speculator

Betekenis (Engels)

1. One who speculates; an observer; a contemplator.
2. One who forms theories; a theorist.
3. One who speculates; as in investing, one who is willing to take volatile risks upon invested principal for the potential of substantial returns.
4. Synonym of field goal.

Sinonieme

profiteer

gambler

adventurer

plunger

🪠

stockholder

swindler

venturer

opportunist

philosopher

experimenter

enterpriser

crook

stockjobber

studier

exchanging stag

theorist

thinker

speculatist

businessperson

money-spinner

forestraller

gamester

monopolizer

Vertalings

Spekulant

spéculateur

especulador

speculatore

especulador

affarista

especulador

especulador

Spekulantin

speculant

κερδοσκόπος

estraperlista

fırsatçı

spekülatör

Etimologie (Engels)

From Latin speculātor (“spy, explorer, investigator”), from speculor (“to watch, to observe”) + -tor (“-er: forming agent nouns”), from specula (“watchtower”), from speciō (“to watch, to observe”), q.v. In some senses, an agent noun formed within English from speculate. Doublet of spectator.