Infer synonyms and antonyms
ĭn-fûr'
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Part of speech:
To bring about or stimulate the occurrence of something, such as labor.
Gather is defined as to bring or come together in one place.
To come to a conclusion, to a final decision.
To reach (a destination)
Speculate is to buy or sell land or other investments that are high risk, with the goal to make a very big profit.
To reach (a conclusion) by reasoning.
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To judge or conclude by conjecture; guess:
To reason is to think things through, to use logic, or to try to solve a problem with logic.
read-between-the-lines
(Idiomatic) to infer a meaning that is not stated explicitly
With infinitive object: to be so presumptuous as (to do something) without proper authority or permission. [from 14th c.]
To express or otherwise convey (a thought, for example) in an indirect or insidious way.
mean to say
To imply
To make a supposition; suppose or believe:
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hint (related)
To hint is defined as to suggest something.
To suppose or assume beforehand; take for granted
To mention as something to think over, act on, etc.; bring to the mind for consideration
To understand or explain the meaning of (something), especially in a particular way; interpret:
Reckon is something you believe or decide after thinking about it for a while.
To derive by deduction; deduce.
To pour forth liquid:
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opinion (related)
(Archaic) To have or express as an opinion.
To trace from or to a source; show the derivation of
To reduce to a general form, class, or law.
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of generalize.
To act as one appointed to decide the winners of:
To imagine; to believe; to receive as true.
come to the conclusion that
To reach a conclusion
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draw the inference that
To reach a conclusion
The act of drawing a conclusion or making an inference
To arrive at (conclusions or results) by hypothesizing from known facts or observations
To have as a necessary part, condition, or effect; contain, include, or involve naturally or necessarily
understand (related)
Understand is defined as to know the meaning of something or to grasp the situation.
Specific or direct:
Of, or having the nature of, an illation; inferential
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Derived or capable of being derived by inference.
The definition of putative refers to something commonly accepted as true or thought by most to be true.
A final arrangement or settlement, as of a treaty.
A statement that follows with little or no proof required from an already proven statement. For example, it is a theorem in geometry that the angles opposite two congruent sides of a triangle are also congruent. A corollary to that statement is that an equilateral triangle is also equiangular.
(Countable) That which is inferred; a truth or proposition drawn from another which is admitted or supposed to be true; a conclusion; a deduction.
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To find out definitely; to discover or establish.
To examine or go through (books, etc.) so as to collect certain information
To make an estimate or conjecture:
To bring out the meaning of; esp., to give one's own conception of (a work of art), as in performance or criticism
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To make a judgment about (something) without sufficient evidence; guess:
misunderstand (antonym)
To understand incorrectly, while thinking one has understood correctly.
misconceive (antonym)
To conceive wrongly; interpret incorrectly; misunderstand
discern (related)
be-distinguished (related)
postulate (related)
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distinguish (related)
dissociate (related)
ascribe (related)
Synonym Study
- Gather is an informal substitute for infer or conclude I gather that you don't care
- Judge stresses the careful checking and weighing of premises, etc. in arriving at a conclusion
- Conclude strictly implies an inference that is the final logical result in a process of reasoning I must, therefore, conclude that you are wrong
- Deduce , in strict discrimination, implies inference from a general principle by logical reasoning the method was deduced from earlier experiments
- Infer suggests the arriving at a decision or opinion by reasoning from known facts or evidence from your smile, I infer that you're pleased
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