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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | recommended, wise |
| Synonyms: | appropriate, apt, commendable, desirable, expedient, fit, fitting, judicious, politic, prudent, seemly, sensible, sound, suggested, suitable, tactical |
| Antonyms: | improper, imprudent, inadvisable, inappropriate, injudicious, uncorrect, unwise |
| Main Entry: | expedient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | worthwhile, appropriate |
| Synonyms: | ad hoc, advantageous, advisable, beneficial, convenient, desirable, discreet, effective, feasible, fit, fitting, helpful, judicious, meet, opportune, politic, possible, practicable, practical, pragmatic, profitable, proper, prudent, seasonable, suitable, tactical, timely, useful, utilitarian, wise |
| Antonyms: | inappropriate, inexpedient, unbeneficial, unprofitable, unworthwhile |
| Main Entry: | politic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wise, tactful |
| Synonyms: | adroit, advisable, canny*, cool, delicate, diplomatic, discreet, expedient, in one's best interests, judicious, on the lookout, perspicacious, prudent, sagacious, sensible, sharp, shrewd, smooth, tactical, tuned in, urbane |
| Antonyms: | impolitic, indiscreet, injudicious, tactless, unwise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | possible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | likely, attainable |
| Synonyms: | accessible, achievable, adventitious, advisable, available, breeze*, can do, cinch, conceivable, credible, dependent, desirable, doable, dormant, duck soup, easy as pie, expedient, feasible, fortuitous, hopeful, hypothetical, imaginable, indeterminate, latent, no sweat, obtainable, piece of cake, potential, practicable, probable, promising, pushover, realizable, setup, simple as ABC, snap, thinkable, uncertain, viable, welcome, within reach, workable |
| Notes: | feasible means capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are; possible means capable of happening or existing; probable means likely but not certain to be or become true or real possible means it could happen or be done; probable means it is likely to happen |
| Antonyms: | impossible, unattainable, ungettable, unlikely, unrealizable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | prudent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wise, sensible in action and thought |
| Synonyms: | advisable, canny, careful, cautious, circumspect, discerning, discreet, economical, far-sighted, frugal, hedging one's bets, judgmatic, judicious, leery, playing safe, politic, provident, reasonable, sagacious, sage, sane, sapient, shrewd, sound, sparing, tactical, thinking twice, thrifty, vigilant, wary |
| Notes: | prudent means careful and sensible or marked by sound judgment, while prudish means excessively proper or modest in speech, conduct or dress |
| Antonyms: | careless, imprudent, incautious, unwise |
| Main Entry: | reasonable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intelligent, practical |
| Synonyms: | advisable, all there, arguable, believable, cerebral, clear-cut, cognitive, commonsensical, conscious, consequent, consistent, cool*, credible, in one's right mind, judicious, justifiable, levelheaded, logical, perceiving, percipient, plausible, ratiocinative, rational, reasoned, reasoning, reflective, sane, sensible, sober, sound, tenable, thought-out, thoughtful, together*, tolerant, unbiased, unprejudiced, well-advised, wise |
| Antonyms: | implausible, impractical, nonsensical, stupid, unreasonable |
* = 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: | suitable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | appropriate, acceptable |
| Synonyms: | advisable, applicable, apposite, apt, becoming, befitting, commodious, condign, convenient, copacetic, correct, cut out for, deserved, due, expedient, felicitous, fit, fitting, good, good enough, handy, happy, in character, in keeping, just, kosher*, legit, meet, merited, nice, okay*, opportune, peachy, pertinent, politic, presentable, proper, reasonable, relevant, requisite, right, righteous, rightful, satisfactory, seemly, sufficient, suited, swell, up to snuff, useful, user friendly |
| Antonyms: | improper, inappropriate, irrelevant, unacceptable, unfitting, unsuitable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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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