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
Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe.
Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with
things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.