Need another word that means the same as “posit”? Find 24 synonyms and 30 related words for “posit” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Posit” are: deposit, fix, situate, postulate, put forward, state, submit, advance, propound, predicate, hypothesize, take as a hypothesis, set forth, propose, pose, assert, put, place, locate, set, site, stand, station
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “posit” as a noun can have the following definitions:
postulate | An assumption used as a basis for mathematical reasoning. Perhaps the postulate of Babylonian influence on Greek astronomy is incorrect. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “posit” as a verb can have the following definitions:
advance | Pay in advance. The building society advanced them a loan. |
assert | Postulate positively and assertively. The company asserts that the cuts will not affect development. |
deposit | Put or set down (something or someone) in a specific place. I had to deposit 10 of the price of the house. |
fix | Decide upon or fix definitely. Fix your eyes on this spot. |
hypothesize | To believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds. To be able to hypothesize is important. |
locate | Establish oneself or one’s business in a specified place. His marketing strategy has been to locate in small towns. |
place | Take a place in a competition often followed by an ordinal. He bet 2 on number six to place. |
pose | Assume a posture as for artistic purposes. This poses an interesting question. |
postulate | Take as a given assume as a postulate or axiom. The chapter was then allowed to postulate the bishop of Bath. |
predicate | Make the grammatical predicate in a proposition. Aggression is predicated of those who act aggressively. |
propose | Propose or intend. He proposed a new plan for dealing with terrorism. |
propound | Put forward, as of an idea. He began to propound the idea of a social monarchy as an alternative to Franco. |
put | Put into a certain place or abstract location. I put my hand out towards her. |
put forward | Cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation. |
set | Put or set seeds seedlings or plants into the ground. The herb has flowered and started to set seed. |
set forth | Equip with sails or masts. |
site | Fix or build (something) in a particular place. The rectory is sited behind the church. |
situate | Determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey. The pilot light is usually situated at the front of the boiler. |
stand | Have or maintain a position or stand on an issue. Will your cooker stand the strain of the festive season. |
state | Present or introduce (a theme or melody) in a composition. Money hasn t changed me she stated firmly. |
station | Assign to a station. Troops were stationed in the town. |
submit | Refer to another person for decision or judgment. The lawyers submitted the material to the court. |
take as a hypothesis | Take by force. |
affirm | To declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true. Good teachers know that students need to be both affirmed and challenged. |
assert | Assert to be true. He asserted his innocence. |
asserting | Relating to the use of or having the nature of a declaration. |
assertion | A declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary. The assertion of his legal rights. |
aver | Report or maintain. He averred that he was innocent of the allegations. |
avow | Assert or confess openly. He avowed his change of faith. |
claim | Lay claim to as of an idea. His claim that he was innocent. |
contend | Maintain or assert. Militant groups are contending for control of the country. |
declamation | Recitation of a speech from memory with studied gestures and intonation as an exercise in elocution or rhetoric. Declamations of patriotism. |
declaration | An act of declaring an innings closed. A declaration of independence. |
declarative | Relating to the mood of verbs that is used simple in declarative statements. Declarative statements. |
declaratory | Having the function of declaring or explaining something. A declaratory ruling in favour of the applicants. |
declare | Declare to be. Do you have anything to declare. |
deferment | Act of putting off to a future time. He was granted five deferments from the draft. |
emancipation | The freeing of someone from slavery. The social and political emancipation of women. |
embedded | (of an object) fixed firmly and deeply in a surrounding mass; implanted. Medical equipment using embedded controllers. |
emend | Alter (something that is incorrect. These studies show him collating manuscripts and emending texts. |
fix | Decide upon or fix definitely. She fixed her gaze on the man. |
fixing | Restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place. Problems in need of fixing. |
locate | Discover the location of; determine the place of; find by searching or examining. The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles. |
locus | The scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting. A parabola is the locus of a point that moves so as to be equidistant from a fixed point and a straight line. |
place | Put into a certain place or abstract location. He would always have a special place in her heart. |
postulate | Take as a given assume as a postulate or axiom. Perhaps the postulate of Babylonian influence on Greek astronomy is incorrect. |
put | Put into a certain place or abstract location. That song put me in awful good humor. |
set | Set down according to a plan. My book will be typeset nicely. |
situate | Situated. The petty sessions area in which it is situate. |
south | The southern part of the world or of a specified country region or town. He was staying in the south of France. |
statement | (music) the presentation of a musical theme. Pure white walls and floors allow her statement furniture to take centre stage. |
submit | Hand over formally. I submit to you that the accused is guilty. |
unsubstantiated | Unsupported by other evidence. Unsubstantiated claims. |
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