Dictionary Check: inferential

"inferential" is a valid word!

Scrabble 14 points
Words with Friends 17 points

Definition

adjective

relating to or having the nature of illation or inference

Example: "the illative faculty of the mind"
Synonyms:
adjective

of reasoning; proceeding from general premisses to a necessary and specific conclusion

adjective

resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference

Example: "an illative conclusion"
Synonyms:
adjective

derived or capable of being derived by inference

adjective

based on interpretation; not directly expressed

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