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1005 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ pɹˈɪnsɪpə͡l], [ pɹˈɪnsɪpəl], [ p_ɹ_ˈɪ_n_s_ɪ_p_əl]
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Similar words for principle:
- instrumental (adjective)
- axiom (noun)
- base (noun)
- basis (noun)
- beginning (noun)
- belief (noun)
- bottom (noun)
- canon (noun)
- cause (noun)
- cognition (noun)
- constancy (noun)
- constituent (noun)
- conviction (noun)
- criterion (noun)
- dictate (noun)
- discovery (noun)
- element (noun)
- elixir (noun)
- essence (noun)
- essential (noun)
- ethic (noun)
- faith (noun)
- fundamental (noun)
- generality (noun)
- honesty (noun)
- hypothesis (noun)
- idea (noun)
- incorruptibility (noun)
- institute (noun)
- instruction (noun)
- integrity (noun)
- in theory (noun)
- keynote/keystone (noun)
- keystone (noun)
- law, standard (noun)
- line (noun)
- morality (noun)
- nucleus (noun)
- origin (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- platform (noun)
- precept (noun)
- purpose (noun)
- rationale (noun)
- regulation (noun)
- sake (noun)
- soul (noun)
- sportsmanship (noun)
- thesis (noun)
- topic (noun)
- truth (noun)
- other relevant words (verb)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Principle:
adj.
• instrumental (adjective)n.
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- source.
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- order,
- purity,
- goodness,
- good,
- respectability,
- decency,
- right,
- modesty,
- virtue,
- propriety,
- universal.
- infra structures,
- under-pinning,
- chief constituents,
- infra structure,
- infra-structures,
- primary elements,
- important parts,
- under pinning.
- pre mises,
- ex-planations,
- pre supposition,
- sub stratum,
- sub-strata,
- principal elements,
- pre-supposition,
- pre-suppositions,
- ex-planation,
- sub-stratums,
- pre mise,
- sub strata,
- sub stratums,
- chief ingredients,
- pre-mise,
- pre-mises,
- ex planations,
- pre suppositions,
- ex planation,
- sub-stratum.
- de terminations,
- de-terminations,
- re-solution,
- un-changeablenesses,
- un-changeableness,
- un-failingnesses,
- unfailingnesses,
- staunchnesses,
- un changeableness,
- un-failingness,
- un changeablenesses,
- re-solutions,
- un failingnesses,
- re solutions,
- unchangeablenesses,
- trustinesses,
- de termination,
- un failingness,
- abidingnesses,
- devotednesses,
- de-termination,
- trustworthinesses.
- ex tract,
- cure all,
- elixir life,
- ex-tracts,
- philosophers stones,
- Cureall,
- philosophers stone,
- philosopher stones,
- ex-tract,
- elixir,
- philosopher's stones,
- philosopher stone.
- nuts bolts,
- pre requisite,
- where ats,
- name the game,
- fire ices,
- where one ats,
- pre conditions,
- fire and ices,
- pre condition,
- where ones at,
- meat potatoes,
- where ones ats,
- where at,
- fire ice,
- where one at,
- pre-condition,
- where one's ats,
- pre requisites.
- ortho doxies,
- de-nomination,
- re velation,
- de nominations,
- re velations,
- theisms,
- re-velations,
- re-velation,
- ortho-doxy,
- de-nominations,
- ortho doxy,
- ortho-doxies,
- de nomination.
- reputabilities,
- outspokennesses,
- straightforwardnesses,
- evenhandednesses,
- self respect,
- self-respects,
- up rightness,
- bluntnesses,
- selfrespect,
- up rightnesses,
- straightnesses,
- up-rightness,
- up-rightnesses,
- impeccabilities.
- pro positions,
- sur mises,
- starting points,
- sur mise,
- shot dark,
- shot the dark,
- sur-mises,
- tentative laws,
- hypo thesis,
- apriorities,
- sur-mise,
- pro position,
- hypo-thesis,
- pro-positions,
- Lemmata,
- shot in dark.
- image,
- conception,
- inspiration,
- plan,
- theory,
- design,
- ideation,
- observation,
- notion,
- inkling,
- perception,
- supposition,
- vision,
- reflection,
- brainstorm.
- dictum,
- credo,
- policy,
- bidding,
- moral,
- adage,
- edict,
- teaching,
- doctrine,
- saying,
- saw,
- directive,
- motto,
- ordinance,
- code,
- byword,
- proverb,
- instruction,
- catchword.
- honestnesses,
- forthrightnesses,
- in-corruption,
- in corruptions,
- incorruptions,
- in corruption,
- in-corruptions.
- horses mouth,
- horse's mouths,
- pro genitors,
- pro genitor,
- well-springs,
- horse mouths,
- well springs,
- pro-genitors,
- horses mouths,
- horse mouth,
- well spring,
- pro-genitor.
- basic idea,
- generalization,
- discovery,
- exemplar,
- evidence,
- hard facts,
- bluntness,
- pre-requisites,
- Intendment,
- law,
- reputability,
- staunchness,
- plug-in,
- generality,
- generalisation,
- hypothesis,
- straightness,
- ulterior motive,
- morality,
- soul,
- worthiness,
- dependabilities,
- straightforwardness,
- universality,
- whole idea,
- Well-spring,
- secret self,
- fixins,
- equity,
- essential,
- outspokenness,
- manners,
- Lemmas,
- value,
- quiddity,
- platform,
- theism,
- Philosophies,
- point of comparison,
- groundwork,
- breath of life,
- honestness,
- whyfor,
- canon,
- chief constituent,
- sweeping statement,
- pre-conditions,
- dependability,
- explanation,
- assertion,
- name of game,
- vital part,
- base,
- keystones,
- Principia,
- theorem,
- essentia,
- truthfulness,
- criterion,
- evenhandedness,
- rock bottom,
- pre-requisite,
- justness,
- basis,
- starting point,
- whatfor,
- equation,
- where one's at,
- trustiness,
- cause,
- sportsmanship,
- honesty,
- belief,
- infrastructure,
- Quiddities,
- fundamental,
- intendments,
- by-word,
- causality,
- where one's headed,
- prerequisites,
- dictate,
- the big idea,
- forthrightness,
- generalizations,
- the whole idea,
- be all and end all,
- formula,
- guideline,
- important part,
- recesses of heart,
- horse's mouth,
- zeal,
- thesis,
- plugin,
- constancy,
- bourn,
- linchpins,
- main idea,
- stuff,
- trustworthiness,
- unchangeableness,
- Apriority,
- chief ingredient,
- keynote,
- lemma,
- Causalities,
- screeds,
- prescript,
- staples,
- nuts and bolts,
- table,
- law of nature,
- truth,
- Apriorism,
- decretum,
- doxy,
- unfailingness,
- fire and ice,
- rule,
- incorruption,
- noumenon,
- Formularies,
- philosopher's stone,
- spiritual being,
- good habits,
- plug in,
- roots,
- keystone,
- abstract principle,
- incorruptibility,
- principium,
- precept,
- natural law,
- rationale,
- loose statement,
- half truths,
- origins,
- Formulary,
- nitty-gritty,
- elixir of life,
- purpose,
- abidingness,
- Doxies,
- conviction,
- universalities,
- postulate,
- primary element,
- bourns,
- tentative law,
- generators,
- basics,
- bottom,
- nucleus,
- Impeccability,
- spiritual beings,
- paradigm,
- pneuma,
- regulation,
- ethicality,
- Provenience,
- requirement,
- institute,
- upstandingness,
- lifeblood,
- half-truth,
- nitty gritty,
- rootstock,
- vital parts,
- plug-ins,
- linchpin,
- premise,
- principal element,
- why and wherefore,
- sake,
- hard fact,
- keynotes,
- gamesmanship,
- beginning,
- judgment call,
- part and parcel,
- infra-structure,
- beginning bud,
- regularity,
- by-words,
- thing,
- maxim,
- integrity,
- essence,
- half truth,
- big idea,
- veracity,
- element,
- requirements,
- say so,
- devotedness,
- faith,
- screed,
- saintliness.
- pro spect,
- whatfors,
- pre meditations,
- re-solve,
- where headed,
- where one headed,
- pro spects,
- why wherefore,
- re solves,
- big ideas,
- de-sires,
- where ones headed,
- in tents,
- de sire,
- re-solves,
- ulterior motives,
- pre meditation,
- in tent,
- pro-spects,
- pre-meditations,
- why wherefores,
- whole ideas,
- where headeds,
- re solve,
- why and wherefores,
- whyfors,
- pre-meditation,
- where one headeds,
- where ones headeds,
- where one's headeds,
- de-sire,
- de sires.
- dis positions,
- dis-positions,
- breath life,
- animating principles,
- noumena,
- animating principle,
- pneumas,
- dis position,
- secret selves,
- dis-position,
- recesses heart.
- idea,
- presumption,
- argument,
- theme,
- query,
- inference,
- matter,
- problem,
- statement,
- point,
- exposition,
- position,
- consideration,
- question,
- postulation,
- concept,
- topic,
- conjecture,
- opinion,
- text,
- essay,
- contention,
- issue,
- dissertation,
- motif,
- subject.
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• Other relevant words: (verb)Other synonyms:
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- exegesis,
- clarification,
- idealism,
- old wives' tale,
- interpretative,
- doublethink,
- stereotype,
- sentiment,
- reverie,
- nostrum,
- fallacy,
- delusion,
- picture,
- interpretation,
- bandwagon,
- explanatory,
- interpretive,
- construct,
- ideal,
- reference point,
- deduction,
- abstraction,
- illusion,
- shibboleth,
- illumination,
- echo,
- thread,
- daydream,
- message,
- expectation,
- siege mentality,
- wishful thinking,
- brainwave,
- superstructure,
- eccentricity,
- flavor,
- meeting ground,
- commitment,
- enlightenment.
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- preamble,
- pillar,
- head,
- conclusion,
- orthodoxy,
- calculation,
- rationalization,
- projection,
- sense,
- model.
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- flash.
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- fiber.
- habit,
- necessity,
- persuasion,
- sober,
- center,
- substance,
- centre,
- agent,
- point of view,
- economise,
- type,
- impartiality,
- reason,
- bind,
- commandment,
- conscience,
- mild,
- imitate,
- basically,
- rightness,
- determinative,
- permanently,
- customarily,
- sample,
- perpetually,
- action,
- leaven,
- extract,
- relentlessly,
- measure,
- understructure,
- gist,
- opening,
- focus,
- honour,
- impulse,
- method,
- continual,
- test,
- paragon,
- natural,
- rudimentary,
- fair play,
- solid ground,
- inclination,
- substratum,
- truism,
- elements,
- govern,
- elementary,
- custom,
- hypostasis,
- structure,
- basement,
- considerable,
- sill,
- core,
- hold,
- assent,
- principled,
- fond,
- endless,
- standard,
- flooring,
- confine,
- scientific law,
- decree,
- reasoning,
- follow,
- mores,
- motive,
- norma,
- dominion,
- genuine,
- fiat,
- parenchyma,
- factor,
- grounds,
- body of instruction,
- quintessence,
- constant,
- fundamentals,
- linguistic rule,
- Substruction,
- reason for being,
- frequently,
- Brocard,
- bedding,
- object,
- party line,
- ethics,
- commonly,
- drive,
- working principle,
- author,
- tao,
- Arriere Pensee,
- corollary,
- beau,
- frame,
- attitude,
- way of thinking,
- repress,
- aspiration,
- lodestar,
- quid,
- intent,
- gnome,
- flower,
- goal,
- all the time,
- procedure,
- support,
- marrow,
- profession of faith,
- natural state,
- undergirding,
- pronounce,
- even-handedness,
- strategy,
- righteousness,
- everlasting,
- correctness,
- etiology,
- scruples,
- apophthegm,
- radical,
- main points,
- restrain,
- stimulus,
- contain,
- ways and means,
- grammar,
- rectify,
- solid rock,
- Riprap,
- apothegm,
- ceaselessly,
- movement,
- seat,
- express,
- reason why,
- firmly,
- premises,
- guiding star,
- nature,
- being,
- basic,
- management,
- grassroots,
- endlessly,
- universal truth,
- body,
- substantial,
- mitzvah,
- way,
- ordinarily,
- yardstick,
- ambition,
- generally,
- pavement,
- circumscribe,
- kernel,
- curtail,
- Underpinning,
- pith,
- vocation,
- constantly,
- aim,
- data,
- motivation,
- right side,
- mandate,
- set form,
- formality,
- suppose,
- slogan,
- background,
- real,
- given,
- interest,
- aphorism,
- rubric,
- crusade,
- brute matter,
- at bottom,
- objective,
- universal law,
- direction,
- speak,
- foundation-stone,
- approach,
- polity,
- practice,
- Stylobate,
- antecedent,
- nub,
- predication,
- battle cry,
- touchstone,
- statute,
- producer,
- organization,
- abiding,
- infer,
- grace,
- working rule,
- Occasioner,
- call,
- uprightness,
- perpetual,
- in theory,
- guess,
- norm,
- continuously,
- undercarriage,
- Primum Mobile,
- formal,
- injunction,
- constitution,
- ever,
- charge,
- order of things,
- popular belief,
- pabulum,
- Underbuilding,
- steadily,
- bedrock,
- sap,
- rudiment,
- great cause,
- plank,
- footing,
- unwritten law,
- meat,
- case,
- rudiments,
- absolute,
- yet,
- occasion,
- calling,
- usually,
- ideals,
- inhibit,
- sincere,
- article,
- ideology,
- continually,
- Stereobate,
- probity,
- target,
- normal,
- uniformly,
- primitive,
- justice,
- cornerstone,
- morals,
- ukase,
- feeling,
- ruler,
- however,
- lasting,
- antecedents,
- tactic,
- standing order,
- anlage,
- activity,
- fairness,
- fundamentally,
- everlastingly,
- conduct,
- jurisprudence,
- principles,
- legislation,
- crux,
- curb,
- corpus,
- very,
- stance,
- article of faith,
- outlook,
- pro and con,
- administer,
- rectitude,
- conventional,
- tradition,
- talk,
- intention,
- sine qua non,
- bound,
- surmise,
- lifework,
- hyle,
- terms,
- material,
- say,
- temperate,
- imperative,
- heart,
- benchmark,
- judgment,
- Standards,
- normally,
- guide,
- pure,
- self-evident truth,
- actual,
- fundament,
- good character,
- regularly,
- spring,
- always,
- unimpeachability,
- bed,
- cause and effect,
- habitually,
- Gravamen,
- person in charge,
- significance,
- scheme,
- programme,
- intrinsic,
- solid,
- pattern,
- ruling,
- restrict,
- terra firma,
- thinking,
- often,
- substructure,
- spirit,
- essentially,
- score,
- eternally,
- bearing wall,
- constrain,
- behaviour,
- logic,
- hardpan,
- gauge,
- normal state,
- example,
- protocol,
- prevent,
- viewpoint,
- prescription,
- guiding light,
- floor,
- eternal,
- archetype,
- mass movement,
- incessantly,
- campaign.
How to use "Principle" in context?
What is a principle?
The answer to this question is complex and multifaceted. A principle can be defined as a general truth or assumption underlying a specific set of decisions. It can also be seen as a guiding principle or a cornerstone on which an organization or system is based.
Principles can be difficult to define and may change over time. They can also be complex and involve many different factors. Nevertheless, they are important components of successful organizations and systems.
There are many different principles governing the behavior of individuals and organizations.
Paraphrases for Principle:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
principles.
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Adverb
principles.
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Verb, past tense
principles.
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
principles.
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Verb, base form
principles.
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Adjective
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Reverse Entailment
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Noun, plural
rules.
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
rules.
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Noun, plural
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Independent
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Adjective
central, theoretical.
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Noun, plural
provisions, Possibilities, LINEs, claims, considerations, sections, powers, interests, doctrines, precepts, ingredients, beginnings, tenets, perspectives, principes.
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Noun, singular or mass
accordance, application, assumption, belief, criterion, doctrine, essence, fact, inception, ingredient, logic, matter, maxim, motto, outset, perspective, postulate, practice, precept, premise, presumption, proposition, provision, purpose, reasoning, requirement, scratch, spirit, subsidiarity, substance, theory, priori, starting-point.
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Adverb
fundamentally, initially, normally, originally, tentatively.
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Verb, past tense
acknowledged, granted, noted, proposed, stressed, Was, Began, Stipulated.
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Verb, past participle
accomplished, anticipated, applied, assumed, based, granted, guaranteed, intended, maintained, projected, scheduled, stated, supposed, Reached, Regarded, Promoted.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Coordinating conjunction
rationale.
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Determiner
rationale.
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Adjective
rationale.
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Proper noun, singular
rationale.
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Noun, singular or mass
rationale.
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Coordinating conjunction
Homophones for Principle:
Hyponym for Principle:
n.
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cognition
generality, generalisation, law of nature, law, value, generalization, natural law.
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cognition
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