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making sense

ADJECTIVE

reasonable

Synonyms

STRONGEST

acceptable cheap equitable fair feasible honest humane impartial judicious justifiable legitimate modest objective plausible proper prudent rational restrained sane sensible understandable valid

WEAK

analytical average circumspect conservative controlled discreet fit inexpensive just knowing legit low-cost low-priced okay politic reflective right sapient sound standing to reason temperate unexcessive unextreme within reason

Antonyms

STRONGEST

assured biased bold invalid irrational partial prejudiced senseless unacceptable unfair unjust unlikely unrealistic unreasonable unsound unwarranted unwise

WEAK

expensive implausible impractical intolerable nonsensical outrageous stupid

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But they were also about to prove that they were already better than most humans at making sense of a tournament known for being completely insane.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

She continued to record her notes as a way of making sense of what was happening.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

The movie is me making sense of that mystery and beauty while also understanding that I have asthma because of them.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2026

"Religion may provide some way of making sense of the world, some sense of identity in relation to others, that can't easily be replaced by other forms of socialization," Oostrom said.

From Science Daily • Dec. 20, 2025

The words on the pages had stopped making sense, and nothing I could write was adequate to express the despair I felt.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers

making sense

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