inferential meaning and definition

INFERENTIAL adjective

Definition of inferential (adjective)

1. relating to or having the nature of illation or inference
   • "the illative faculty of the mind"
   • synonyms: illative
2. of reasoning; proceeding from general premisses to a necessary and specific conclusion
3. resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference
   • "an illative conclusion"; "inferential reasoning"
   • synonyms: illative
4. derived or capable of being derived by inference
5. based on interpretation; not directly expressed