reasoning by elimination

1. 1.

   analysis of a problem into alternative possibilities followed by the systematic rejection of unacceptable alternatives

   Synonymselimination

   Broaderanalysis

Questions about reasoning by elimination

What does reasoning by elimination mean?

reasoning by elimination means "analysis of a problem into alternative possibilities followed by the systematic rejection of unacceptable alternatives".

What is another word for reasoning by elimination?

Close synonyms include elimination. 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 reasoning by elimination a common word?

reasoning by elimination 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.