Rule Of Thumb Synonyms

A rule or principle that provides guidance to appropriate behavior
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. approximation
  2. hit-and-miss
  3. estimate
  4. pragmatism
  5. guidepost
  6. trial-and-error
  7. unwritten-rule
  8. general guideline
  9. trial; standard
  10. criterion
  11. guideline

Words Related to Rule Of Thumb

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. guess
  2. hypothesis
  3. guesstimate
  4. general-principle
  5. quasi-newton

Rule Of Thumb Sentence Examples

  • A good rule of thumb is to invite as many children as the age of the birthday child.

  • A good rule of thumb is to keep three months worth of expenses as an emergency savings.

  • A rule of thumb is that the whole system is likely to cost about £ 1000 per installed kilowatt.

  • An average of three hundred words is a good rule of thumb.

  • Empiricism, hitherto the only guide, if indeed a guide at all, was replaced by exact scientific knowledge; the connexion of each phenomenon with a controllable cause was established, and rule-of-thumb and quackery banished for ever by the free gift to the world of the results of his researches.

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