speculate vs reconstruct
reconstruct vs speculatespeculate and reconstruct both are verbs.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| speculate | No | No | Yes | No |
| reconstruct | No | No | Yes | No |
As verbs,
reconstruct is a hyponym of
speculate; that is, reconstruct is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
speculate:
- speculate: to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds
- reconstruct: reassemble mentally
| speculate (verb) | reconstruct (verb) |
|---|---|
| reflect deeply on a subject | do over, as of (part of) a house |
| to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds | cause somebody to adapt or reform socially or politically |
| talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion | reassemble mentally |
| invest at a risk | build again |
| return to its original or usable and functioning condition |
Words related to "speculate"
- anticipate
- bethink
- bull
- cerebrate
- chew over
- cogitate
- commit
- conjecture
- consider
- construct
- contemplate
- develop
- excogitate
- expect
- explicate
- formulate
- guess
- hazard
- hypothecate
- hypothesise
- hypothesize
- introspect
- invest
- job
- meditate
- mull
- mull over
- muse
- place
- ponder
- premeditate
- pretend
- put
- puzzle
- question
- reason
- reconstruct
- reflect
- retrace
- ruminate
- say
- speculation
- speculative
- speculator
- study
- suppose
- theologise
- theologize
- theorise
- theorize
- think
- think over
- venture
- wonder
Words related to "reconstruct"
- alter
- build
- building
- change
- conjecture
- construct
- construction
- decompress
- defibrillate
- etymologise
- etymologize
- hypothecate
- hypothesise
- hypothesize
- make
- modify
- rebuild
- reconstruction
- reconstructive
- redo
- regenerate
- rehabilitate
- reinstate
- remodel
- renew
- restore
- retrace
- speculate
- suppose
- theorise
- theorize
- uncompress
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