Noun

• S: (n) extrapolation ((mathematics) calculation of the value of a function outside the range of known values)
• S: (n) extrapolation (an inference about the future (or about some hypothetical situation) based on known facts and observations)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) inference, illation (the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation)
• S: (n) reasoning, logical thinking, abstract thought (thinking that is coherent and logical)
• S: (n) thinking, thought, thought process, cerebration, intellection, mentation (the process of using your mind to consider something carefully) "thinking always made him frown"; "she paused for thought"
• S: (n) higher cognitive process (cognitive processes that presuppose the availability of knowledge and put it to use)
• S: (n) process, cognitive process, mental process, operation, cognitive operation ((psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents) "the process of thinking"; "the cognitive operation of remembering"
• S: (n) cognition, knowledge, noesis (the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning)
• S: (n) psychological feature (a feature of the mental life of a living organism)
• S: (n) abstraction, abstract entity (a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)
• S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
• derivationally related form