common-sense

[kom-uhn sens] / ˈkɒm ən ˈsɛns /

ADJECTIVE

reasonable

Synonyms

WEAK

astute commonsensical cool down-to-earth hardheaded judicious levelheaded matter-of-fact practical rational realistic sane sensible shrewd sound

Antonyms

WEAK

foolish impractical insane unreasonable unsensible unsound

NOUN

sound judgment

Synonyms

STRONGEST

acumen good sense insight intelligence judgment logic practicality prudence rationality sense sound judgment wisdom wit

WEAK

cool experience good reasoning gumption horse sense levelheadedness mother wit reason reasonableness sensibleness sound sense soundness sweet reason wits

Antonyms

STRONGEST

ignorance ineptness irrationality stupidity

WEAK

foolishness impracticality insanity unreasonableness unsoundness

common sense

NOUN

sound judgment

Synonyms

STRONGEST

good sense horse sense intelligence practicality rationality rule of thumb sense sound judgment sound sense wisdom wit

STRONG

logic mother wit prudence

WEAK

acumen cool experience good reasoning gumption levelheadedness reason reasonableness sensibleness soundness sweet reason wits

Antonyms

STRONG

foolishness impracticality ineptness irrationality stupidity

WEAK

ignorance insanity unreasonableness

Example Sentences

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They added they trusted their audience to use "common sense" but indicated the videos were fake in their captions.

From BBC

“But he was kind of one of the lighthouses of integrity and common sense and spoke truth to power, but also got the powers to speak to one another.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Most Americans no doubt are relieved by the majority’s common sense.

From The Wall Street Journal

Leah responded, “In the name of common sense, how did they happen to be there, nearly six feet beneath the cellar bottom?”

From Literature

“The common sense of mankind demands that law shall not stop with the punishment of petty crimes by little people. It must also reach men who possess themselves of great power.”

From Salon

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