INFERENCE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation
   Synonym(s)
   • illation (what does illation mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) inference is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • reasoning (what does reasoning mean?)
   • logical thinking (what does logical thinking mean?)
   • abstract thought (what does abstract thought mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • analogy (what does analogy mean?)
   • corollary (what does corollary mean?)
   • derivation (what does derivation mean?)
   • deduction (what does deduction mean?)
   • entailment (what does entailment mean?)
   • implication (what does implication mean?)
   • extrapolation (what does extrapolation mean?)
   • presumption (what does presumption mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • generalize (what does generalize mean?)
   • generalise (what does generalise mean?)
   • extrapolate (what does extrapolate mean?)
   • infer (what does infer mean?)
   • deduce (what does deduce mean?)
   • infer (what does infer mean?)
   • deduce (what does deduce mean?)
   • infer (what does infer mean?)
   • deduct (what does deduct mean?)
   • derive (what does derive mean?)