Synonyms of derives

derives

verb

present tense third-person singular of derive

as in understands

to form an opinion or reach a conclusion through reasoning and information

from the summit, he was able to derive his location from the position of several prominent landmarks

Synonyms & Similar Words

• understands
• decides
• infers
• concludes
• deduces
• thinks
• assumes
• extrapolates
• speculates
• reasons
• supposes
• judges
• gathers
• ascertains
• guesses
• reads
• interprets
• makes out
• draws a conclusion
• contemplates
• surmises
• construes
• rationalizes
• conjectures
• philosophizes
• finds out
• dopes (out)