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heuristic has 2 distinct synonyms spread across 1 of its 2 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. Its one recorded opposite is algorithmic.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
a commonsense rule (or set of rules) intended to increase the probability of solving some problem
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for heuristic come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
of or relating to or using a general formulation that serves to guide investigation