Synonyms of extrapolates

extrapolates

verb

present tense third-person singular of extrapolate

as in derives

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

we can extrapolate from past economic recessions the probable course of the current one

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of extrapolates

The Conservancy then takes those estimates and extrapolates them across the whole island. —Kris Millgate, Outdoor Life, 6 Feb. 2026

To use a hypothetical example, that means that if a game drew 10 million households, Nielsen extrapolates that to mean that 23 million or 24 million viewers were actually watching. —Dade Hayes, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025