dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/ifs_MWT.json

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{
"ifs":{
"something taken as being true or factual and used as a starting point for a course of action or reasoning":{
"examples":[
"your conclusion may turn out to be accurate, but you're postulating a lot of ifs"
],
"synonyms":[
"assumptions",
"givens",
"hypotheticals",
"postulates",
"premises",
"premisses",
"presumptions",
"presuppositions",
"suppositions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hypotheses",
"propositions",
"theories",
"theses",
"axioms",
"truisms",
"verities",
"beliefs",
"canons",
"doctrines",
"dogmas",
"dogmata",
"gospels",
"laws",
"precepts",
"principles",
"rules",
"standards",
"tenets",
"bases",
"foundations",
"grounds",
"conclusions",
"deductions",
"inferences",
"affirmations",
"assertions",
"avouchments",
"declarations",
"dicta",
"dictums",
"ipse dixits"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something upon which the carrying out of an agreement or offer depends":{
"examples":[
"there are a number of ifs in the proposal"
],
"synonyms":[
"conditions",
"contingencies",
"provisions",
"provisos",
"provisoes",
"qualifications",
"reservations",
"stipulations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"strings",
"terms",
"preconditions",
"prerequisites",
"requirements",
"requisites",
"limitations",
"modifications",
"restrictions",
"exceptions",
"exemptions",
"demands",
"essentials",
"musts",
"necessities",
"needs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}