Synonyms of inferential

Adjective


1. inferential, illative

usage: relating to or having the nature of illation or inference; "the illative faculty of the mind"

2. inferential, deductive (vs. inductive)

usage: of reasoning; proceeding from general premisses to a necessary and specific conclusion

3. illative, inferential, deductive (vs. inductive)

usage: resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference; "an illative conclusion"; "inferential reasoning"

4. inferential, connotative (vs. denotative)

usage: derived or capable of being derived by inference

5. inferential, constructive (vs. destructive)

usage: based on interpretation; not directly expressed

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Definition and meaning of inferential (Dictionary)