Bloomberg Financial Glossary
  6. speculative: Legal dictionary
  7. speculative: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. speculative: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

(Note: See speculatively as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Characterized by speculation; based on guessing, unfounded opinions, or extrapolation.
adjective:  Pursued as a gamble, with possible large profits or losses; risky.
adjective:  Pertaining to financial speculation; Involving or resulting from high-risk investments or trade.

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