Definition for Deductive:

• Of or pertaining to deduction; capable of being deduced from premises; deducible.

Synonyms for Deductive:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • deductive.
  •deducible (adjective)
  • Inferable,
  • traceable,
  • provable,
  • following,
  • consequent.
  •determinable (adjective)
  • Assayable,
  • measurable,
  • judicable,
  • discoverable,
  • ascertainable.
  •dogmatic (adjective)
  • eternal,
  • peremptory,
  • oracular,
  • doctrinaire,
  • authoritative,
  • inevitable,
  • unerring,
  • imperative,
  • formal,
  • unqualified,
  • assertive,
  • authoritarian,
  • pragmatic,
  • prophetic,
  • canonical,
  • orthodox,
  • unchangeable,
  • positive,
  • axiomatic,
  • systematic.
  •rational (adjective)
  • well-advised,
  • discriminating,
  • objective,
  • enlightened,
  • sensible,
  • impartial,
  • balanced,
  • discerning,
  • lucid,
  • normal,
  • knowing,
  • sane,
  • sober,
  • thinking,
  • far-sighted,
  • perspicacious,
  • cool,
  • wise,
  • deliberate,
  • logical,
  • together,
  • reflective,
  • levelheaded,
  • collected,
  • reasonable,
  • calm,
  • sound,
  • intelligent,
  • sagacious,
  • cerebral,
  • stable.
  •reasonable (adjective)
  • thought-out,
  • feasible,
  • plausible,
  • cogent,
  • likely,
  • conceivable.
  •scientific (adjective)
  • precise,
  • exact,
  • mathematical,
  • experimental,
  • methodical,
  • clear,
  • accurate,
  • controlled.

• adv.

  •a priori (adverb)
  • based on theory,
  • Inferred,
  • presumptive,
  • Deduced.

• n.

  •
  • thoughtful,
  • smart,
  • insightful,
  • perceptive.

• v.

  •reasoning (verb)
  • logic.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • pensive,
  • circumspect,
  • considered,
  • judicious,
  • advisedly,
  • intellectual,
  • meditative,
  • calculating,
  • neat,
  • prudent,
  • contemplative,
  • incisive.
  •
  • ingenious,
  • exquisite,
  • shrewd.
  •
  • critical,
  • clever,
  • keen.
  •definable
  • determinable.

Paraphrases for Deductive:

• Independent

  • Adjective
    reference, constructive, benchmark.

Antonyms for Deductive:

• adj.

  • all
    inductive.
  • dogmatic
    doubting, manageable, not positive, doubtful, flexible, indecisive, vacillating, uncertain, dubious, amenable, skeptical, fluctuating, questioning, ambiguous, submissive, obedient, equivocal.
  • rational
    insane, unintelligent, thoughtless, idiotic, confused, senseless, unwise, ridiculous, nonsensical, stupid, agitated, careless, unreasonable, unsound, foolish, unbalanced, unsystematic, unrealistic, excited, unstable.
  • scientific
    artistic.
  • Other antonyms:
    irrational, Inducible, categorical, absolute, express, instinctive, definite, explicit, illogical, intuitive.

Deductive Sentence Examples:

• For the same reason, deductive logic is not a good discipline for these students; empirical psychology, or political economy, is a better introduction to the moral sciences for them when they reach the high school.

• And now those processes of deductive reasoning which are used so successfully in fiction and so infrequently in real life, informed Hobart Hitchin that the crime's next step was almost at hand.

Homophones for Deductive:

• dyestuff, dystopia, dissociative, digestive, desktop, detective, duct tape, dustup, distaff.