Synonyms for thesis
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : thee-sis |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈθi sɪs |
Top 10 synonyms for thesis Other synonyms for the word thesis
Définition of thesis
Origin :- late 14c., "unaccented syllable or note," from Latin thesis "unaccented syllable in poetry," later "stressed part of a metrical foot," from Greek thesis "a proposition," also "downbeat" (in music), originally "a setting down or placing," from root of tithenai "to place, put, set," from PIE root *dhe- "to put, to do" (see factitious). Sense in logic of "a proposition, statement to be proved" is first recorded 1570s; that of "dissertation written by a candidate for a university degree" is from 1650s.
- noun belief, assumption to be tested
- noun written dissertation
- The mere exposition of a thesis would have little or no value.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- It merely proves that Dannar's statement in the preface of his Thesis is correct.
- Extract from : « The Issahar Artifacts » by Jesse Franklin Bone
- Of this discovery, the first distinct assertion is contained in the thesis of Protagoras.
- Extract from : « Theaetetus » by Plato
- But I would say that your thesis has a remarkably low index of probability.
- Extract from : « The Cuckoo Clock » by Wesley Barefoot
- You are obliged to defend a thesis you do not understand, by arguments you cannot measure.
- Extract from : « The Bramleighs Of Bishop's Folly » by Charles James Lever
- I mean that, without conceding the point, it's a thesis I'll not argue.
- Extract from : « A Rent In A Cloud » by Charles James Lever
- That thesis will make or mar you as far as your first job goes.
- Extract from : « The Forbidden Trail » by Honor Willsie
- He wrote a thesis on the lyric poetry of our country comparing it with that of Europe.
- Extract from : « My Reminiscences » by Rabindranath Tagore
- The negative part of Dilke's thesis is perhaps the more plausible.
- Extract from : « Parodies of Ballad Criticism (1711-1787) » by William Wagstaffe
- I abandon a thesis for lack of words that shall supply my reasons.
- Extract from : « Diderot and the Encyclopdists » by John Morley
Antonyms for thesis
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