The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word AXIOM which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2025.
Self-evident truth crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| AXIOM | 98 % | 5 |
| TRUISM | 2 % | 6 |
Why may AXIOM be the right solution?
An axiom is a statement that is accepted as true without needing proof, making it a self-evident truth.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Self-evident truth
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- selfevident
- obviousness
- truism
- self explanatory
- truisms
- commonsensical
- common knowledge
- reality principle
- foregone conclusion
- obvious
- incontrovertible
- truths
Crossword Answer definitions
AXIOM noun- A seemingly self-evident or necessary truth which is based on assumption; a principle or proposition which cannot actually be proved or disproved.
- (proof theory) A fundamental assumption that serves as a basis for deduction of theorems; a postulate (sometimes distinguished from postulates as being universally applicable, whereas postulates are particular to a certain science or context).
- An established principle in some artistic practice or science that is universally received.
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- Saw
- Proposition assumed without proof
- Adage
- Logic truth
- Murphy's Law, for one
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- It's self-evident
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