Synonyms of extrapolating

extrapolating

verb

present participle of extrapolate

as in deriving

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

• deriving
• understanding
• deciding
• inferring
• reasoning
• thinking
• concluding
• deducing
• guessing
• assuming
• judging
• speculating
• reading
• ascertaining
• gathering
• interpreting
• supposing
• making out
• drawing a conclusion
• construing
• contemplating
• surmising
• conjecturing
• rationalizing
• finding out
• philosophizing
• doping (out)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of extrapolating

But extrapolating from limited empirical studies paints a grim picture. — Charlie Campbell, Time, 20 July 2026

Where Whitney is wrong is by extrapolating this instance into saying that Lindsay does this all the time. — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 8 July 2026

Schmidt is hardly alone in naively extrapolating this trend out and concluding that, in the limit, AI will inevitably consume all the energy in the world. — Rob Toews, Forbes.com, 22 June 2026

Trump may also be extrapolating from his first term, and especially his first impeachment, when people in the government blew the whistle on his attempts to blackmail Ukraine into investigating Joe Biden and his family. — Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 26 May 2026

But Sean McCloud, chair of UNC Charlotte’s Religious Studies Department, cautions against extrapolating too much from a handful of dioceses and what’s on social media. — Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 30 Apr. 2026

Size estimates were derived by extrapolating from beak measurements using modern octopus anatomy as a reference. — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026

The researchers estimated their overall size by extrapolating from the size of the beak specimens. — Jack Guy, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2026

But extrapolating from one sector to the entire economy is a mistake. — Omar Abbosh, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2026