Heuristic and Recursive

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Heuristic adjective - Of or relating to or using a general formulation that serves to guide investigation.

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Recursive is an antonym for heuristic.

Nearby Word: heuristics

Recursive adjective - Of or relating to a recursion.

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Heuristic is an antonym for recursive.

Nearby Words: recurrent, recurrence, recursion, recursively, recursiveness

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