[syn: illative, inferential]
4. derived or capable of being derived by inference;
5. based on interpretation; not directly expressed;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Inferential \In`fer*en"tial\, a.
Deduced or deducible by inference. "Inferential proofs." --J.
S. Mill.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
inferential
adj 1: relating to or having the nature of illation or
inference; "the illative faculty of the mind" [syn:
inferential, illative]
2: of reasoning; proceeding from general premisses to a
necessary and specific conclusion
3: resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference; "an
illative conclusion"; "inferential reasoning" [syn:
illative, inferential]
4: derived or capable of being derived by inference
5: based on interpretation; not directly expressed
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
29 Moby Thesaurus words for "inferential":
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