Dictionary Entry

infer

infer is a 5-letter English word with 10 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To bring on; to induce; to occasion. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 10 senses

Definitions

1transitive verb
To bring on; to induce; to occasion.
2transitive verb
To offer, as violence.
3transitive verb
To bring forward, or employ as an argument; to adduce; to allege; to offer.
4transitive verb
To derive by deduction or by induction; to conclude or surmise from facts or premises; to accept or derive, as a consequence, conclusion, or probability; to imply; as, I inferred his determination from his silence.
5transitive verb
To show; to manifest; to prove.
6verb
believe to be the case
"I understand you have no previous experience?"
Synonyms
understand
7verb
guess correctly; solve by guessing
"He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize"
Synonyms
guess
8verb
reason by deduction; establish by deduction
Synonyms
deduce deduct derive
9verb
conclude by reasoning; in logic
Synonyms
deduce
10verb
draw from specific cases for more general cases
Synonyms
extrapolate generalise generalize

Synonyms

understand guess deduce deduct derive extrapolate generalise generalize

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in infer:

finer

Common word forms

infers inferred inferrer inferable inferring

Words from these letters

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