deductive

deductive

adjective

Definition of DEDUCTIVE

being or provable by reasoning in which the conclusion follows necessarily from given information <using deductive reasoning we must conclude that since everyone eventually dies, sooner or later it's going to be our turn>

Synonyms a priori, deducible, derivable, inferable (also inferrible), inferential, reasoned

Related Words conjectural, hypothetical, purported, supposed, suppositional; academic (also academical), speculative, theoretical (also theoretic); logical, rational

Near Antonyms inducible, inductive; absolute, categorical (also categoric), definite, explicit, express; instinctive, intuitive; illogical, irrational

Antonyms nondeductive