make sense

VERB

click

Synonyms

STRONGEST

get on

STRONG

go match succeed

WEAK

be compatible be on same wavelength become clear come off feel a rapport go off well go over hit it off make a hit meet with approval pan out prove out take to each other

VERB

cohere

Synonyms

STRONG

accord check comport conform correspond dovetail go harmonize hold relate square

WEAK

be connected be consistent check out fit in hang together hold water

Antonyms

STRONG

differ disagree fight mismatch refuse stop

WEAK

dispute divide fall off not conform separate

Example Sentences

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County include a special tax for cleaning up stormwater, and that imposing new regulations in this way doesn’t make sense.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Would it make sense to stay another year while continuing to research the situation?

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

Beyond the strategic implications, D-Wave’s deal make sense from an organizational standpoint.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

For Danny to fail to credit Rick as the co-author of the song he made into a hit doesn’t make sense legally or ethically.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Only, now it claimed François Fournier was currently in the server room, which didn’t make sense because he’d clocked out and left the building nearly three hours earlier.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

make sense

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