Synonyms of postulates

postulates 1 of 2

noun

plural of postulate

as in assumptions

something taken as being true or factual and used as a starting point for a course of action or reasoning

one of the postulates that the true agnostic rejects is the assumption that it is even possible for us to know whether God exists

Synonyms & Similar Words

• assumptions
• theories
• hypotheses
• premises
• beliefs
• presuppositions
• presumptions
• givens
• axioms
• suppositions
• principles
• ifs
• hypotheticals
• propositions
• doctrines
• assertions
• verities
• tenets
• truisms
• theses
• standards
• rules
• precepts
• laws
• inferences
• dogmas
• gospels
• declarations
• foundations
• conclusions
• canons
• grounds
• affirmations
• deductions
• dicta
• bases
• avouchments
• ipse dixits

postulates

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of postulate

as in assumes

to take as true or as a fact without actual proof

postulates that all people are born with certain rights that can never be taken away from them

Synonyms & Similar Words

• assumes
• says
• presumes
• believes
• hypothesizes
• supposes
• presupposes
• thinks
• concludes
• premises
• guesses
• figures
• accepts
• dreams
• insists
• hypothecates
• takes for granted
• imagines
• deduces
• infers
• suspects
• claims
• surmises
• speculates
• conjectures
• declares
• theorizes
• contends
• credits
• asserts
• judges
• swallows
• maintains
• affirms
• suspicions
• conceives
• perceives
• alleges
• fancies
• gathers
• reckons
• avers
• professes
• takes
• avows
• preconceives
• avouches

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• doubts
• challenges
• disagrees (with)
• wonders (about)
• disputes
• denies
• questions
• rejects
• discounts
• distrusts
• discredits
• controverts
• repudiates
• disclaims
• disbelieves
• disavows
• refutes
• mistrusts
• disproves
• belies
• rebuts
• disowns
• confutes

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of postulates

Noun

Not really Dagmar Bruss, professor and Head of the Quantum Information Theory group at HHU, and her doctoral researcher, Pedro Barrios Hita, conducted a new analysis of the postulates used in the 2021 paper and found one to be too restrictive. — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 22 June 2026

Another postulates that sleep removes waste from the brain. — Shayla Love, New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2026

Verb

One of the theories postulates that the ribbon represents a group of particles that somehow leaked from the heliosphere and bounced around interstellar space before returning to the Solar System. — Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 24 Sep. 2025