All principle synonyms

noun principle

• lifeblood — the blood, considered as essential to maintain life: to spill one's lifeblood in war.
• ethic — A set of moral principles, especially ones relating to or affirming a specified group, field, or form of conduct.
• final cause — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
• conviction — a fixed or firmly held belief, opinion, etc
• essence — The intrinsic nature or indispensable quality of something, esp. something abstract, that determines its character.
• constancy — Constancy is the quality of staying the same even though other things change.
• convention — A convention is a way of behaving that is considered to be correct or polite by most people in a society.
• main idea — the most important or central thought of a paragraph or larger section of text, which tells the reader what the text is about: Find the main idea in each paragraph.
• ethicality — The state, quality, or manner of being ethical.
• ethicalness — (rare) The state or quality of being ethical.
• nucleus — a central part about which other parts are grouped or gathered; core: A few faithful friends formed the nucleus of the club.
• essential — Absolutely necessary; extremely important.
• algorithm — An algorithm is a series of mathematical steps, especially in a computer program, which will give you the answer to a particular kind of problem or question.
• worthiness — having adequate or great merit, character, or value: a worthy successor.
• canon — A canon is a member of the clergy who is on the staff of a cathedral.
• dictate — If you dictate something, you say or read it aloud for someone else to write down.
• cause — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
• keynote — Music. the note or tone on which a key or system of tones is founded; the tonic.
• determinant — A determinant of something causes it to be of a particular kind or to happen in a particular way.
• faith — a female given name.
• dogma — an official system of principles or tenets concerning faith, morals, behavior, etc., as of a church. Synonyms: doctrine, teachings, set of beliefs, philosophy.
• morality — conformity to the rules of right conduct; moral or virtuous conduct.
• half-truth — a statement that is only partly true, especially one intended to deceive, evade blame, or the like.
• incorruptibility — not corruptible: incorruptible integrity.
• line — a thickness of glue, as between two veneers in a sheet of plywood.
• keystone — the wedge-shaped piece at the summit of an arch, regarded as holding the other pieces in place.
• horse's mouth — horse (def 36).
• bourn — a destination; goal
• given — past participle of give.
• causalities — the relation of cause and effect: The result is the same, however differently the causality is interpreted.
• factualism — emphasis on, devotion to, or extensive reliance upon facts: the factualism of scientific experiment.
• dependability — software reliability
• criterion — A criterion is a factor on which you judge or decide something.
• integrant — making up or being a part of a whole; constituent.
• basis — If something is done on a particular basis, it is done according to that method, system, or principle.
• fundamental — serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: fundamental principles; the fundamental structure.
• incorruption — the quality or condition of being incorrupt.
• formula — a set form of words, as for stating or declaring something definitely or authoritatively, for indicating procedure to be followed, or for prescribed use on some ceremonial occasion.
• causality — Causality is the relationship of cause and effect.
• constituent — A constituent is someone who lives in a particular constituency, especially someone who is able to vote in an election.
• causation — The causation of something, usually something bad, is the factors that have caused it.
• evenhandedness — The quality or state of being evenhanded.
• honestness — Quality of being honest.
• belief — Belief is a feeling of certainty that something exists, is true, or is good.
• formulary — a collection or system of formulas.
• mainspring — the principal spring in a mechanism, as in a watch.
• integrity — adherence to moral and ethical principles; soundness of moral character; honesty.
• honesty — the quality or fact of being honest; uprightness and fairness.
• noumenon — the object, itself inaccessible to experience, to which a phenomenon is referred for the basis or cause of its sense content.