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Adjectives (3)
sound, healthy, intelligent
adj. exercising or showing good judgment; "healthy scepticism"; "a healthy fear of rattlesnakes"; "the healthy attitude of French laws"; "healthy relations between labor and management"; "an intelligent solution"; "a sound approach to the problem"; "sound advice"; "no sound explanation for his decision"
Fuzzynyms (41)
husky, vigorous, strong, beefy, burly, buirdly, strapping
adj. strong and heavily built: "a vigorous old man who spent half of his day on horseback"- W. H. Hudson; "`buirdly' is a Scottish term: a buirdly lad for twelve"
whole, sound, hale
adj. exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health; "hale and hearty"; "whole in mind and body"; "a whole person again"
fair, just
adj. free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; or conforming with established standards or rules; "a fair referee"; "fair deal"; "on a fair footing"; "a fair fight"; "by fair means or foul"
rational
adj. consistent with or based on or using reason; "rational behavior"; "a process of rational inference"; "rational thought"
analytic, analytical
adj. of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience; "`all spinsters are unmarried' is an analytic proposition"
foresighted, foresightful, forehanded, farseeing, farsighted, longsighted
adj. planning prudently for the future; "large goals that required farsighted policies"; "took a long view of the geopolitical issues"
judicious, sensible
adj. marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters; "judicious use of one's money"; "a wise decision"
foresighted, foresightful, prescient
adj. perceiving the significance of events before they occur; "extraordinarily prescient memoranda on the probable course of postwar relations"-R.H.Rovere
prudent
adj. careful and sensible; marked by sound judgment; "a prudent manager"; "prudent rulers"; "prudent hesitation"; "more prudent to hide than to fight"
wise
adj. having or prompted by wisdom or discernment; "a wise leader"; "a wise and perceptive comment"
discreet, circumspect
adj. heedful of potential consequences; "circumspect actions"; "physicians are now more circumspect about recommending its use"; "a discreet investor"
sound
adj. financially secure and safe; "sound investments"; "a sound economy"
sane
adj. mentally healthy; free from mental disorder; "appears to be completely sane"
balanced
adj. being in a state of proper balance or equilibrium; "the carefully balanced seesaw"; "a properly balanced symphony orchestra"; "a balanced assessment of intellectual and cultural history"; "a balanced blend of whiskeys"; "the educated man shows a balanced development of all his powers"
cautious, conservative
adj. avoiding excess; "a conservative estimate"
true, rightful, lawful
adj. having a legally established claim; "the legitimate heir"; "the true and lawful king"
legitimate
adj. of marriages and offspring; recognized as lawful
legitimate, logical
adj. based on known statements or events or conditions; "rain was a logical expectation, given the time of year"
Synonyms (6)
commonsense, commonsensible, commonsensical
adj. exhibiting native good judgment; "arrive home at a reasonable hour"; "commonsense scholarship on the foibles of a genius"; "unlearned and commonsensical countryfolk were capable of solving problems that beset the more sophisticated"
logical
adj. based on known statements or events or conditions; "rain was a logical expectation, given the time of year"
tenable, well-founded
adj. based on sound reasoning or evidence; "well-founded suspicions"
Antonyms (3)
senseless, mindless, reasonless
adj. not marked by the use of reason; "mindless violence"; "reasonless hostility"; "a senseless act"
levelheaded
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