Principle

Meaning of Principle

noun
  1. a fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behaviour or for a chain of reasoning.
    the basic principles of justice
  2. a general scientific theorem or law that has numerous special applications across a wide field.
  3. a fundamental source or basis of something.
    the first principle of all things was water

late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin principium ‘source’, principia (plural) ‘foundations’, from princeps, princip- ‘first, chief’.

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Hyphenation of Principle

Prin-ci-ple

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
  • Principle is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

Principle synonyms

Meaning rule:

rule

Meaning precept:

precept

Meaning rationale:

rationale

Meaning a fact or belief that is accepted as true:

truth

Meaning a statement or assertion that expresses a judgement or opinion:

proposition

Meaning an abstract idea:

concept

Meaning a thought or suggestion as to a possible course of action:

idea

Meaning a supposition or a system of ideas intended to explain something, especially one based on general principles independent of the thing to be explained:

theory

Meaning a thing suggested or assumed as true as the basis for reasoning, discussion, or belief:

postulate

Meaning a thing that is accepted as true or as certain to happen, without proof:

assumption

Meaning the underlying support or foundation for an idea, argument, or process:

basis

Meaning a central or primary rule or principle on which something is based:

fundamental

Meaning the intrinsic nature or indispensable quality of something, especially something abstract, which determines its character:

essence

Meaning a thing that is absolutely necessary:

essential

Meaning the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, especially when considered as an academic discipline:

philosophy

Words that rhyme with Principle

Disciple, antiprinciple, condisciple, counterprinciple, disciple, exciple, manciple, participle, principle, unprinciple, diple, Niple, maniple, griple, triple, Siple, equimultiple, multiple, nonmultiple, submultiple, tiple, swiple

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