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

5 senses of logic

Sense 1
logic -- (the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference)
       => philosophy -- (the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics)

Sense 2
logic -- (reasoned and reasonable judgment; "it made a certain kind of logic")
       => common sense, good sense, gumption, horse sense, sense, mother wit -- (sound practical judgment; "Common sense is not so common"; "he hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples"; "fortunately she had the good sense to run away")

Sense 3
logic -- (the principles that guide reasoning within a given field or situation; "economic logic requires it"; "by the logic of war")
       => principle -- (a basic truth or law or assumption; "the principles of democracy")

Sense 4
logic -- (the system of operations performed by a computer that underlies the machine's representation of logical operations)
       => system, system of rules -- (a complex of methods or rules governing behavior; "they have to operate under a system they oppose"; "that language has a complex system for indicating gender")

Sense 5
logic, logical system, system of logic -- (a system of reasoning)
       => system, system of rules -- (a complex of methods or rules governing behavior; "they have to operate under a system they oppose"; "that language has a complex system for indicating gender")