postulate
I
noun
assertion, assumed truth, assumption, axiom, conjecture, foundation, hypothesis, premise, speculation, starting point, statement, suggestion, sumptio, supposal, supposition, surmise, theorem, thesis, truism
II
verb
advance, assume, conjecture, consider, contend, determine, guess, hazard a supposition, hypothesize, infer, posit, predicate, premise, presume, presuppose, propound, put forth, put forward, reason, regard as axiomatic, specify, speculate, start, suggest, surmise, take as an axiom, take for granted, theorize, venture a conjecture, venture a supposition
III
index
assumption (supposition), avow, claim (legal demand), comment (noun), comment (verb), concept, condition (contingent provision), conjecture, deduction (conclusion), generalization, guess, hypothesis, infer, inference, maxim, opine, pose (propound), posit, presume, presumption, presuppose, principle (axiom), propose, proposition, propound, require (compel), supposition, suspicion (uncertainty), theory, thesis
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006