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Adjectives (8)
rational
adj. having its source in or being guided by the intellect (distinguished from experience or emotion); "a rational analysis"
rational
adj. consistent with or based on or using reason; "rational behavior"; "a process of rational inference"; "rational thought"
rational
adj. consistent with or based on or using reason; "rational behavior"; "a process of rational inference"; "rational thought"
rational
adj. capable of being expressed as a quotient of integers; "rational numbers"
intellectual
adj. of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind; "intellectual problems"; "the triumph of the rational over the animal side of man"
reasonable
adj. marked by sound judgment; "sane nuclear policy"
thinking, reasoning
adj. endowed with the capacity to reason
Fuzzynyms (21)
analytic, analytical
adj. of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience; "`all spinsters are unmarried' is an analytic proposition"
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"
rational
adj. consistent with or based on or using reason; "rational behavior"; "a process of rational inference"; "rational thought"
sound, healthy, intelligent, levelheaded
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"
tenable, well-founded
adj. based on sound reasoning or evidence; "well-founded suspicions"
moderate
adj. being within reasonable or average limits; not excessive or extreme; "moderate prices"; "a moderate income"; "a moderate fine"; "moderate demands"; "a moderate estimate"; "a moderate eater"; "moderate success"; "a kitchen of moderate size"; "the X-ray showed moderate enlargement of the heart"
sound
adj. financially secure and safe; "sound investments"; "a sound economy"
cognitive
adj. of or being or relating to or involving cognition; "cognitive psychology"; "cognitive style"
defendable, defensible
adj. capable of being defended
sensible, reasonable
adj. showing reason or sound judgment; "a sensible choice"; "a sensible person"
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"
clearheaded
adj. not mentally confused; able to think clearly and act intelligently
Synonyms (46)
highbrow, highbrowed
adj. highly cultured or educated; "highbrow events such as the ballet or opera"; "a highbrowed literary critic"
reflective
adj. devoted to matters of the mind; "the reflective type"
good, serious
adj. appealing to the mind; "good music"; "a serious book"
sophisticated, intellectually appealing
adj. intellectually appealing; "a sophisticated drama"
discursive, dianoetic
adj. proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition
formal
adj. logically deductive; "formal proof"
ratiocinative
adj. based on exact thinking; "one's ratiocinative powers"
coherent
adj. marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts; "a coherent argument"
logical
adj. capable of or reflecting the capability for correct and valid reasoning; "a logical mind"
sensible, reasonable
adj. showing reason or sound judgment; "a sensible choice"; "a sensible person"
sane
adj. mentally healthy; free from mental disorder; "appears to be completely sane"
psychic, psychological, psychical
adj. mental or emotional as opposed to physical in nature; "give psychological support"; "psychological warfare"
psychogenic
adj. mental or emotional rather than physiological in origin; "a psychogenic disorder"
well-balanced, of sound mind, compos mentis
adj. of sound mind, memory, and understanding; in law, competent to got to trial
lucid
adj. having a clear mind; "a lucid moment in his madness"
agile, nimble
adj. mentally quick; "an agile mind"; "nimble wits"
sharp, alert, quick-witted
adj. mentally responsive; "an alert mind"
apprehensive, discerning, perceptive
adj. quick to understand; "a kind and apprehensive friend"- Nathaniel Hawthorne
quick, apt, clever
adj. mentally quick and resourceful; "an apt pupil"; "you are a clever man...you reason well and your wit is bold"-Bram Stoker
brilliant, brainy, smart as a whip
adj. having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence; "some men dislike brainy women"; "a brilliant mind"; "a brilliant solution to the problem"
smart, bright
adj. characterized by quickness and ease in learning; "some children are brighter in one subject than another"; "smart children talk earlier than the average"
prehensile, insightful
adj. having a keen intellect; "poets--those gifted strangely prehensile men"- A.T.Quiller-Couch
keen, trenchant, searching
adj. having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect; "searching insights"; "trenchant criticism"
scintillating
adj. brilliantly clever; "scintillating wit"; "a play full of scintillating dialogue"
Antonyms (26)
illogical, unlogical
adj. lacking in correct logical relation
irrational
adj. not consistent with or using reason; "irrational fears"; "irrational animals"
illogical, unlogical
adj. lacking in correct logical relation
unreasonable
adj. not reasonable; not showing good judgment
blind, unreasonable, unreasoning
adj. not based on reason or evidence; "blind hatred"; "blind faith"; "unreasoning panic"
irrational
adj. real but not expressible as the quotient of two integers; "irrational numbers"
physical
adj. involving the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit; "physical exercise"; "physical suffering"; "was sloppy about everything but her physical appearance"
exuberant, excessive, overweening, extravagant
adj. unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings; "extravagant praise"; "exuberant compliments"; "overweening ambition"; "overweening greed"
sick, crazy, disturbed, mad, distracted, unbalanced, brainsick, demented, unhinged
adj. affected with madness or insanity; "a man who had gone mad"
lunatic, moonstruck
adj. insane and believed to be affected by the phases of the moon
rational
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