Principles Synonyms

A basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. ideals
  2. rules
  3. standard of conduct
  4. beliefs
  5. honesties
  6. fibers
  7. characters
Rule of personal conduct
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. laws
  2. postulates
  3. precepts
  4. fundamentals
  5. rationales
  6. creeds
  7. truths
  8. theories
  9. tenets
  10. teachings
  11. rules
  12. principia
  13. philosophies
  14. mottos
  15. methodologies
  16. sources
  17. gospels
  18. fundaments
  19. foundations
  20. axioms
  21. essences
  22. elements
  23. dogmata
  24. doctrines
  25. dictums
  26. declarations
  27. credos
  28. constitutions
  29. codes
  30. canons
  31. beliefs
  32. origins
A belief or set of beliefs; often plural
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. teachings
  2. opinions
  3. systems

Words Related to Principles

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Principles Sentence Examples

  • The principles on which his system rested were these.

  • Vacherot was a man of high character and adhered strictly to his principles, which were generally opposed to those of the party in power.

  • Do you think he'll be as tolerant of your principles as I am?

  • One hypothesis supplants the various principles of life; the rule of absolute mechanism is as complete in the animal as in the cosmos.

  • The views of Becher on the composition of substances mark little essential advance on those of the two preceding centuries, and the three elements or principles of salt, mercury and sulphur reappear as the vitrifiable, the mercurial and the combustible earths.

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