Antonyms for derive
dɪˈraɪvde·rive

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1. derive

   Antonyms:
   misdeduce, misattribute, mistrace

   Synonyms:
   deduce, trace, follow, track, draw, resolve

Matched Categories

1. • Evolve
   • Logic
   • Obtain
   • Reason

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. deduce, infer, deduct, deriveverb

   reason by deduction; establish by deduction

   Synonyms:
   generalize, withhold, subtract, gain, take off, extrapolate, generalise, guess, infer, deduct, descend, come, educe, understand, recoup, deduce

2. derive, gainverb

   obtain

   "derive pleasure from one's garden"

   Synonyms:
   clear, gain ground, make headway, infer, realise, gain, reach, win, educe, get ahead, acquire, attain, pull ahead, deduce, take in, pull in, gather, deduct, descend, come, profit, hit, arrive at, advance, put on, realize, bring in, benefit, make, earn

3. deriveverb

   come from

   "The present name derives from an older form"

   Synonyms:
   descend, deduct, educe, gain, infer, come, deduce

4. derive, educeverb

   develop or evolve from a latent or potential state

   Synonyms:
   deduct, gain, deduce, educe, extract, infer, evoke, draw out, descend, come, elicit

5. derive, come, descendverb

   come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example

   "She was descended from an old Italian noble family"; "he comes from humble origins"

   Synonyms:
   deduct, go down, infer, issue forth, gain, come down, amount, total, educe, occur, settle, arrive, number, condescend, come up, hail, follow, fare, deign, get, descend, come, fall, get along, make out, do, come in, deduce, add up

How to use derive in a sentence?

1. Amy Coney Barrett:

   Never, it's never appropriate for a judge to impose that judge's personal convictions, whether they derive from faith or anywhere else, on the law.

2. John Adams:

   If all men are created equal, that is final. If they are endowed with inalienable rights, that is final. If governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed, that is final. No advance, no progress can be made beyond these propositions.

3. Eric Hoffer:

   The pleasure we derive from doing favors is partly in the feeling it gives us that we are not altogether worthless. It is a pleasant surprise to ourselves.

4. Werner Patzelt:

   They claim that Germany is still an occupied country under US control, or a business enterprise registered in Frankfurt, from such fictitious ‘facts’ they derive both a ‘right’ not to pay taxes and penalties, or to establish ‘provisional political authorities.’.

5. Walter Rugen:

   We gain insight from prototypes that help us derive requirements.

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