maxim
maxim is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(Mus.) The longest note formerly used, equal to two longs, or four breves; a large. See Axiom.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- act
- adage
- admitted
- aphorism
- aphoristic
- apophthegm
- apothegm
- assumption
- axiom
- axiomatic
- belief
- byword
- canon
- charge
- code
- command
- common
- commonplace
- conclusion
- corpus
- dictum
- direction
- fact
- faith
- first
- form
- formula
- formulary
- gnomic
- golden
- idea
- instruction
- judgment
- law
- lex
- moral
- mot
- motto
- norm
- order
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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