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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | realistic, reasonable |
| Synonyms: | all there, astute, attentive, au courant, aware, canny, cognizant, commonsensical, conscious, consequent, conversant, cool*, discerning, discreet, discriminating, down-to-earth, far-sighted, having all one's marbles, in right mind, informed, intelligent, judicious, knowing, logical, matter-of-fact, practical, prudent, rational, sagacious, sage, sane, sentient, shrewd, sober, sound, together, well-reasoned, well-thought-out, wise, witting |
| Notes: | sensible means showing reason or sound judgment; sensitive means responsive to physical stimuli or having the capacity or ability of perceiving with a sense or senses |
| Antonyms: | indiscreet, senseless, unrealistic, unreasonable, unwise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sound |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | logical, reasonable |
| Synonyms: | accurate, advisable, all there, cogent, commonsensical, consequent, convincing, cool*, correct, deep, exact, fair, faultless, flawless, got it together, impeccable, intellectual, judicious, just, levelheaded, orthodox, precise, profound, proper, prudent, rational, reliable, responsible, right, right-minded, right-thinking, satisfactory, satisfying, sensible, sober, solid, telling, thoughtful, together*, true, trustworthy, valid, well-advised, well-founded, well-grounded, wise |
| Antonyms: | illogical, unbelievable, unfathomable, unreasonable, unsound |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sparing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | careful, economical |
| Synonyms: | avaricious, canny, chary, close, cost-conscious, frugal, humane, mean, money-conscious, parsimonious, provident, prudent, saving, stewardly, stingy, thrifty, tight, tight-fisted, tolerant, ungiving, unwasteful, wary |
| Antonyms: | careless, lavish, spendthrift, uncareful |
| Main Entry: | tactful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thoughtful, careful |
| Synonyms: | adroit, aware, cautious, civil, considerate, courteous, deft, delicate, diplomatic, discreet, gentle, judicious, observant, perceptive, poised, polished, polite, politic, prudent, sensitive, skilled, skillful, suave, subtle, sympathetic, tactical, understanding, urbane, wise |
| Antonyms: | careless, indiscreet, tactless, unthoughtful |
| Main Entry: | tactical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | strategic |
| Synonyms: | calculated, clever, cunning, deliberate, diplomatic, planned, politic, prudent, skillful, smart, well-planned |
| Main Entry: | thoughtful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | caring, mindful |
| Synonyms: | anxious, astute, attentive, aware, benign, canny, careful, cautious, charitable, chivalrous, circumspect, civil, concerned, considerate, cooperative, courteous, deliberate, diplomatic, discreet, friendly, gallant, gracious, heedful, helpful, indulgent, kind, kindly, neighborly, obliging, observant, observative, observing, polite, prudent, regardful, responsive, sensitive, social, solicitous, tactful, unselfish, wary, well thought-out, well-bred |
| Antonyms: | careless, heedless, inattentive, inconsiderate, uncaring, unmindful, unthoughtful |
| Main Entry: | thrifty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | economical |
| Synonyms: | canny, careful, chary, cheap, chintzy, close*, close-fisted, conserving, frugal, mean, parsimonious, penny-pinching, preserving, provident, prudent, saving, scrimpy, sparing, steal, stingy*, tight*, unwasteful |
| Notes: | frugal refers more directly to practicing economy in the course of shopping for goods or services, whereas thrifty applies more to the preservation of funds |
| Antonyms: | extravagant, spendthrift, uneconomical, wasteful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | careful, cautious |
| Synonyms: | alert, attentive, cagey, calculating, canny, chary, circumspect, considerate, discreet, distrustful, doubting, frugal, gingerly, guarded, handling with kid gloves, heedful, keeping on one's toes, leery, on guard, on the lookout, on the qui vive, provident, prudent, safe, saving, sly, sparing, suspicious, thinking twice, thrifty, unwasteful, vigilant, walking on eggs, watchful, watching one's step, watching out, wide-awake |
| Notes: | to be wary is to be cautious or watchful; weary means fatigued or tired |
| Antonyms: | careless, foolish, heedless, incautious, indiscreet, rash, reckless |
| Main Entry: | well |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lucky, fortunate |
| Synonyms: | advisable, agreeable, bright, comfortable, fine, fitting, flourishing, good, happy, pleasing, profitable, proper, prosperous, providential, prudent, right, satisfactory, thriving, useful |
| Notes: | using good as an adverb in place of well ("she dances real good," "he did good") is nonstandard usage - so, it would be best to say "she dances very well," "he did well" well is an adverb to describe an activity; good is an adjective to describe a condition or state |
| Antonyms: | unfortunate, unhappy, unlucky |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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