Words Like POSIT

We have put together a list of words that are similar to POSIT.

25 Alternative Words Similar to posit

1 Postulate Noun      Synonym Words Like Postulate
2 Proposition Noun      Synonym Words Like Proposition
3 Situate Verb      Synonym Words Like Situate
4 Fix Verb      Synonym Words Like Fix
5 Deposit Verb      Synonym Words Like Deposit
6 Submit Verb      Synonym Words Like Submit
7 State Verb      Synonym Words Like State
8 Advise Verb      Synonym Words Like Advise
9 Lay Verb      Synonym Words Like Lay
10 Place Verb      Synonym Words Like Place
11 Pose Verb      Synonym Words Like Pose
12 Position Verb      Synonym Words Like Position
13 Propose Verb      Synonym Words Like Propose
14 Put Verb      Synonym Words Like Put
15 Set Verb      Synonym Words Like Set
16 Suggest Verb      Synonym Words Like Suggest
17 Suppose Verb      Synonym Words Like Suppose
18 Posited Verb-transitive      Form Words Like Posited
19 Positing Verb-transitive      Form Words Like Positing
20 Insist Verb      Hyponym Words Like Insist
21 Assert Verb      Hyponym Words Like Assert
22 Premise Noun      Hyponym Words Like Premise
23 Assumption Noun      Hyponym Words Like Assumption
24 Sediment Verb      Hyponym Words Like Sediment
25 Bury Verb      Hyponym Words Like Bury

3 examples of posit

1 to posit a principle
2 deposit the suitcase on the bench
3 fix your eyes on this spot

10 definitions of posit

1 To dispose or set firmly or fixedly; to place or dispose in relation to other objects.
2 To assume as real or conceded.
3 take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom
4 (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning
5 put (something somewhere) firmly
6 put before
7 To assume the existence of; postulate. See Synonyms at presume.
8 To put forward, as for consideration or study; suggest: "If a book is hard going, it ought to be good. If it posits a complex moral situation, it ought to be even better” ( Anthony Burgess).
9 To place firmly in position.
10 To dispose, range, or place in relation to other objects.
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