This answer set for “Maxim” includes entries that were accepted in real puzzles. Each item on the list is a practical solution that has proven valid when this clue has appeared before.
Possible Answers:
- AXIOM
- ADAGE
- MOTTO
- SAYING
- TRUISM
- PROVERB
- DICTUM
- MORAL
- OLDSAW
- APHORISM
- TENET
- PRINCIPLE
- DOGMA
- PRECEPT
- SAW
Synonyms and Definitions
ADAGE
- Synonyms: byword, proverb, saw
MOTTO
- Synonyms: catchword, shibboleth, slogan
SAYING
- Synonyms: allege, articulate, aver, enjoin, enounce, enunciate, expression, locution, order, pronounce, read, say, sound out, state, suppose, tell
PROVERB
- Synonyms: adage
DICTUM
- Synonyms: obiter dictum, pronouncement, say-so
MORAL
- Synonyms: lesson
APHORISM
- Synonyms: apophthegm, apothegm
TENET
- Synonyms: dogma
PRINCIPLE
- Synonyms: precept, rationale, rule
DOGMA
- Synonyms: tenet
- Definition: A faith-based belief that is declared as factual without any evidence.
PRECEPT
- Synonyms: commandment, principle, teaching
SAW
- Synonyms: ascertain, assure, attend, catch, check, come across, consider, construe, control, date, determine, discover, encounter, ensure, envision, escort, examine, experience, fancy, figure, find, find out, get a line, get wind, get word, go out, go steady, go through, hear, image, insure, interpret, learn, look, meet, pick up, picture, power saw, project, realise, realize, reckon, regard, run across, run into, sawing machine, see, see to it, take care, take in, understand, view, visit, visualise, visualize, watch, witness
These answers also appear in the following pages:
- AXIOM also appears as an answer in What goes up must come down, e.g. crossword clue 5 letters.
- ADAGE also appears as an answer in Saw crossword clue 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 letters.
- TENET also appears as an answer in Doctrine crossword clue 3, 5, 6, 8 and 9 letters.
- DOGMA also appears as an answer in Belief thats not to be questioned crossword clue 5 letters.
- SAW also appears as an answer in Spotted crossword clue 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 10 letters.