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principle
Overview of noun principle
The noun principle has 6 senses (first 6 from tagged texts)
1. (14) principle, rule -- (a basic generalization that is accepted as true and that can be used as a basis for reasoning or conduct; "their principles of composition characterized all their works")
2. (9) principle -- (a rule or standard especially of good behavior; "a man of principle"; "he will not violate his principles")
3. (7) principle -- (a basic truth or law or assumption; "the principles of democracy")
4. (4) principle, rule -- (a rule or law concerning a natural phenomenon or the function of a complex system; "the principle of the conservation of mass"; "the principle of jet propulsion"; "the right-hand rule for inductive fields")
5. (2) principle, precept -- (rule of personal conduct)
6. (2) rationale, principle -- ((law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature); "the rationale for capital punishment"; "the principles of internal-combustion engines")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun principle
6 senses of principle
Sense 1
principle, rule
=> generalization, generalisation, generality
=> idea, thought
=> content, cognitive content, mental object
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
principle
=> value
=> ideal
=> idea, thought
=> content, cognitive content, mental object
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
principle
=> law, natural law
=> concept, conception, construct
=> idea, thought
=> content, cognitive content, mental object
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
principle, rule
=> law, law of nature
=> concept, conception, construct
=> idea, thought
=> content, cognitive content, mental object
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 5
principle, precept
=> rule, prescript
=> direction, instruction
=> message, content, subject matter, substance
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 6
rationale, principle
=> explanation
=> thinking, thought, thought process, cerebration, intellection, mentation
=> higher cognitive process
=> process, cognitive process, mental process, operation, cognitive operation
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun principle
6 senses of principle
Sense 1
principle, rule
=> pillar
=> yang
=> yin
=> feng shui
Sense 2
principle
=> accounting principle, accounting standard
=> chivalry, knightliness
=> ethic, moral principle, value-system, value orientation
=> Hellenism
=> legal principle, judicial principle, judicial doctrine
=> Orleanism
=> scruple
Sense 3
principle
=> dictate
=> fundamentals, basics, fundamental principle, basic principle, bedrock
=> logic
=> pleasure principle, pleasure-pain principle, pleasure-unpleasure principle
=> reality principle
=> insurrectionism
=> conservation
=> Tao
Sense 4
principle, rule
=> Gestalt law of organization, Gestalt principle of organization
=> Le Chatelier's principle, Le Chatelier's law, Le Chatelier principle, Le Chatelier-Braun principle
=> Gresham's Law
=> mass-energy equivalence
=> Naegele's rule
=> Occam's Razor, Ockham's Razor, principle of parsimony, law of parsimony
=> principle of equivalence
=> principle of liquid displacement
=> principle of superposition, Huygens' principle of superposition
=> principle of superposition, superposition principle, superposition
=> mass-action principle, mass action
=> localization of function, localisation of function, localization principle, localisation principle, localization, localisation
Sense 5
principle, precept
=> higher law
=> moral principle
=> hypothetical imperative
=> caveat emptor
Sense 6
rationale, principle
=> dialectics
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun principle
6 senses of principle
Sense 1
principle, rule
=> generalization, generalisation, generality
Sense 2
principle
=> value
Sense 3
principle
=> law, natural law
Sense 4
principle, rule
=> law, law of nature
Sense 5
principle, precept
=> rule, prescript
Sense 6
rationale, principle
=> explanation
Antonyms of noun principle
Member Holonyms of noun principle
Substance Holonyms of noun principle
Part Holonyms of noun principle
1 of 6 senses of principle
Sense 5
principle, precept
PART OF: ethic, ethical code
Member Meronyms of noun principle
Substance Meronyms of noun principle
Part Meronyms of noun principle
Meronyms of noun principle
Holonyms of noun principle
1 of 6 senses of principle
Sense 5
principle, precept
PART OF: ethic, ethical code
Attributes of noun principle
Derived Forms of noun principle
Domain of noun principle
1 of 6 senses of principle
Sense 6
rationale, principle
TOPIC>(noun) law#2, jurisprudence#2
Domain Terms of noun principle
Familiarity of noun principle
principle used as a noun is common (polysemy count =6)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun principle
6 senses of principle
Sense 1
principle, rule
> generalization, generalisation, generality
=> principle, rule
Sense 2
principle
> value
=> introject
=> principle
Sense 3
principle
> law, natural law
=> divine law
=> principle
=> sound law
Sense 4
principle, rule
> law, law of nature
=> all-or-none law
=> principle, rule
=> Archimedes' principle, law of Archimedes
=> Avogadro's law, Avogadro's hypothesis
=> Bernoulli's law, law of large numbers
=> Benford's law
=> Bose-Einstein statistics
=> Boyle's law, Mariotte's law
=> Coulomb's Law
=> Dalton's law, Dalton's law of partial pressures, law of partial pressures
=> distribution law
=> equilibrium law, law of chemical equilibrium
=> Fechner's law, Weber-Fechner law
=> Fermi-Dirac statistics
=> Gay-Lussac's law, Charles's law, law of volumes
=> Henry's law
=> Hooke's law
=> Hubble's law, Hubble law
=> Kepler's law, Kepler's law of planetary motion
=> Kirchhoff's laws
=> law of averages
=> law of constant proportion, law of definite proportions
=> law of diminishing returns
=> law of effect
=> law of equivalent proportions, law of reciprocal proportions
=> law of gravitation, Newton's law of gravitation
=> law of multiple proportions, Dalton's law
=> law of mass action
=> law of thermodynamics
=> Mendel's law
=> Newton's law of motion, Newton's law, law of motion
=> Ohm's law
=> Pascal's law, Pascal's law of fluid pressures
=> Pauli exclusion principle, exclusion principle
=> periodic law, Mendeleev's law
=> Planck's law
=> Planck's radiation law
=> principle of relativity
=> Stevens' law, power law, Stevens' power law
=> Weber's law
Sense 5
principle, precept
> rule, prescript
=> bylaw, bye law
=> rubric
=> order, rules of order, parliamentary law, parliamentary procedure
=> rule of evidence
=> Miranda rule
=> principle, precept
=> golden rule
=> GIGO
=> dictate
=> regulation, ordinance
=> canon
=> etiquette
=> protocol, communications protocol
Sense 6
rationale, principle
> explanation
=> interpretation, interpreting, rendition, rendering
=> rationale, principle
=> key
=> rationalization, rationalisation
=> theory
Meronyms of noun principle
6 senses of principle
Sense 6
rationale, principle
=> explanation
HAS PART: basis, base, foundation, fundament, groundwork, cornerstone
Holonyms of noun principle
1 of 6 senses of principle
Sense 5
principle, precept
PART OF: ethic, ethical code
Grep of noun principle
accounting principle
archimedes' principle
basic principle
bitter principle
exclusion principle
first principle
fundamental principle
gestalt principle of organization
huygens' principle of superposition
indeterminacy principle
judicial principle
le chatelier's principle
le chatelier-braun principle
le chatelier principle
legal principle
life principle
localisation principle
localization principle
mass-action principle
moral principle
pauli exclusion principle
pleasure-pain principle
pleasure-unpleasure principle
pleasure principle
principle
principle of equivalence
principle of liquid displacement
principle of parsimony
principle of relativity
principle of superposition
reality principle
superposition principle
uncertainty principle
vital principle
working principle
Grep of adj principle
principled
Grep of adv principle
in principle
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