Thesaurus: postulate

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1. n. Something demanded or asserted; especially, a position or supposition assumed without proof, or one which is considered as self-evident; a truth to which assent may be demanded or challenged, without argument or evidence.
2. n. The enunciation of a self-evident problem, in distinction from an axiom, which is the enunciation of a self-evident theorem.
3. a. Postulated.
4. v. t. To beg, or assume without proof; as, to postulate conclusions.
5. v. t. To take without express consent; to assume.
6. v. t. To invite earnestly; to solicit.
7. n. (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning
8. v. maintain or assert
9. v. take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom
10. v. require as useful, just, or proper
11. 1. Something demanded or asserted; especially, a position or supposition assumed without proof, or one which is considered as self-evident; a truth to which assent may be demanded or challenged, without argument or evidence. 2. (Geom.) The enunciation of a self-evident problem, in distinction from an axiom, which is the enunciation of a self-evident theorem. The distinction between a postulate and an axiom lies in this, -- that the latter is admitted to be self-evident, while the former may be agreed upon between two reasoners, and admitted by both, but not as proposition which it would be impossible to deny. Eng. Cyc. Postulated. [Obs.] Hudibras. 1. To beg, or assume without proof; as, to postulate conclusions. 2. To take without express consent; to assume. The Byzantine emperors appear to have . . . postulated a sort of paramount supremacy over this nation. W. Tooke. 3. To invite earnestly; to solicit. [Obs.] Bp. Burnet.
12. The enunciation of a self-evident problem, in distinction froman axiom, which is the enunciation of a self-evident theorem.The distinction between a postulate and an axiom lies in this, --that the latter is admitted to be self-evident, while the former maybe agreed upon between two reasoners, and admitted by both, but notas proposition which it would be impossible to deny. Eng. Cyc.