Need another word that means the same as “infer”? Find 17 synonyms and 30 related words for “infer” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Infer” are: deduce, deduct, derive, guess, understand, extrapolate, generalise, generalize, reason, work out, conclude, come to the conclusion, draw the inference, conjecture, surmise, theorize, hypothesize
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “infer” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| come to the conclusion | Be found or available. |
| conclude | Reach agreement on. It s a wicked old world she concluded. |
| conjecture | (in textual criticism) propose (a reading). Many conjectured that the jury could not agree. |
| deduce | Arrive at (a fact or a conclusion) by reasoning; draw as a logical conclusion. He cannot deduce his descent wholly by heirs male. |
| deduct | Reason by deduction establish by deduction. Tax has been deducted from the payments. |
| derive | (of a sentence in a natural language) be linked by a set of stages to (its underlying logical form). Strong acids are derived from the combustion of fossil fuels. |
| draw the inference | Give a description of. |
| extrapolate | Extend (a graph, curve, or range of values) by inferring unknown values from trends in the known data. The figures were extrapolated from past trends. |
| generalise | Draw from specific cases for more general cases. |
| generalize | Make (something) more widespread or widely applicable. This kind of infection generalizes throughout the immune system. |
| guess | Put forward of a guess in spite of possible refutation. She guessed the child s age at 14 or 15. |
| hypothesize | Put (something) forward as a hypothesis. He hypothesized that the black market would naturally die out. |
| reason | Decide by reasoning draw or come to a conclusion. We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house. |
| surmise | Imagine to be the case or true or probable. He surmised that something must be wrong. |
| theorize | Construct a theory about. Galileo theorized the motion of the stars. |
| understand | Be understanding of. You don t need to explain I understand. |
| work out | Be employed. |
| anticipatory | Happening, performed, or felt in anticipation of something. An anticipatory flash of excitement. |
| assume | Take up someone’s soul into heaven. He assumed full responsibility for all organizational work. |
| assuming | Excessively forward. On a subject like this it would be too assuming for me to decide. |
| assumption | The act of taking possession of or power over something. He acquired all the company s assets for ten million dollars and the assumption of the company s debts. |
| conjecture | (in textual criticism) propose (a reading). Conjectures about the newcomer were many and varied. |
| deduce | Conclude by reasoning; in logic. He cannot deduce his descent wholly by heirs male. |
| expect | Consider obligatory request and expect. They re just friends of his I expect. |
| expectancy | The state of thinking or hoping that something, especially something good, will happen. They waited with an air of expectancy. |
| extrapolate | Estimate or conclude (something) by extrapolating. The low temperature results can be extrapolated to room temperature. |
| guess | Guess correctly solve by guessing. I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again. |
| guesswork | An estimate based on little or no information. Answering this question will involve you in a certain amount of guesswork. |
| hypothesis | A tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena. The hypothesis that every event has a cause. |
| hypothesize | Put (something) forward as a hypothesis. He hypothesized that the black market would naturally die out. |
| inductive | Characterized by the inference of general laws from particular instances. Inductive to the sin of Eve. |
| inference | The process of inferring something. Researchers are entrusted with drawing inferences from the data. |
| predict | Make a prediction about tell in advance. It is too early to predict a result. |
| predictive | Relating to or having the effect of predicting an event or result. Predictive typing allows you to type faster. |
| presume | Unjustifiably regard (something) as entitling one to privileges. Forgive me if I have presumed. |
| presumption | An inference of the truth of a fact from other facts proved or admitted or judicially noticed. The planning policy shows a general presumption in favour of development. |
| presuppose | Tacitly assume at the beginning of a line of argument or course of action that something is the case. I presuppose that you have done your work. |
| putative | Generally considered or reputed to be. The foundling s putative father. |
| ratiocinate | Reason methodologically and logically. A tendency to ratiocinate in isolation. |
| ratiocination | Logical and methodical reasoning. |
| reasoning | The action of thinking about something in a logical, sensible way. He explained the reasoning behind his decision at a media conference. |
| speculate | Invest at a risk. My colleagues speculate about my private life. |
| speculation | The forming of a theory or conjecture without firm evidence. He knew the stock was a speculation when he bought it. |
| suppose | Take for granted or as a given suppose beforehand. I m quite a good actress I suppose. |
| supposition | A belief held without proof or certain knowledge; an assumption or hypothesis. Their outrage was based on supposition and hearsay. |
| surmise | A supposition that something may be true, even though there is no evidence to confirm it. All these observations remain surmise. |
| think | An instance of deliberate thinking. I went for a walk to have a think. |
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