Synonyms for maxim
ˈmæk sɪmmax·im

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1. maximnoun

   Synonyms:
   enthymeme, aphorism, proverb, cliche, saying

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1. maxim

   The proverb or adage gives homely truth in condensed, practical form, the adage often pictorial. "Hope deferred maketh the heart sick" is a proverb; "The cat loves fish, but dares not wet her feet," is an adage. Both the proverb and the adage, but especially the latter, are thought of as ancient and widely known. An aphorism partakes of the character of a definition; it is a summary statement of what the author sees and believes to be true. An apothegm is a terse statement of what is plain or easily proved. The aphorism is philosophical, the apothegm practical. A dictum is a statement of some person or school, on whom it depends for authority; as, a dictum of Aristotle. A saying is impersonal, current among the common people, deriving its authority from its manifest truth or good sense; as, it is an old saying, "the more haste, the worse speed." A saw is a saying that is old, but somewhat worn and tiresome. Precept is a command to duty; motto or maxim is a brief statement of cherished truth, the maxim being more uniformly and directly practical; "God is love" may be a motto, "Fear God and fear naught," a maxim. The precepts of the Sermon on the Mount will furnish the Christian with invaluable maxims or mottoes. A byword is a phrase or saying used reproachfully or contemptuously.

   Synonyms:
   adage, aphorism, apothegm, axiom, byword, dictum, motto, precept, proverb, saw, saying, truism

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1. maxim

   Synonyms:
   adage, rule, axiom, apothegm, proverb, precept, saying

   Antonyms:
   absurdity, sophism, quibble, paradox, enigma

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1. maxim, axiomnoun

   a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits

   Synonyms:
   axiom

2. Maxim, Sir Hiram Stevens Maximnoun

   English inventor (born in the United States) who invented the Maxim gun that was used in World War I (1840-1916)

   Synonyms:
   axiom

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1. maximnoun

   Synonyms:
   proverb, saying, saw, adage, aphorism, apothegm, dictum, by-word, sententious precept

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1. maximnoun

   Synonyms:
   axiom, adage, proverb, aphorism, apothegm, saw, precept

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1. List of paraphrases for "maxim":

   maxime, maximum, motto, watchword

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1. List of known nicknames for "Maxim":

   Maxim Reality, Keith Palmer, Prodigy

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1. Immanuel Kant:

   May you live your life as if the maxim of your actions were to become universal law.

2. Andre Gide:

   Know thyself? A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever observes himself arrests his own development. A caterpillar who wanted to know itself well would never become a butterfly.

3. Kevin Roberts:

   'Fail Fast, Fix Fast, Learn Fast' is a leadership maxim I advocate, i failed exceptionally fast.

4. John Adams:

   There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.

5. Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield:

   Most maxim-mongers have preferred the prettiness to the justness of a thought, and the turn to the truth but I have refused myself to everything that my own experience did not justify and confirm.