Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun heuristic

1 sense of heuristic

Sense 1
heuristic, heuristic rule, heuristic program -- (a commonsense rule (or set of rules) intended to increase the probability of solving some problem)
       => rule, formula -- ((mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems; "he determined the upper bound with Descartes' rule of signs"; "he gave us a general formula for attacking polynomials")

Antonyms of adj heuristic

1 sense of heuristic

Sense 1
heuristic (vs. algorithmic) -- (of or relating to or using a general formulation that serves to guide investigation)

algorithmic (vs. heuristic) -- (of or relating to or having the characteristics of an algorithm)
        => recursive -- (of or relating to a recursion)

Similarity of adj heuristic

1 sense of heuristic

Sense 1
heuristic (vs. algorithmic) -- (of or relating to or using a general formulation that serves to guide investigation)
       => trial-and-error -- (relating to solving problems by experience rather than theory; "they adopted a trial-and-error procedure")