Canon
Canon noun - A statement or body of statements concerning faith or morals proclaimed by a church.
Show all Definitions
Synonyms for Canon
Dictates and canon are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Dictates" instead a noun "Canon".
Dictates
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
-
The strangeness of it all is that many teams with good synergy are actually counter-intuitive to what you'd expect given what canon (and the Netsu Power chart) dictates.
Source: Video Game / Tekken -
But the key difference between this and normal licensed merchandising is that here, it is the toy manufacturer who dictates the show's Canon.
Source: Merchandise-Driven -
Doomed by Canon: Fusion, which takes place after this game, dictates that Adam must die in a Heroic Sacrifice and that Ridley must end up a frozen husk.
Source: Videogame / Metroid: Other M
Cite this Source
Dictates and Canon. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/canon/dictates
Canon & Dictates. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/canon/dictates>.
Dictates or Canon. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/canon/dictates.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "canon" and "dictates" have occurred on timeline