Entry Word: deductive

Function: adjective

Meaning: 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 deducible, derivable, inferable, reasoned

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

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