Synonyms for infer
ɪnˈfɜrin·fer

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1. inferverb

   Synonyms:
   assume, conclude, deduce

2. inferverb

   To introduce (a subject) in speaking, writing etc.; to bring in.

   Synonyms:
   conclude, assume, deduce

3. inferverb

   To introduce (something) as a reasoned conclusion; to conclude by reasoning or deduction, as from premises or evidence.

   Synonyms:
   conclude, assume, deduce

4. inferverb

   To draw a conclusion or inference by reasoning.

   Synonyms:
   deduce, assume, conclude

5. inferverb

   To lead to (something) as a consequence; to imply. (Now often considered incorrect, especially with a person as subject.)

   Synonyms:
   deduce, assume, conclude

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.9 / 8 votes

1. infer

   Synonyms:
   gather, collect, conclude, derive, deduce, argue

   Antonyms:
   state, enunciate, propound, anticipate, prognosticate, conjecture, assume, guess

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.0 / 8 votes

1. deduce, infer, deduct, deriveverb

   reason by deduction; establish by deduction

   Synonyms:
   generalize, derive, withhold, subtract, gain, take off, extrapolate, generalise, guess, deduct, descend, come, educe, understand, recoup, deduce

2. generalize, generalise, extrapolate, inferverb

   draw from specific cases for more general cases

   Synonyms:
   deduct, extrapolate, generalise, guess, vulgarise, popularise, understand, deduce, derive, vulgarize, interpolate, generalize, popularize

3. deduce, inferverb

   conclude by reasoning; in logic

   Synonyms:
   deduct, deduce, extrapolate, generalise, guess, derive, understand, generalize

4. guess, inferverb

   guess correctly; solve by guessing

   "He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize"

   Synonyms:
   pretend, deduct, derive, imagine, opine, generalise, gauge, extrapolate, generalize, reckon, suppose, venture, estimate, hazard, think, understand, approximate, guess, judge, deduce

5. understand, inferverb

   believe to be the case

   "I understand you have no previous experience?"

   Synonyms:
   generalize, derive, realise, generalise, sympathise, extrapolate, empathize, interpret, sympathize, translate, deduct, empathise, read, guess, realize, deduce, see, understand

Matched Categories

1. • Believe
   • Conclude
   • Logic
   • Reason
   • Solve

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. inferverb

   Synonyms:
   deduce, conclude, collect, gather, consider probable

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. inferverb

   Synonyms:
   deduce, imply, gather

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "infer":

   deduct, deduce, conclude

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How to use infer in a sentence?

1. Ichiro Kobayashi:

   We aim to understand how the brain represents information about the real world, toward such a goal, we demonstrated that our algorithm can model and read out perceptual contents in the form of sentences from human brain activity. To do this, we modified an existing network model that could generate sentences from images using a deep neural network, a model of visual system, followed by an RNN (recurrent neural network), a model that can generate sentences. Specifically, using our dataset of movies and movie-evoked brain activity, we trained a new model that could infer activation patterns of DNN from brain activity.

2. Foreign Minister Reynders:

   You shouldn't always look somewhere else for reasons for what you're going through at home. We are tackling head on what is happening in some of our boroughs, when you have 130 dead in one city, it means something's gone wrong. It's a mistake, I think, to infer from that that what went wrong went wrong only abroad.

3. Miguel Lara:

   One can infer from the delays and the results of the failure that it was a problem in the lines that leave Guri, rather than in the plant itself.

4. Liran Carmel:

   Studying Denisovan anatomy can teach us about human adaptation, evolutionary constraints, development, gene-environment interactions, and disease dynamics, at a more general level, this work is a step towards being able to infer an individual's anatomy based on their DNA.

5. Kristina Dahl:

   There is a complete lack of measurements [in Aden, Yemen] between 1970 and 2010. ... In cases such as this, researchers have to try to fit the different data chunks together like pieces of a puzzle. You can imagine how difficult it is to infer long-term trends over the past 100 years when 40 years of data are missing.