Contents -AUTHOR INDEX -BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD

Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.

Class IV. Words Relating to the Intellectual Faculties
Division (I) Formation of Ideas
Section V. Results of Reasoning

496. Maxim.

   NOUN:MAXIM, aphorism; apothegm or apophthegm; dictum, saying, adage, saw, proverb, epigram, gnomic saying, gnome, sentence, mot [Gallicism], motto, word, byword, bromidium [slang], commonplace, moral, phylactery, protasis [rare].
  wise -, sage -, received -, admitted -, recognized- maxim &c.; true -, common -, hackneyed -, trite -, common- place- saying &c.
  AXIOM, theorem, scholium, truism, postulate.
  PRINCIPLE, principia; profession of faith (belief) [See Belief]; settled principle, formula; reflection (idea) [See Idea]; conclusion (judgment) [See Judgment]; golden rule (precept) [See Precept].
   ADJECTIVE:APHORISTIC, aphorismic, aphorismatic, proverbial, phylacteric; axiomatic or axiomatical, gnomic or gnomical.
   ADVERB:as the saying is, as they say, as it was said by them of old.
   QUOTATION:Full of wise laws and modern instances.—As You Like It