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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | saying; proverb |
| Synonyms: | adage, aphorism, apothegm, axiom, brocard, gnome, maxim, moral, motto, precept, rule, saw, truism |
| Main Entry: | adage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | saying or proverb |
| Synonyms: | aphorism, apothegm, axiom, byword, dictum, maxim, motto, precept, saw |
| Main Entry: | aphorism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | saying expressing a belief, often true |
| Synonyms: | adage, apothegm, axiom, dictum, maxim, moral, precept, proverb, rule, saw, saying, truism |
| Main Entry: | axiom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | principle |
| Synonyms: | adage, aphorism, apothegm, device, dictum, fundamental, law, maxim, moral, postulate, precept, proposition, proverb, saying, theorem, truism, truth |
| Antonyms: | absurdity, ambiguity, foolishness, nonsense, paradox |
| Main Entry: | basis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | foundation for belief, action |
| Synonyms: | antecedent, assumption, authority, axiom, backbone, background, backing, base, bedrock, cause, center, chief ingredient, core, crux, data, dictum, essence, essential, evidence, explanation, footing, fundamental, hard fact, heart, infrastructure, justification, keynote, keystone, law, nexus, nucleus, postulate, premise, presumption, presupposition, principal element, principle, proof, reason, root, rudiment, sanction, security, source, substratum, support, theorem, theory, underpinning, warrant |
| Main Entry: | byword |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | saying |
| Synonyms: | adage, aphorism, apophthegm, axiom, catchphrase, catchword, dictum, epithet, gnome, gnomic saying, handle, maxim, motto, nickname, precept, proverb, saw, shibboleth, slogan, standing joke |
| Main Entry: | command |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | directive, instruction |
| Synonyms: | act, adjuration, ban, behest, bidding, call, canon, caveat, charge, citation, commandment, decree, demand, devoir, dictate, dictation, dictum, direction, duty, edict, enactment, exaction, fiat, imperative, imposition, injunction, interdiction, law, mandate, notification, obligation, order, ordinance, precept, prescript, proclamation, prohibition, proscription, regulation, request, requirement, requisition, responsibility, rule, subpoena, summons, ultimatum, warrant, will, word, writ |
| Notes: | an order is being told to do something with no specific guidelines, a command is being told to do something in a specific way, and a directive is being told to do something and getting this information through channels |
| Antonyms: | contradiction, countermand, opposition, recall, reversal, revocation |
| Main Entry: | comment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | statement of opinion; explanation |
| Synonyms: | animadversion, annotation, backtalk, buzz*, comeback*, commentary, crack*, criticism, dictum, discussion, editorial, elucidation, exposition, footnote, gloss, hearsay, illustration, input, judgment, mention, mouthful, note, obiter, observation, opinion, remark, report, review, two cents' worth, wisecrack |
| Antonyms: | quiet, silence |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | decree |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mandate, legal order |
| Synonyms: | act, announcement, behest, bidding, charge, charging, command, commandment, declaration, decretum, dictum, direction, directive, edict, enactment, injunction, instruction, judgment, law, order, ordinance, precept, prescript, proclamation, promulgation, pronouncement, rap, regulation, rule, ruling, say, statute, the riot act, the word, ukase |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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