All apriorism synonyms

noun apriorism

• belief — Belief is a feeling of certainty that something exists, is true, or is good.
• guess — to arrive at or commit oneself to an opinion about (something) without having sufficient evidence to support the opinion fully: to guess a person's weight.
• presumption — the act of presuming.
• basis — If something is done on a particular basis, it is done according to that method, system, or principle.
• assertion — a positive statement, usually made without an attempt at furnishing evidence
• proposition — the act of offering or suggesting something to be considered, accepted, adopted, or done.
• thesis — a proposition stated or put forward for consideration, especially one to be discussed and proved or to be maintained against objections: He vigorously defended his thesis on the causes of war.
• assumption — If you make an assumption that something is true or will happen, you accept that it is true or will happen, often without any real proof.
• ground — the act of grinding.
• likelihood — the state of being likely or probable; probability.
• suspicion — act of suspecting.
• premise — Also, premiss. Logic. a proposition supporting or helping to support a conclusion.
• hunch — to thrust out or up in a hump; arch: to hunch one's back.
• hypothesis — a proposition, or set of propositions, set forth as an explanation for the occurrence of some specified group of phenomena, either asserted merely as a provisional conjecture to guide investigation (working hypothesis) or accepted as highly probable in the light of established facts.
• guesswork — work or procedure based on or consisting of the making of guesses or conjectures.
• contention — Someone's contention is the idea or opinion that they are expressing in an argument or discussion.
• supposition — the act of supposing.
• postulation — to ask, demand, or claim.
• presupposition — to suppose or assume beforehand; take for granted in advance.
• posit — to place, put, or set.
• postulate — to ask, demand, or claim.
• proof — evidence sufficient to establish a thing as true, or to produce belief in its truth.
• chance — If there is a chance of something happening, it is possible that it will happen.
• conjecture — A conjecture is a conclusion that is based on information that is not certain or complete.
• anticipation — Anticipation is a feeling of excitement about something pleasant or exciting that you know is going to happen.
• shot — a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
• probability — the quality or fact of being probable.
• guess — to arrive at or commit oneself to an opinion about (something) without having sufficient evidence to support the opinion fully: to guess a person's weight.
• plausibility — having an appearance of truth or reason; seemingly worthy of approval or acceptance; credible; believable: a plausible excuse; a plausible plot.
• reason — a basis or cause, as for some belief, action, fact, event, etc.: the reason for declaring war.
• stab — to pierce or wound with or as if with a pointed weapon: She stabbed a piece of chicken with her fork.
• opinion — a belief or judgment that rests on grounds insufficient to produce complete certainty.
• surmise — to think or infer without certain or strong evidence; conjecture; guess.
• grounds — the solid surface of the earth; firm or dry land: to fall to the ground.
• theory — a coherent group of tested general propositions, commonly regarded as correct, that can be used as principles of explanation and prediction for a class of phenomena: Einstein's theory of relativity. Synonyms: principle, law, doctrine.
• doubt — to be uncertain about; consider questionable or unlikely; hesitate to believe.
• idea — any conception existing in the mind as a result of mental understanding, awareness, or activity.
• speculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
• view — an instance of seeing or beholding; visual inspection.
• notion — a general understanding; vague or imperfect conception or idea of something: a notion of how something should be done.
• condition — If you talk about the condition of a person or thing, you are talking about the state that they are in, especially how good or bad their physical state is.
• guesstimate — to estimate without substantial basis in facts or statistics.
• contestation — the act of contesting; conflict
• sentiment — an attitude toward something; regard; opinion.
• point — a fraction whose denominator is some power of 10, usually indicated by a dot (decimal point or point) written before the numerator: as 0.4 = 4/10; 0.126 = 126/1000.
• line — a thickness of glue, as between two veneers in a sheet of plywood.
• principle — an accepted or professed rule of action or conduct: a person of good moral principles.
• statement — something stated.
• position — condition with reference to place; location; situation.
• proposal — the act of offering or suggesting something for acceptance, adoption, or performance.