Synonyms for axiom
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Postulate — A seemingly self-evident or necessary truth which is based on assumption; a principle or proposition which…
Definitions
- n. 1
A seemingly self-evident or necessary truth which is based on assumption; a principle or proposition which cannot actually be proved or disproved.
Near-synonyms: given, facticity
- n. 2
A fundamental assumption that serves as a basis for deduction of theorems; a postulate (sometimes distinguished from postulates as being universally applicable, whereas postulates are particular to a certain science or context).
Near-synonyms: given, facticity
Related words
- Word family
- axiomatic axiomatical axiomatically axiomatization
- Phrases
- axiom schema axiom of choice axiom scheme axiom system non-aggression axiom
- Is a kind of
- well-formed formula wff
Forms
- Plural
- axioms → postulates, givens, facticities, axiomata…
Example sentences
- principle My father made it a principle to keep early hours.
- truism To say that technology changes rapidly is to utter a truism.
By length
- 5 letters
- given2, truth1, maxim2, adage2
- 6 letters
- saying2, dictum2, truism3, byword2, axioma
- 7 letters
- proverb2, precept2
- 8 letters
- sentence2, aphorism4, apothegm
- 9 letters
- principle3, postulate3, facticity
- 10 letters
- apophthegm
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (given2 = 2 syllables).