Definition for Inference:

• That which inferred; a truth or proposition drawn from another which is admitted or supposed to be true; a conclusion; a deduction.

Synonyms for Inference:

• n.

  •
  • impression,
  • result,
  • reputation,
  • stand,
  • attitude,
  • summation,
  • answer,
  • self-assessment,
  • viewpoint,
  • stance,
  • feeling,
  • view.
  •
  • focus,
  • introspection,
  • reflection,
  • soul-searching,
  • forethought,
  • concentration.
  •allusion (noun)
  • denotation,
  • indication,
  • figure of speech,
  • insinuation,
  • citation,
  • intimation,
  • charge,
  • play on words,
  • suggestion,
  • innuendo,
  • connotation,
  • quotation.
  •assumption (noun)
  • expectation,
  • hunch,
  • fancy,
  • postulate,
  • accepting,
  • stab,
  • acceptance,
  • shot in the dark,
  • theory,
  • posit,
  • assuming,
  • suspicion.
  •belief (noun)
  • opinion.
  •calculation (noun)
  • consideration,
  • rank,
  • presumption,
  • estimation,
  • account,
  • scheme,
  • division,
  • calculus,
  • appraisal,
  • count,
  • thought,
  • evaluation,
  • tally,
  • plan,
  • statistics,
  • plot,
  • gauge,
  • value,
  • mathematics,
  • method,
  • total,
  • supposition,
  • calculation,
  • schedule,
  • system,
  • approximation,
  • judgement,
  • triangulation,
  • algebra,
  • sum,
  • program,
  • computation,
  • score,
  • quantification,
  • arithmetic,
  • study,
  • algorithm,
  • multiplication,
  • assessment,
  • valuation,
  • measurement,
  • enumeration,
  • determination,
  • reckoning.
  •conclusion (noun)
  • settlement,
  • verdict,
  • resolve,
  • resolution,
  • agreement.
  •conjecture (noun)
  • perhaps,
  • Theorizing.
  •construction (noun)
  • exegesis,
  • apprehension,
  • explication,
  • rendition,
  • rendering,
  • version,
  • definition,
  • exposition,
  • translation.
  •corollary (noun)
  • effect,
  • end product,
  • end,
  • issue,
  • consequence,
  • precipitate,
  • analogy,
  • upshot,
  • sequence,
  • induction,
  • culmination,
  • sequel.
  •deduction (noun)
  • concluding,
  • derivation,
  • musing,
  • speculation,
  • Mulling,
  • deliberation,
  • meditation,
  • rumination,
  • contemplation,
  • Inferring,
  • cogitation.
  •guess (noun)
  • estimate,
  • ballpark figure,
  • divination.
  •guessing (noun)
  • postulatings,
  • pre dispositions,
  • pre-disposition,
  • presumings,
  • pre disposition,
  • positings.
  •guesswork (noun)
  • Reck,
  • recks.
  •hint (noun)
  • inkling,
  • tip,
  • taste,
  • omen,
  • adumbration,
  • warning,
  • notice,
  • idea,
  • clue,
  • iota,
  • in formation,
  • pointer,
  • glimmerings,
  • smattering,
  • whisper,
  • symptom,
  • print,
  • word to wise,
  • reminder,
  • sign,
  • telltales,
  • tip off,
  • help,
  • trace,
  • flea in ear,
  • communication,
  • reference,
  • tip-off,
  • advice,
  • wrinkle,
  • telltale,
  • information,
  • whiff,
  • tinge,
  • evidence,
  • wink,
  • announcement,
  • signification,
  • glimmering,
  • tipoff,
  • scent,
  • observation,
  • lead,
  • token.
  •hypothesis (noun)
  • ex planations,
  • hypo thesis,
  • ex-planations,
  • pro position,
  • apriorities,
  • pro positions,
  • Lemmata,
  • tentative laws,
  • starting points,
  • hypo-thesis,
  • ex planation,
  • pro-positions.
  •overtone (noun)
  • over-tone,
  • over tone,
  • under current,
  • over-tones,
  • under currents,
  • over tones,
  • under-currents,
  • under-current.
  •presupposition (noun)
  • pre-supposition,
  • pre supposition,
  • pre suppositions,
  • pre-suppositions.
  •reason (noun)
  • synthesis,
  • analysis,
  • conceptualization,
  • brain work.
  •reasoning (noun)
  • Syllogization.
  •surmise (noun)
  • sur-mise,
  • sur mise,
  • sur mises,
  • sur-mises.
  •topic (noun)
  • assertion,
  • basis,
  • paradigm,
  • axiom,
  • principle,
  • point,
  • position,
  • concept,
  • dissertation,
  • text,
  • theme,
  • problem,
  • topic,
  • contention,
  • essay,
  • motif,
  • argument,
  • question,
  • subject,
  • theorem,
  • matter,
  • query.
  •view (noun)
  • way thinking,
  • close ups,
  • two cents' worths,
  • judgment calls.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • illative.

Paraphrases for Inference:

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    consequence, assumption, finding, logic, hypothesis, conjecture, allusion, reference.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    conclusion, implication, deduction, infer, reasoning, presumption, extrapolation, corollary, deductibility, derivation.

Antonyms for Inference:

• n.

  • conclusion, deduction
    reality, fact, proof, truth.

Inference Sentence Examples:

• All of it was true except its inference, and it was no news to him.

• All this is inference merely, inference not from historical facts, but from what may be guessed to have been in the mind of the poet.