'Inferential' definitions:
Definition of 'inferential'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Relating to or having the nature of illation or inference; "the illative faculty of the mind" [syn: inferential, illative]
adjective
Of reasoning; proceeding from general premisses to a necessary and specific conclusion
adjective
Resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference; "an illative conclusion"; "inferential reasoning" [syn: illative, inferential]
adjective
Derived or capable of being derived by inference
adjective
Based on interpretation; not directly expressed
Definition of 'Inferential'
From: GCIDE
- Inferential \In`fer*en"tial\, a. Deduced or deducible by inference. "Inferential proofs." --J. S. Mill. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'inferential'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a fortiori,
- a posteriori,
- a priori,
- allusive,
- allusory,
- analytic,
- categorical,
- conditional,
- deductive,
- dialectic,
- discursive,
- enthymematic,
- epagogic,
- hypothetical,
- implicational,
- implicative,
- implicatory,
- indicative,
- inductive,
- insinuating,
- insinuative,
- insinuatory,
- ironic,
- maieutic,
- referential,
- soritical,
- suggestive,
- syllogistic,
- synthetic