All axiom synonyms

noun axiom

• aphorism — An aphorism is a short witty sentence which expresses a general truth or comment.
• dictum — A dictum is a formal statement made by someone who has authority.
• maxim — Hiram Percy, 1869–1936, U.S. inventor.
• precept — a commandment or direction given as a rule of action or conduct.
• adage — An adage is something which people often say and which expresses a general truth about some aspect of life.
• theorem — Mathematics. a theoretical proposition, statement, or formula embodying something to be proved from other propositions or formulas.
• proverb — a word that can substitute for a verb or verb phrase, as do in They never attend board meetings, but we do regularly.
• saying — what a person says or has to say.
• fundamental — serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: fundamental principles; the fundamental structure.
• truism — a self-evident, obvious truth.
• apothegm — a short, pithy saying (Ex.: “Brevity is the soul of wit”)
• proposition — the act of offering or suggesting something to be considered, accepted, adopted, or done.
• moral — of, relating to, or concerned with the principles or rules of right conduct or the distinction between right and wrong; ethical: moral attitudes.
• truth — the true or actual state of a matter: He tried to find out the truth.
• device — A device is an object that has been invented for a particular purpose, for example for recording or measuring something.
• postulate — to ask, demand, or claim.
• law — software law
• saw — a sententious saying; maxim; proverb: He could muster an old saw for every occasion.
• principle — an accepted or professed rule of action or conduct: a person of good moral principles.