POSTULATE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for POSTULATE?

Need another word that means the same as “postulate”? Find 41 synonyms and 30 related words for “postulate” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Postulate” are: contend, posit, ask, call for, demand, involve, necessitate, need, require, take, put forward, suggest, advance, hypothesize, take as a hypothesis, propose, assume, presuppose, suppose, presume, predicate, take for granted, theorize, hypothesis, thesis, conjecture, supposition, speculation, postulation, proposition, premise, surmise, assumption, presumption, presupposition, notion, guess, hunch, feeling, suspicion

Postulate as a Noun

Definitions of "Postulate" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “postulate” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A thing suggested or assumed as true as the basis for reasoning, discussion, or belief.
• (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning.
• A proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning.
• An assumption used as a basis for mathematical reasoning.

Synonyms of "Postulate" as a noun (18 Words)

assumption	The act of taking possession of or power over something. They made certain assumptions about the market.
conjecture	An unproven mathematical or scientific theorem. A matter for conjecture.
feeling	The sensation of touching or being touched by a particular thing. She says I have a feeling for medicine.
guess	An estimate or conclusion formed by guessing. My guess is that within a year we will have a referendum.
hunch	A humped position or thing. I have a hunch that someone is telling lies.
hypothesis	A message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence. A scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory.
notion	Small personal articles or clothing or sewing items. Children have different notions about the roles of their parents.
posit	A proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning.
postulation	A formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority. The postulation of the existence of a lost continent.
premise	A statement that is assumed to be true and from which a conclusion can be drawn. If the premise is true then the conclusion must be true.
presumption	A kind of discourtesy in the form of an act of presuming. His presumption was intolerable.
presupposition	The action or state of presupposing or being presupposed. Both men shared certain ethical presuppositions about the universe.
proposition	(logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false. The proposition that high taxation is undesirable.
speculation	An investment that is very risky but could yield great profits. The company s move into property speculation.
supposition	The cognitive process of supposing. They were working on the supposition that his death was murder.
surmise	A message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence. All these observations remain surmise.
suspicion	The state of being suspected. She had a sneaking suspicion that he was laughing at her.
thesis	A long essay or dissertation involving personal research, written by a candidate for a university degree. A doctoral thesis.

Usage Examples of "Postulate" as a noun

• Perhaps the postulate of Babylonian influence on Greek astronomy is incorrect.

Postulate as a Verb

Definitions of "Postulate" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “postulate” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Maintain or assert.
• Suggest or assume the existence, fact, or truth of (something) as a basis for reasoning, discussion, or belief.
• (in ecclesiastical law) nominate or elect (someone) to an ecclesiastical office subject to the sanction of a higher authority.
• Require as useful, just, or proper.
• Take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom.

Synonyms of "Postulate" as a verb (23 Words)

advance	Pay in advance. We have to advance clocks and watches when we travel eastward.
ask	Require or ask for as a price or condition. Do you want to ask him along.
assume	Occupy or take on. Topics which assume detailed knowledge of local events.
call for	Make a prediction about; tell in advance.
contend	Come to terms with. He contended that Communism had no future.
demand	Ask authoritatively or brusquely. A complex activity demanding detailed knowledge.
hypothesize	Put (something) forward as a hypothesis. He hypothesized that the black market would naturally die out.
involve	Contain as a part. My job involves a lot of travelling.
necessitate	Require as useful, just, or proper. A cut which necessitated eighteen stitches.
need	Have need of. I need help now.
posit	Put in position place. The Confucian view posits a perfectible human nature.
predicate	Make the grammatical predicate in a proposition. The speech predicated the fitness of the candidate to be President.
presume	Suppose that something is the case on the basis of probability. Two of the journalists went missing and are presumed dead.
presuppose	Require as a precondition of possibility or coherence. Their original prediction presupposed a universe only three billion years old.
propose	Propose or intend. Roy Thomson was proposed as chairman.
put forward	Make an investment.
require	Require as useful just or proper. You will be required to attend for cross examination.
suggest	Suggest the necessity of an intervention in medicine. The seduction scenes suggest his guilt and her loneliness.
suppose	Expect believe or suppose. Suppose we leave this to the police.
take	Get into one s hands take physically. Billie was very taken with him.
take as a hypothesis	Make use of or accept for some purpose.
take for granted	Lay claim to; as of an idea.
theorize	To believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds. The classic model of war in the modern era was theorized by the Prussian general and strategist Karl von Clausewitz.

Usage Examples of "Postulate" as a verb

• This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent.
• She postulated that the environmentalists might have a case.
• The chapter was then allowed to postulate the bishop of Bath.
• His theory postulated a rotatory movement for hurricanes.

Associations of "Postulate" (30 Words)

argue	Have an argument about something. I wasn t going to argue with a gun.
assertion	The act of affirming or asserting or stating something. His assertion that his father had deserted the family.
battle	Battle or contend against in or as if in a battle. Grant won a decisive victory in the battle of Chickamauga.
bellicose	Demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight. Bellicose young officers.
claim	Ask for legally or make a legal claim to as of debts for example. He staked his claim.
collide	Cause to collide. Two suburban trains collided.
compete	Compete for something engage in a contest measure oneself against others. No one can compete with his physical prowess.
conflict	Be in conflict. The date for the match conflicted with a religious festival.
contend	Be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight. He contended that Communism had no future.
contention	A contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement. The captured territory was the main area of contention between the two countries.
contentious	Involving or likely to cause controversy. The socio economic plan had been the subject of contentious debate.
declaration	The highest bid becomes the contract setting the number of tricks that the bidder must make. The declaration of war.
declaratory	Having the function of declaring or explaining something. The decision was declaratory of the law.
declare	Declare to be. He declared that he was innocent.
deferment	Act of putting off to a future time. He was granted five deferments from the draft.
demonstrator	Someone who participates in a public display of group feeling. The dealer represented the car to be new when it had been used as a demonstrator.
discord	Disagreement among those expected to cooperate. We discorded commonly on two points.
posit	A proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning. She posited her hand on his shoulder.
proffer	A proposal offered for acceptance or rejection. She proffered a glass of wine.
prolong	Extend in spatial length. The line of his lips was prolonged in a short red scar.
protester	A person who dissents from some established policy. The decision was hailed by protesters against the closure as a triumph.
refutable	Able to be refuted.
rivalry	Competition for the same objective or for superiority in the same field. There always has been intense rivalry between the clubs.
skirmish	Engage in a skirmish. The unit was caught in several skirmishes and the commanding officer was killed.
strife	Lack of agreement or harmony. Decades of civil strife.
strive	To exert much effort or energy. Scholars must strive against bias.
struggle	Climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling. She struggled for years to survive without welfare.
threaten	To utter intentions of injury or punishment against. The clouds threaten rain.
vie	Compete eagerly with someone in order to do or achieve something. The athletes were vying for a place in the British team.
wrangling	An instance of intense argument (as in bargaining. Weeks of political wrangling.