| Main Entry: | common sense |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sound judgment |
Synonyms: |
acumen, cool, experience, good reasoning, good sense, gumption, horse sense, horse sense, intelligence, levelheadedness, logic, mother wit, practicality, prudence, rationality, reason, reasonableness, sense, sensibleness, sound judgment, sound sense, soundness, sweet reason, wisdom, wit, wits |
Antonyms: |
foolishness, impracticality, insanity, unreasonableness |
| Main Entry: | common-sense |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | reasonable |
Synonyms: |
astute, commonsensical, cool, down-to-earth, hard-headed, judicious, levelheaded, matter-of-fact, practical, rational, realistic, sane, sensible, shrewd, sound |
Antonyms: |
foolish, impractical, insane, unreasonable, unsensible, unsound |
| Main Entry: | sagacity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wisdom |
Synonyms: |
acumen, astuteness, brains, clear thinking, common sense, comprehension, discernment, discrimination, enlightenment, experience, foresight, good judgment, insight, intelligence, judgment, knowledge, levelheadedness, perceptiveness, perspicacity, practicality, prudence, sageness, sapience, sense, shrewdness, understanding |
| Main Entry: | sanity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental health; soundness of judgment |
Synonyms: |
acumen, balance, clear mind, common sense, comprehension, good judgment, healthy mind, intelligence, judiciousness, levelheadedness, lucidity, lucidness, marbles, normality, prudence, rationality, reason, reasonableness, right mind, sagacity, saneness, sense, sound mind, soundness, stability, understanding, wit |
Antonyms: |
craziness, insanity, instability, madness, unsoundness |
| Main Entry: | sense |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | awareness, perception |
Synonyms: |
ability, appreciation, atmosphere, aura, brains, capacity, clear-headedness, cleverness, cognizance, common sense, consciousness, discernment, discrimination, feel, feeling, gumption*, imagination, impression, insight, intellect, intelligence, intuition, judgment, knowledge, mentality, mind, premonition, presentiment, prudence, quickness, reason, reasoning, recognition, sagacity, sanity, sentiment, sharpness, smarts, soul, spirit, tact, thought, understanding, wisdom, wit |
| Main Entry: | tact |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | finesse, thoughtfulness |
Synonyms: |
acumen, acuteness, address, adroitness, amenity, aptness, care, common sense, consideration, control, courtesy, delicacy, delicatesse, diplomacy, discernment, discretion, discrimination, gallantry, good taste, head, horse sense, intelligence, judgment, penetration, perception, perspicacity, poise, policy, politicness, presence, prudence, refinement, repose, savoir faire, sensitivity, skill, smoothness, suavity, subtlety, tactfulness, understanding, urbanity |
Antonyms: |
carelessness, indiscretion, tactlessness, thoughtlessness |
| Main Entry: | wit/wits |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | judgment, intelligence |
Synonyms: |
acumen, acuteness, astucity, astuteness, awareness, balance, brainpower, brains, cleverness, common sense, comprehension, depth of perception, discernment, discrimination, esprit, grasp, ingenuity, insight, keenness, lucidity, marbles, mentality, mind, perception, perspicacity, practicality, prudence, rationality, reason, sagaciousness, sagacity, sageness, saneness, sanity, sapience, sense, shrewdness, soundness, understanding, wisdom |
Antonyms: |
ignorance, stupidity |
| Main Entry: | practicality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | concern with actual use |
Synonyms: |
common sense, gumption, horse sense |
Antonyms: |
impracticality |
| Main Entry: | lucidness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sanity |
Synonyms: |
acumen, balance, clear mind, common sense, comprehension, good judgment, healthy mind, intelligence, judiciousness, levelheadedness, lucidity, marbles, mind, normality, prudence, rationality, reason, reasonableness, right mind, sagacity, saneness, sense, sound mind, soundness, stability, understanding, wit |
| Main Entry: | saneness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sanity |
Synonyms: |
acumen, balance, clear mind, common sense, comprehension, good judgment, healthy mind, intelligence, judiciousness, levelheadedness, lucidity, lucidness, marbles, mind, normality, prudence, rationality, reason, reasonableness, right mind, sagacity, sense, sound mind, soundness, stability, understanding, wit |