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If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen.
Henry David Thoreau

Meaning of "speculator" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SPECULATOR

speculator  [ˈspɛkjʊˌleɪtə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPECULATOR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Speculator is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SPECULATOR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

speculator

Speculation

Speculation is the practice of engaging in risky financial transactions in an attempt to profit from short or medium term fluctuations in the market value of a tradable good such as a financial instrument, rather than attempting to profit from the underlying financial attributes embodied in the instrument such as capital gains, interest, or dividends. Many speculators pay little attention to the fundamental value of a security and instead focus purely on price movements. Speculation can in principle involve any tradable good or financial instrument. Speculators are particularly common in the markets for stocks, bonds, commodity futures, currencies, fine art, collectibles, real estate, and derivatives. Speculators play one of four primary roles in financial markets, along with hedgers who engage in transactions to offset some other pre existing risk, arbitrageurs who seek to profit from situations where fungible instruments trade at different prices in different market segments, and investors who seek profit through long-term ownership of an instrument's underlying attributes.

Definition of speculator in the English dictionary

The definition of speculator in the dictionary is a person who speculates. Other definition of speculator is an undirected kick of the ball.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SPECULATOR


accumulator
əˈkjuːmjʊˌleɪtə
ambulator
ˈæmbjʊˌleɪtə
articulator
ɑːˈtɪkjʊˌleɪtə
calculator
ˈkælkjʊˌleɪtə
circulator
ˈsɜːkjʊˌleɪtə
coagulator
kəʊˈæɡjʊˌleɪtə
demodulator
diːˈmɒdjʊˌleɪtə
ejaculator
ɪˈdʒækjʊˌleɪtə
formulator
ˈfɔːmjʊˌleɪtə
granulator
ˈɡrænjʊˌleɪtə
insulator
ˈɪnsjʊˌleɪtə
modulator
ˈmɒdjʊˌleɪtə
perambulator
pəˈræmbjʊˌleɪtə
regulator
ˈrɛɡjʊˌleɪtə
simulator
ˈsɪmjʊˌleɪtə
stimulator
ˈstɪmjʊˌleɪtə
stridulator
ˈstrɪdjʊˌleɪtə
tabulator
ˈtæbjʊˌleɪtə
turbulator
ˈtɜːbjʊˌleɪtə
undulator
ˈʌndjʊˌleɪtə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SPECULATOR

spectroscopist
spectroscopy
spectrum
spectrum analyser
spectrum analysis
specula
specular
specularity
specularly
speculate
speculation
speculatist
speculative
speculative fiction
speculatively
speculativeness
speculatory
speculatrice
speculum
speculum metal

WORDS THAT END LIKE SPECULATOR

administrator
annihilator
chelator
correlator
defibrillator
depilator
emulator
escalator
flight simulator
interpolator
invigilator
isolator
legislator
local oscillator
manipulator
oscillator
relator
scintillator
translator
ventilator
violator

Synonyms and antonyms of speculator in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SPECULATOR»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «speculator» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of speculator

Translation of «speculator» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SPECULATOR

Find out the translation of speculator to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of speculator from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «speculator» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

投机者
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

especulador
570 millions of speakers

English

speculator
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सट्टेबाज
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المضارب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

спекулянт
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

especulador
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গুপ্তচর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

spéculateur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Spekulator
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Spekulant
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

投資家
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

투기자
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Speculator
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người hay suy nghi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உளவு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सट्टेबाज
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

spekülatör
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

speculatore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

spekulant
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

спекулянт
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

speculant
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κερδοσκόπος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

spekulant
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

spekulant
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

spekulant
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of speculator

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SPECULATOR»

The term «speculator» is regularly used and occupies the 79.899 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SPECULATOR» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about speculator

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QUOTES WITH «SPECULATOR»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word speculator.
1
Henry David Thoreau
If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPECULATOR»

Discover the use of speculator in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to speculator and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Education of a Speculator
The commodity trader describes how his personal life influenced his career in finance, and promotes strategic thinking as a way to successfully speculate in stocks, bonds, currencies, and futures
Victor Niederhoffer, 1998
2
Forty Years a Speculator: My Discoveries and Insights
In real life I am a State Certified General Appraiser. This is the story of my transformation over more than four decades from a conservative blue-chip investor into a steely eyed, riverboat gambler with nerves of steel.
Fred Carach, 2012
3
How to Win as a Stock Market Speculator
There's even advice on how to get in early and make money through take-over speculation.This valuable book will help anyone to implement their own trading system based on sound principles of money management, including preserving and ...
Alexander Davidson, 2005
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The Futures: The Rise of the Speculator and the Origins of ...
Traces the history of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange from its origins as a meeting place for gamblers and farmers through its evolution into a sophisticated electronic market of high-speed commodities trading.
Emily Lambert, 2012
5
Jesse Livermore: speculator-king
Live again the market experiences of the trader known variously as The Wall Street Wonder, The Boy Plunger, The Cotton King, and The Great Bear. You'll love this book!
Paul Sarnoff, 1985
6
Every Man a Speculator
Penetrating and engrossing, this is an extraordinary work of history that illuminates the values and the character of our nation.
Steve Fraser, 2009
7
The 'Speculator' & 'The Meeting'
"David Greig is the most consistently interesting, prolific and artistically ambitious writer of his generation" (Scotsman); "Frequently compared to Harold Pinter…Cunillé has discovered a special style" (ABC, Madrid)
David Greig, David Greig, 2009
8
Lake Pleasant and Speculator in the Adirondacks
The numerous lakes and the forests of the southern Adirondacks provided an abundance of game, fish, and lumber for early settlers in the 1800s.
Anne A. Weaver, 2010
9
Pennsylvania Speculator and Patriot: the Entrepreneurial ...
Based on the largely neglected Nicholson manuscripts, this book throws new light on the crucial importance of land speculation in the post-Revolutionary period, and on the career of a man who became the leading speculator in Pennsylvania ...
Robert D. Arbuckle, 1975
10
Experimental analysis on the role of a large speculator in ...
Corsetti, Dasgupta, Morris, and Shin (2004, RES) demonstrate that the presence of the large speculator can cause the remaining traders to be more aggressive in speculative attacks in the foreign exchange market.
Yasuhiro Arikawa, Kumi Suzuki-Löffelholz, Kenshi Taketa, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPECULATOR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term speculator is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Speculator Corner: Detective Comics And Mercy Graves
... Adventures cartoon, her first DCU comic book appearance was in Detective Comics #735. Speculators don't appear to have caught onto this one yet though. «Bleeding Cool News, Jul 15»
2
Gold COT Speculators Reduce Net Bullish Positions Last Week
Gold speculator and large futures traders slightly edged their gold bullish positions lower last week, as speculator gold positions have fallen for three straight ... «Investing.com, Jul 15»
3
Amid Gluts, Energy Speculators at Odds
Crude oil and natural gas are both in the midst of unprecedented supply gluts. However, the wagers being placed by speculators in each of these arenas ... «TheStreet.com, Apr 15»
4
Plays are in place for the growth-stock speculator
For an aggressive speculator working in the intermediate-term timeframe, Cyberark does not currently offer attractive technical entrance, but should be ... «MarketWatch, Apr 15»
5
Why This New Gold Find Interests Me as a Speculator: Steve Todoruk
That's exactly why it interests me as a speculator. We have enough information to make educated guesses on the odds of success and upside potential, but the ... «Proactive Investors USA & Canada, Mar 15»
6
Creditor beats a path to hard-up Irish speculator's luxury door
Mr O'Donnell is one of those Irish property speculators who operated largely out of the public eye. His portfolio contained office developments and luxury houses ... «Financial Times, Mar 15»
7
Plot adjacent to Mitcham Common auctioned off to land speculator
A small plot of land adjacent to Mitcham Common has been sold for £36,000 at auction to a private buyer. Fierce bidding was reported to have taken place at last ... «Your Local Guardian, Mar 15»
8
Speculator Mania for Danish Krone Makes No Sense, OECD Says
The obsession with holding kroner that has gripped speculators since mid-January is hard to explain given the state of Denmark's economy. That's according to ... «Bloomberg, Mar 15»
9
11th Circ. Rips Life Insurance 'Speculator' For 'Dumb' Expert
“If there had been an insurance policy on his life like the one that gave rise to this case, Prufrock might have seen beside the footman a grinning speculator ... «Law360, Feb 15»
10
The Prudent Speculator: 25 Undervalued Stocks For 2015
As Yogi Berra said, “It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future,” so we always hesitate to make projections for the major market averages, ... «Forbes, Jan 15»

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