Associations to the word «Maxim»
Noun
- Magazine
- Reflection
- Rationality
- Barrow
- Absurdity
- Boris
- Patriarch
- Posterity
- Reasoning
- Dictate
- Inference
- Rousseau
- Defenceman
- Tact
- Dyson
- Moscow
- Conduct
- Dramatist
- Aristotle
- Irina
- Obedience
- Semiconductor
- Discourse
- Proposition
- Guiding
- Machine
- Tripod
- Maximilian
- Philosopher
- Weekly
- Formulation
- Armament
- Yuri
- Socrates
- Endeavour
- Ridicule
- Cicero
- Perfection
- Natalia
- Sirius
- Bolshevik
- Truth
- Disposition
- Vizier
- Doctrine
- Henrik
- Russian
- Necessity
- Adherence
- Skater
- Quantity
- Howitzer
- Ammunition
- Quixote
- Tenet
- Tyranny
- Conjecture
- Sentiment
- Breakaway
- Wickedness
- Sage
- Tko
- Hume
- Massimo
- Inclination
- Savior
- Plato
- Chute
- Viz
Adjective
Wiktionary
MAXIM, noun. (now rare) A self-evident axiom or premise; a pithy expression of a general principle or rule.
MAXIM, noun. A precept; a succinct statement or observation of a rule of conduct or moral teaching.
MAXIM, proper noun. The Maxim gun, a British machine gun of various calibres used by the British army from 1889 until World War I.
MAXIM GUN, proper noun. A British machine gun of various calibres used by the British army from 1889 until World War II.
Dictionary definition
MAXIM, noun. A saying that is widely accepted on its own merits.
MAXIM, noun. English inventor (born in the United States) who invented the Maxim gun that was used in World War I (1840-1916).
Wise words
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