Synonyms for derive
dɪˈraɪvde·rive

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1. derive

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

   Antonyms:
   misdeduce, misattribute, mistrace

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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

Matched Categories

1. • Evolve
   • Logic
   • Obtain
   • Reason

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1. deriveverb

   Synonyms:
   draw, receive, obtain, get

2. deriveverb

   Synonyms:
   deduce, trace

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1. List of paraphrases for "derive":

   calculate, obtain, draw, deduct, drift, reap, shoot

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1. 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.’.

2. Glenn Cohen:

   What happens to all the embryos created but not used? Does it violate ethical norms of respect to create so many potential human lives knowing that the vast majority will be destroyed or indefinitely stored? in the most extreme case, imagine an individual using sloughed skin cells left on a bathtub by Brad Pitt, for example, to derive sperm or egg in order to reproduce.

3. Robert Heinlein, Time Enough for Love (1972):

   History does not record anywhere at any time a religion that has any rational basis. Religion is a crutch for people not strong enough to stand up to the unknown without help. But, like dandruff, most people do have a religion and spend time and money on it and seem to derive considerable pleasure from fiddling with it.

4. 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.

5. La Rochefoucauld:

   Were we faultless, we would not derive such satisfaction from remarking the faults of others.