inferable

Able to deduce

Inferable describes something that can be reasonably concluded from available evidence or information: The author's intentions are inferable from the text.

The word appears in formal and academic contexts where conclusions must be drawn rather than stated directly.

Also spelled inferrable.

deductive

deduction

Conclusion from premises

premise · deducible · derivable · corollary · implication · extrapolation · analysis · logical · rationale · determinable

implicit

implied

Suggested without stating

suggested · hinted · unstated · subtext · connotation · underlying · assumed · presupposed · intimated · subtextual

Opposites
epistemic directness

inferableexplicit

Clearly and directly expressed

stated · express · overt · direct · declared

logical derivability

inferableunknowable

Impossible to understand

unprovable · illogical · irrational · groundless · baseless

Family

infer, inferred, inference, inferring, inferential, inferences, inferrable

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