postulate

1. 1.

   (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning

   Synonymsposit

   Broaderproposition

   NarrowerBayes' postulatepremise

   logic

Other forms of postulate

plural

postulates·

past tense

postulated·

present participle

postulating·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about postulate

What does postulate mean?

postulate means "maintain or assert". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in postulate?

postulate has 3 syllables: po-stu-late. The stress falls on "po". In IPA it is /ˈpɑstʃəˌleɪt/.

What is another word for postulate?

Close synonyms include contend, posit, necessitate, ask, need. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is postulate a common word?

postulate is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with postulate?

56 words rhyme with postulate. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.