guiding principle

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
44 Moby Thesaurus words for "guiding principle":
      big idea, canon, code, commandment, convention, course, creed,
      dictum, form, formula, fundamental idea, general principle,
      golden rule, guideline, guiding principles, idee-maitresse,
      imperative, law, leading idea, line, main idea, maxim, mitzvah,
      moral, norm, ordinance, plan of action, platform, policy, polity,
      position paper, principal idea, principium, principle, principles,
      procedure, regulation, rubric, rule, settled principle, standard,
      tenet, working principle, working rule