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SPECULATOR

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains

Synonyms:

plunger; speculator

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("speculator" is a kind of...):

adventurer; venturer (a person who enjoys taking risks)

gambler (a person who wagers money on the outcome of games or sporting events)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "speculator"):

hedger (someone who counterbalances one transaction (as a bet) against another in order to protect against loss)

operator (a speculator who trades aggressively on stock or commodity markets)

scalper (someone who buys something and resells it at a price far above the initial cost)

venture capitalist (a speculator who makes money available for innovative projects (especially in high technology))

Derivation:

speculate (invest at a risk)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone who makes conjectures without knowing the facts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("speculator" is a kind of...):

thinker (someone who exercises the mind (usually in an effort to reach a decision))

Derivation:

speculate (to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds)

speculate (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)

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