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

2 senses of postulator

Sense 1
postulator -- ((Roman Catholic Church) someone who proposes or pleads for a candidate for beatification or canonization)
       => clergyman, reverend, man of the cloth -- (a member of the clergy and a spiritual leader of the Christian Church)

Sense 2
postulator -- (someone who assumes or takes something for granted as the basis of an argument)
       => asserter, declarer, affirmer, asseverator, avower -- (someone who claims to speak the truth; "a bold asserter"; "a declarer of his intentions"; "affirmers of traditional doctrine"; "an asseverator of strong convictions"; "an avower of his own great intelligence")