infer

Meaning

1. To introduce (something) as a reasoned conclusion; to conclude by reasoning or deduction, as from premises or evidence.
2. To lead to (something) as a consequence; to imply.
3. (obsolete) To cause, inflict (something) upon or to someone.
4. (obsolete) To introduce (a subject) in speaking, writing etc.; to bring in, to adduce.

Synonyms

deduce

conclude

guess

conjecture

gather

derive

induce

deduct

suppose

reason

abstract

surmise

presume

judge

🧑‍⚖️

find

🔍

believe

understand

extrapolate

imply

draw

predict

construe

assume

compute

support

generalize

inference

calculate

generalise

think

🤔

fathom

figure out

go

guesstimate

head

hint

lead

listen

manage

mean

meditate

operate

opine

pick

⛏️

pick up

reckon

reflect

regard

relate

result

rule

sense

spearhead

speculate

suggest

suspect

swallow

sympathise

sympathize

take

transmit

trust

look upon

draw conclusion

concluse

aim

argue

assemble

assertion

believe in

bet

buy

🛍️

call the shots

chair

🪑

collect

commit

conceive

conduct

consider

convey

count

🔢

credit

decide

deduction

deductions

deliberate

determine

direct

discern

elicit

entrust

estimate

eventuate

expect

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪnˈfɜː/

Etymology

Cognate with Old English: beran

In summary

From Latin inferō, from Latin in- (“in, at, on; into”) + Latin ferō (“bear, carry; suffer”) (cognate to Old English beran, whence English bear), from Proto-Italic *ferō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti (“to bear, carry”), from the root *bʰer-. Literally “carry forward”, equivalent to “bear in”, as in concluding from a premise. Doublet of inbear.