Noun

• 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)
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) reasoning, logical thinking, abstract thought (thinking that is coherent and logical)
• S: (n) analysis, analytic thinking (the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations)
• S: (n) argumentation, logical argument, argument, line of reasoning, line (a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning) "I can't follow your line of reasoning"
• S: (n) conjecture (reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence)
• S: (n) deduction, deductive reasoning, synthesis (reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect))
• 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) prediction, anticipation, prevision (the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future))
• S: (n) ratiocination (logical and methodical reasoning)
• S: (n) regress, reasoning backward (the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence)
• S: (n) synthesis, synthetic thinking (the combination of ideas into a complex whole)
• derivationally related form