Breadcrumb Home > Thesaurus > P Synonyms of precept Find synonyms for: Noun1. principle, precept, rule, prescriptusage: rule of personal conduct2. teaching, precept, commandment, doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, ismusage: a doctrine that is taught; "the teachings of religion"; "he believed all the Christian precepts"WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.Definition and meaning of precept (Dictionary) ✖ Related Content Daily Word Quiz: solecism Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language