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