- inferential, illative - relating to or having the nature of illation or inference; "the illative faculty of the mind"
- illative, inferential - resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference; "an illative conclusion"; "inferential reasoning"
Antonym: inductive (indirect, via deductive)
- illative - expressing or preceding an inference; "`therefore' is an illative word"
Antonym: inductive (indirect, via deductive)