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.

Concepten

speculant

Synoniemen

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

Vertalingen

Spekulant

spéculateur

especulador

speculatore

especulador

affarista

especulador

Spekulantin

especulador

κερδοσκόπος

profittatrice

estraperlista

fırsatçı

spekülatör

Etymologie (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.