| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a sweeping assumption, statement |
| Synonyms: | be metaphysical, conclude, derive, discern, discover, establish, hypothesize, induce, observe, philosophize, postulate, speculate, stay in the clouds, theorize, vapor |
| Antonyms: | except, specifize |
| Main Entry: | reason |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mentally analyze |
| Synonyms: | adduce, cerebrate, cogitate, conclude, contemplate, decide, deduce, deduct, deliberate, draw conclusion, draw from, examine, figure out, gather, generalize, infer, make out, philosophize, ratiocinate, rationalize, reflect, resolve, solve, speculate, study, suppose, syllogize, think, think through, thresh out, work out |
| Main Entry: | universalize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make universal |
| Synonyms: | generalize, normalize |