Words Like POSTULATE

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

23 Alternative Words Similar to postulate

1 Posit Noun      Synonym Words Like Posit
2 Proposition Noun      Synonym Words Like Proposition
3 Contend Verb      Synonym Words Like Contend
4 Necessitate Verb      Synonym Words Like Necessitate
5 Ask Verb      Synonym Words Like Ask
6 Need Verb      Synonym Words Like Need
7 Require Verb      Synonym Words Like Require
8 Take Verb      Synonym Words Like Take
9 Involve Verb      Synonym Words Like Involve
10 Demand Verb      Synonym Words Like Demand
11 Claim Verb      Synonym Words Like Claim
12 Suppose Verb      Synonym Words Like Suppose
13 Obviate Verb      Antonym Words Like Obviate
14 Assume Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Assume
15 Solicit Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Solicit
16 Premise Noun      Hyponym Words Like Premise
17 Assumption Noun      Hyponym Words Like Assumption
18 Insist Verb      Hyponym Words Like Insist
19 Assert Verb      Hyponym Words Like Assert
20 Draw Verb      Hyponym Words Like Draw
21 Exact Verb      Hyponym Words Like Exact
22 Compel Verb      Hyponym Words Like Compel
23 Cost Verb      Hyponym Words Like Cost

6 examples of postulate

1 to postulate conclusions
2 This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent
3 This job asks a lot of patience and skill
4 This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice
5 This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert
6 success usually requires hard work

10 definitions of postulate

1 Something demanded or asserted; especially, a position or supposition assumed without proof, or one which is considered as self-evident; a truth to which assent may be demanded or challenged, without argument or evidence.
2 The enunciation of a self-evident problem, in distinction from an axiom, which is the enunciation of a self-evident theorem.
3 Postulated.
4 To beg, or assume without proof.
5 To take without express consent; to assume.
6 To invite earnestly; to solicit.
7 (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning
8 take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom
9 maintain or assert
10 require as useful, just, or proper
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