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deduction - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | deduction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conclusion, understanding |
| Synonyms: | answer, assumption, cogitation, consequence, consideration, contemplation, corollary, deliberation, derivation, finding, inference, judgment, meditation, musing, opinion, reasoning, reflection, result, speculation, thinking, thought, concluding, illation, inferring, mulling, pondering, ratiocination, rumination, sequitur |
| Antonyms: | confusion |
| Main Entry: | deduction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something subtracted |
| Synonyms: | abatement, abstraction, allowance, credit, cut, decrease, depreciation, diminution, discount, excision, rebate, reduction, removal, subtraction, withdrawal, decrement, dockage, write-off |
| Antonyms: | addition, increase, rise |
| Main Entry: | baby |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | infant |
| Synonyms: | babe, bundle, button, cherub, chick, child, deduction*, dividend*, kid, newborn, nipper*, suckling, toddler, youngster, angelface, bairn, bambino, buttercup, crawler, dumpling, little angel, little darling, little doll, little one, nursling, papoose, preemie, tad, tot, write-off |
| Antonyms: | adolescent, adult |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dialectic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | logic, reasoning |
| Synonyms: | contention, debate, deduction, discussion, disputation, forensic, persuasion, argumentation, logical argument, mooting, polemics, question-and-answer method, ratiocination |
| Notes: | a dialect is geographical or social variety of speech, whereas dialectic is a form of reasoning or argumentation that focuses on resolving contradictions |
| Main Entry: | diminution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lessening, reduction |
| Synonyms: | abatement, contraction, curtailment, cut, cutback, decay, decline, decrease, deduction, alleviation, retrenchment, weakening |
| Antonyms: | development, enlargement, expansion, growth, increase |
| Main Entry: | discount |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reduction in cost |
| Synonyms: | abatement, allowance, commission, concession, cut, decrease, deduction, depreciation, diminution, drawback, exemption, modification, percentage, premium, qualification, rebate, remission, salvage, subtraction, cut rate, knock-off, markdown, rollback, something off, tare |
| Antonyms: | increase, premium, rise, mark-up |
| Main Entry: | economy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | saving, frugality |
| Synonyms: | abridgement, austerity, care, caution, curtailment, cutback, decrease, deduction, direction, discretion, husbandry, layoff, meanness, moratorium, parsimony, providence, prudence, recession, reduction, regulation, restraint, shrinkage, supervision, thrift, carefulness, miserliness, niggardliness, parcity, retrenchment, rollback, scrimping, skimping, sparingness, stinginess, thriftiness |
| Antonyms: | spending, squandering |
| Main Entry: | guess |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief, speculation |
| Synonyms: | assumption, ballpark figure*, conclusion, conjecture, deduction, divination, estimate, fancy, feeling, hunch*, hypothesis, induction, inference, judgment, notion, opinion, postulate, prediction, presumption, reckoning, shot*, shot in the dark*, stab*, supposition, surmise, suspicion, theory, thesis, view, guesstimate, guesswork, postulation, presupposition, sneaking suspicion, supposal, surmisal |
| Antonyms: | calculation, measurement |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hypothesis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | theory |
| Synonyms: | antecedent, assignment, assumption, axiom, basis, belief, conclusion, condition, conjecture, data, deduction, demonstration, derivation, explanation, foundation, ground, guess, inference, interpretation, layout, philosophy, plan, position, postulate, premise, principle, proposal, proposition, rationale, reason, scheme, shot in the dark*, speculation, suggestion, supposition, surmise, system, term, theorem, thesis, apriority, attribution, lemma, presupposition, starting point, tentative law |
| Antonyms: | measurement, proof, reality, truth, calcualtion |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | logic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | science of reasoning |
| Synonyms: | coherence, connection, deduction, dialectic, induction, inference, philosophy, rationale, relationship, sanity, sense, sound judgment, syllogism, thesis, antithesis and synthesis, argumentation, course of thought, good sense, linkage, ratiocination, syllogistics, train of thought |
| Antonyms: | unreasonableness |
| Main Entry: | reasoning |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | logic, interpretation |
| Synonyms: | acumen, analysis, argument, case, cogitation, corollary, deduction, exposition, hypothesis, induction, inference, interpretation, logistics, premise, proof, proposition, rationale, reason, syllogism, thinking, thought, apriority, concluding, dialectics, generalization, illation, ratiocination, rationalizing, syllogization, train of thought |
| Antonyms: | nonsense, irrationality |
| Main Entry: | rebate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | refund given to purchaser |
| Synonyms: | abatement, allowance, bonus, deduction, discount, kickback, payback, reduction, reimbursement, remission, repayment, subtraction |
| Main Entry: | stoppage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | halt, curtailment |
| Synonyms: | abeyance, arrest, check, close, closure, deduction, discontinuance, down, downtime*, hindrance, interruption, layoff, obstruction, occlusion, shutdown, standstill, stopping, blockage, cutoff, lockout, sit-down, walkout |
| Antonyms: | beginning, continuation, go, start |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | surmise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | guess, conclusion |
| Synonyms: | assumption, attempt, conjecture, deduction, hunch, hypothesis, idea, inference, notion, opinion, possibility, presumption, speculation, supposition, suspicion, theory, thought, guesstimate, guesswork, sneaking suspicion |
| Antonyms: | calculation, knowledge, measurement |
| Main Entry: | theorem |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | explanation based on hypothesis and experiments |
| Synonyms: | assumption, axiom, belief, deduction, dictum, doctrine, formula, fundamental, law, postulate, principle, proposition, rule, statement, theory, thesis, principium |
| Antonyms: | fact, proof |
| Main Entry: | verdict |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | law judgment |
| Synonyms: | adjudication, answer, award, conclusion, decision, decree, deduction, determination, finding, opinion, ruling, sentence, arbitrament |
| Antonyms: | accusation |
| Main Entry: | guessing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | guesswork |
| Synonyms: | assuming, assumption, deduction, fancy, hunch, imagination, inference, opinion, predisposition, presuming, presumption, reckoning, speculation, supposition, surmise, guesswork, positing, postulating, theorizing |
| Main Entry: | sound judgment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | good judgment |
| Synonyms: | analysis, deduction, discretion, discrimination, logic, prudence, rationale, reasoning, sense, good sense |
| Main Entry: | syllogism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deductive reasoning |
| Synonyms: | argument, deduction, dialectic, logic, reasoning, prologism |
| Main Entry: | belief |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | putting regard in as true |
| Synonyms: | acceptance, admission, assent, assumption, assurance, avowal, axiom, certainty, conclusion, confidence, conjecture, conviction, credence, credit, deduction, divination, expectation, faith, fancy, feeling, guess, hope, hypothesis, idea, impression, intuition, judgment, knowledge, mind, notion, opinion, persuasion, position, presumption, profession, reliance, supposition, surmise, suspicion, theorem, theory, thesis, thinking, trust, understanding, view, mindset, postulation, presupposition |
| Antonyms: | disbelief |
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