Antonyms of adj deductive
1 of 2 senses of deductive
Sense 2
deductive (vs. inductive) -- (involving inferences from general principles)
inductive (vs. deductive) -- (of reasoning; proceeding from particular facts to a general conclusion; "inductive reasoning")
Similarity of adj deductive
2 senses of deductive
Sense 1
deductive -- (relating to logical deduction; "deductive reasoning")
Sense 2
deductive (vs. inductive) -- (involving inferences from general principles)
=> deducible -- (capable of being deduced)
=> illative -- (expressing or preceding an inference; "`therefore' is an illative word")
=> illative, inferential -- (resembling or dependent on or arrived at by inference; "an illative conclusion"; "inferential reasoning")
=> inferential -- (of reasoning; proceeding from general premisses to a necessary and specific conclusion)
Also See-> a priori#1; analytic#4, analytical#2