Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Demonstration

Nouns
  • demonstration, proof, rigorous proof
  • conclusiveness etc. adj.
  • apodeixis, apodixis, probation, comprobation. logic of facts etc. (evidence) Evidence [On one side.]
  • argument etc. Reasoning,
  • rigorous establishment, absolute establishment. conviction, cogency, (persuasion) Belief.
Verbs
  • demonstrate, prove, establish
  • make good
  • show, evince, manifest etc. (be evidence of) Evidence [On one side.]
  • confirm, corroborate, substantiate, verify etc. Evidence [On one side.], settle the question, reduce to demonstration, set the question at rest. make out, make out a case
  • prove one's point, have the best of the argument
  • draw a conclusion etc. (judge) Judgment [Conclusion.]. follow, follow of course, follow as a matter of course, follow necessarily
  • stand to reason
  • hold good, hold water. convince, persuade (belief) Belief.
Adjectives
  • demonstrating etc. v., demonstrative, demonstrable
  • probative, unanswerable, conclusive
  • apodictic, apodeictic, apodeictical
  • irresistible, irrefutable, irrefragable
  • necessary. categorical, decisive, crucial. demonstrated etc. v.
  • proven
  • unconfuted, unanswered, unrefuted
  • evident etc. Certainty. deducible, consequential, consectary, inferential, following. [demonstrated to one's satisfaction] convincing, cogent, persuasive (believable) Belief.
Adverbs
  • of course, in consequence, consequently, as a matter of course
  • necessarily, of necessity.
Phrases
  • there is nothing more to be said
  • Q.E.D.
  • it must follow