to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence

They inferred his displeasure from his cool tone of voice.

(of facts, circumstances, statements, etc.) to indicate or involve as a conclusion; lead to.

to guess; speculate; surmise.

to hint; imply; suggest.

to draw a conclusion, as by reasoning.

verb

misconceive , misunderstand

verb

arrive at , ascertain , assume , believe , collect , conjecture , construe , deduce , derive , draw , draw inference , figure , figure out , gather , glean , guess , induce , interpret , intuit , judge , presume , presuppose , reach conclusion , read between lines , read into , reason , reckon , speculate , suppose , surmise , think , understandnotes:a speaker or writer implies , a hearer or reader infers , and implications are incorporated in statements while inferences are deduced from statements; imply means \'suggest indirectly that something is true\' while infer means \'conclude or deduce something is true\' and , further , to imply is to suggest or throw out a suggestion while to infer is to include or take in a suggestioninfer means \'to deduce , reason\' and imply means \'to hint at , suggest\' , conclude , deduct , understand , drive , educe , extrapolate , hint , imply , opine , work out