formula
6 synonyms for formula, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — A rule in mathematics that is written using symbols rather than words.
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Everyday swaps
Common words most readers know — safe in any writing.
Less common
Still standard English, but they carry more weight.
Etymology
A learned borrowing from Latin fōrmula (“a small pattern or mold, form, rule, principle, method, formula”), a diminutive of forma (“a form”). See form.
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