Synonyms for circumstantial evidence
cir·cum·stan·tial ev·i·dence

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1. circumstantial evidence, indirect evidencenoun

   evidence providing only a basis for inference about the fact in dispute

   Synonyms:
   indirect evidence

   Antonyms:
   direct evidence

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1. Henry David Thoreau:

   Some circumstantial evidence is very strong, as when you find a trout in the milk.

2. Adam Schiff:

   At the outset of the investigation, there was circumstantial evidence of collusion. There was direct evidence, I think, of deception, and that's where we begin the investigation.

3. Jon Gould:

   It's really difficult to know. If you ever were to ask one of the Supreme Court justices whether this has any influence in any way, the answer is going to be no, at the same time, we think we have circumstantial evidence that several justices take into account the political climate, the political consequences of their decisions.

4. Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff:

   Some employees working for Petrobras did engage in corruption or acts of corruption, the circumstantial evidence that is available from the prosecutors are pretty substantial.

5. Ian Harrison:

   The whole of the circumstantial evidence satisfies me that Mr Dawson is dead, that Mr Dawson died on or about 8 January 1982, and that Mr Dawson did not voluntarily abandon Mr Dawson home, i'm satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the only rational inference that the circumstances enable me to draw is that Mr Dawson died or on about 8 January 1982 as the result of a conscious and voluntary act committed by Mr Dawson with the intention of causing Mr Dawson death.