[syn: axiomatic, axiomatical, postulational]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Axiomatic \Ax`i*o*mat"ic\, Axiomatical \Ax`i*o*mat"ic*al\, a.
[Gr. ?.]
Of or pertaining to an axiom; having the nature of an axiom;
self-evident; characterized by axioms. "Axiomatical truth."
--Johnson.
[1913 Webster]
The stores of axiomatic wisdom. --I. Taylor.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
axiomatic
adj 1: evident without proof or argument; "an axiomatic truth";
"we hold these truths to be self-evident" [syn:
axiomatic, self-evident, taken for granted(p)]
2: containing aphorisms or maxims; "axiomatic wisdom" [syn:
axiomatic, aphoristic]
3: of or relating to or derived from axioms; "axiomatic
physics"; "the postulational method was applied to geometry"-
S.S.Stevens [syn: axiomatic, axiomatical,
postulational]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
68 Moby Thesaurus words for "axiomatic":
absolute, actual, admitting no question, aphoristic, apparent,
clear, clear as crystal, confirmable, crisp, crystal-clear,
demonstrable, demonstratable, discernible, distinct, epigrammatic,
evident, explicit, express, factual, formulaic, formulistic,
gnomic, historical, inappealable, incontestable, incontrovertible,
indisputable, indubitable, irrefragable, irrefutable, manifest,
noticeable, observable, obvious, open-and-shut, palpable, patent,
perceivable, perceptible, perspicuous, pithy, plain, plain as day,
platitudinous, pointed, provable, proverbial, pungent, real,
seeable, self-evident, self-explaining, self-explanatory,
sententious, succinct, tangible, terse, testable, to be seen,
unanswerable, unconfutable, undeniable, unimpeachable,
unmistakable, unquestionable, unrefutable, verifiable, visible