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Nouns (8)

n. a fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion; "there is reason to believe he is lying"

n. an explanation of the cause of some phenomenon; "the reason a steady state was never reached was that the back pressure built up too slowly"

ground

n. a rational motive for a belief or action; "the reason that war was declared"; "the grounds for their declaration"

intellect, understanding

n. the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination; "we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil"

intelligence, reasonableness, rationality

n. the state of having good sense and sound judgment; "his rationality may have been impaired"; "he had to rely less on reason than on rousing their emotions"

Verbs (6)

think logically

v. think logically; "The children must learn to reason"

argue

v. present reasons and arguments

conclude, come to the conclusion, arrive at, reason out

v. decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion; "We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house"

Adverbs (0)

Adjectives (0)

Fuzzynyms (116)

influence

n. a cognitive factor that tends to have an effect on what you do; "her wishes had a great influence on his thinking"

condition, consideration, circumstance

n. information that should be kept in mind when making a decision; "another consideration is the time it would take"

component, factor

n. anything that contributes causally to a result; "a number of factors determined the outcome"

catalyst

n. something that causes an important event to happen; "the invasion acted as a catalyst to unite the country"

determinant, determiner, determinative, causal factor, determining factor

n. a determining or causal element or factor; "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life"

judgment, judgement, mind

n. an opinion formed by judging something; "he was reluctant to make his judgment known"; "she changed her mind"

faculty, mental faculty

n. one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind

position, view, perspective

n. a way of regarding situations or topics etc.; "consider what follows from the positivist view"

stand, point of view, viewpoint, standpoint

n. a mental position from which things are viewed; "we should consider this problem from the viewpoint of the Russians"; "teaching history gave him a special point of view toward current events"

intellect, reason, understanding

n. the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination; "we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil"

alibi

n. (law) a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in question

catalyst

n. something that causes an important event to happen; "the invasion acted as a catalyst to unite the country"

determinant, determiner, determinative, causal factor, determining factor

n. a determining or causal element or factor; "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life"

humor, wit, humour, witticism, wittiness

n. a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity has the power to evoke laughter

sense, connotation, intension

n. what you must know in order to determine the reference of an expression

cause

n. a justification for something existing or happening; "he had no cause to complain"; "they had good reason to rejoice"

motivation, motive, need

n. the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior; "we did not understand his motivation"; "he acted with the best of motives"

grounds, evidence

n. your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compelling"

intelligence, reasonableness, rationality, reason

n. the state of having good sense and sound judgment; "his rationality may have been impaired"; "he had to rely less on reason than on rousing their emotions"

mind, intellect

n. knowledge and intellectual ability; "he reads to improve his mind"; "he has a keen intellect"

brain, brainpower, mentality, wit, mental capacity, learning ability

n. mental ability; "he's got plenty of brains but no common sense"

judgment, judgement, sagacity, sagaciousness, discernment

n. the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations

perception, percept, perceptual experience

n. the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept

intelligence

n. the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience

wisdom, sapience

n. ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight

logic

n. reasoned and reasonable judgment; "it made a certain kind of logic"

judgment, judgement, mind

n. an opinion formed by judging something; "he was reluctant to make his judgment known"; "she changed her mind"

position, view, perspective

n. a way of regarding situations or topics etc.; "consider what follows from the positivist view"

stand, point of view, viewpoint, standpoint

n. a mental position from which things are viewed; "we should consider this problem from the viewpoint of the Russians"; "teaching history gave him a special point of view toward current events"

reason

n. a fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion; "there is reason to believe he is lying"

intellect, reason, understanding

n. the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination; "we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distinguishing good from evil"

mind, intellect

n. knowledge and intellectual ability; "he reads to improve his mind"; "he has a keen intellect"

debate, argue with oneself

v. argue with one another; "We debated the question of abortion"; "John debated Mary"

cogitate, deliberate

v. think about carefully; weigh; "They considered the possibility of a strike"; "Turn the proposal over in your mind"

study, analyze, analyse, examine

v. consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives"

fence, debate, contend, argue

v. have an argument about something

excuse, rationalize, justify, apologize, apologise

v. defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning; "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success"

fight, struggle, have a fight

v. be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight; "the tribesmen fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting"; "Militant groups are contending for control of the country"

swan, affirm, avow, swear, assert, aver

v. to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent"

feud, carry out a feud

v. carry out a feud; "The two professors have been feuding for years"

Synonyms (3)

get, come, arrive

v. reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight"

Antonyms (11)

venture, hazard, guess

v. put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation; "I am guessing that the price of real estate will rise again"; "I cannot pretend to say that you are wrong"

estimate, gauge, guess, judge, approximate

v. judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time); "I estimate this chicken to weigh three pounds"

guess, infer

v. guess correctly; solve by guessing; "He guessed the right number of beans in the jar and won the prize"

intuit

v. know or grasp by intuition or feeling

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