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reasoning - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | reasoning |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | logic, interpretation |
| Synonyms: | acumen, analysis, argument, case, cogitation, corollary, deduction, exposition, hypothesis, induction, inference, interpretation, logistics, premise, proof, proposition, rationale, reason, syllogism, thinking, thought, apriority, concluding, dialectics, generalization, illation, ratiocination, rationalizing, syllogization, train of thought |
| Antonyms: | nonsense, irrationality |
| Main Entry: | reason |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mentally analyze |
| Synonyms: | adduce, cogitate, conclude, contemplate, decide, deduce, deduct, deliberate, examine, gather, generalize, infer, make out, philosophize, rationalize, reflect, resolve, solve, speculate, study, suppose, think, work out, cerebrate, draw conclusion, draw from, figure out, ratiocinate, syllogize, think through, thresh out |
| Main Entry: | reason |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | argue, persuade |
| Synonyms: | bring around, contend, debate, demonstrate, discourse, discuss, dispute, dissuade, establish, expostulate, justify, move, point out, prove, remonstrate, urge, prevail upon, show error of ways, talk into, talk out of, win over |
| Antonyms: | agree, go along |
| Main Entry: | cognizance/cognition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | understanding |
| Synonyms: | acknowledgment, apprehension, attention, awareness, comprehension, discernment, insight, intelligence, knowledge, mind, need, note, notice, observance, observation, perception, reasoning, recognition, regard, percipience |
| Antonyms: | ignorance, misunderstanding |
| Main Entry: | inference |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conclusion, deduction |
| Synonyms: | assumption, conjecture, corollary, guess, hint, interpretation, presumption, reading, reasoning, supposition |
| Main Entry: | mentality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of mind; intelligence |
| Synonyms: | attitude, cast, character, comprehension, disposition, frame of mind*, intellect, intelligence quotient, makeup, mental age, mind, outlook, personality, psychology, reasoning, routine, sense, understanding, wit, IQ, brainpower, brains, headset, mindset, rationality, turn of mind, way of thinking |
| Antonyms: | physicality |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | philosophy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | principles, knowledge |
| Synonyms: | aesthetics, attitude, axiom, conception, doctrine, idea, ideology, logic, outlook, reason, reasoning, system, tenet, theory, thinking, thought, truth, values, view, viewpoint, wisdom, beliefs, convictions, metaphysics, ontology, rationalism |
| Main Entry: | rational |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | realistic; of sound mind |
| Synonyms: | analytical, balanced, calm, cerebral, circumspect, collected, cool*, deliberate, discerning, discriminating, enlightened, far-sighted, impartial, intellectual, intelligent, judicious, knowing, levelheaded, logical, lucid, normal, objective, perspicacious, prudent, reasonable, reasoning, reflective, sagacious, sane, sensible, sober, sound, stable, synthetic, thinking, thoughtful, together, well-advised, wise, all there, cognitive, deductive, philosophic, ratiocinative |
| Antonyms: | irrational, ridiculous, unrealistic, unreasonable, unsound |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | reflective |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thoughtful |
| Synonyms: | contemplative, deliberate, meditative, pensive, reasoning, speculative, studious, cogitating, pondering, ruminative |
| Antonyms: | ignorant, unthoughtful |
| Main Entry: | study |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | learning, analysis |
| Synonyms: | abstraction, application, attention, class, cogitation, comparison, concentration, consideration, contemplation, course, debate, deliberation, examination, exercise, inquiry, inspection, investigation, lesson, meditation, muse, musing, questioning, reading, reasoning, reflection, research, reverie, review, scrutiny, subject, survey, thought, trance, weighing, academic work, analyzing, cramming, memorizing, pondering, rumination, schoolwork |
| Main Entry: | abstract thought |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | logical thinking |
| Synonyms: | reasoning, systematic thought |
| Main Entry: | cognition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | understanding |
| Synonyms: | acknowledgment, apprehension, attention, awareness, cognizance, comprehension, discernment, insight, intelligence, knowledge, mind, need, note, notice, observance, observation, perception, reasoning, recognition, regard, percipience |
| Antonyms: | ignorance, unawareness |
| Main Entry: | sound judgment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | good judgment |
| Synonyms: | analysis, deduction, discretion, discrimination, logic, prudence, rationale, reasoning, sense, good sense |
| Main Entry: | prudence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | caution |
| Synonyms: | austerity, calculation, care, concern, conservation, conservatism, coolness, deliberation, diligence, discretion, economy, foresight, forethought, frugality, heed, judgment, precaution, providence, reasoning, sagacity, tact, vigilance, watchfulness, wisdom, carefulness, circumspection, considerateness, heedfulness, judiciousness |
| Antonyms: | carelessness, disregard, imprudence, rashness, recklessness |
| Main Entry: | syllogism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deductive reasoning |
| Synonyms: | argument, deduction, dialectic, logic, reasoning, prologism |
| Main Entry: | thinking |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | thought |
| Synonyms: | cogitation, cognition, contemplation, deliberation, idea, introspection, judgment, logic, meditation, musing, opinion, reason, reasoning, reflection, study, understanding, cerebration, ideation, rationalization, rumination |
| Main Entry: | analysis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | examination and determination |
| Synonyms: | assay, breakdown, dissection, dissolution, division, inquiry, investigation, partition, reasoning, resolution, scrutiny, search, separation, study, subdivision, test |
| Notes: | analysis is breaking down or taking apart; synthesis is bringing together |
| Main Entry: | deduction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conclusion, understanding |
| Synonyms: | answer, assumption, cogitation, consequence, consideration, contemplation, corollary, deliberation, derivation, finding, inference, judgment, meditation, musing, opinion, reasoning, reflection, result, speculation, thinking, thought, concluding, illation, inferring, mulling, pondering, ratiocination, rumination, sequitur |
| Antonyms: | confusion |
| Main Entry: | judgment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | common sense |
| Synonyms: | acumen, acuteness, apprehension, astuteness, awareness, capacity, comprehension, discernment, discrimination, experience, genius, grasp, ingenuity, intelligence, intuition, keenness, knowledge, mentality, penetration, perception, perspicacity, prudence, quickness, range, reach, readiness, reason, reasoning, sagacity, sanity, sapience, savvy, sense, shrewdness, sophistication, soundness, taste, understanding, wisdom, wit, brains, incisiveness, percipience, rationality, sharpness |
| Antonyms: | ignorance, inanity, stupidity, misjudgment |
| Main Entry: | mental |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concerning the mind |
| Synonyms: | brainy*, cerebral, clairvoyant, deep, heavy, imaginative, immaterial, inner, intellectual, mysterious, psychic, psychological, rational, reasoning, spiritual, subconscious, subjective, thinking, thoughtful, unreal, ideological, intellective, phrenic, psychical, subliminal, telepathic |
| Antonyms: | body, physical |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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