indirect evidence

1. 1.

   evidence providing only a basis for inference about the fact in dispute

   Synonymscircumstantial evidence

   Broaderevidence

   law

Questions about indirect evidence

What does indirect evidence mean?

indirect evidence means "evidence providing only a basis for inference about the fact in dispute".

What is another word for indirect evidence?

Close synonyms include circumstantial evidence. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is indirect evidence a common word?

indirect evidence is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.