'Reasonable' definitions:
Definition of 'reasonable'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Showing reason or sound judgment; "a sensible choice"; "a sensible person" [syn: reasonable, sensible] [ant: unreasonable]
adjective
adjective
Marked by sound judgment; "sane nuclear policy" [syn: reasonable, sane]
Definition of 'Reasonable'
From: GCIDE
- Reasonable \Rea"son*a*ble\ (r[=e]"z'n*[.a]*b'l), a. [OE. resonable, F. raisonnable, fr. L. rationabilis. See Reason, n.]
- 1. Having the faculty of reason; endued with reason; rational; as, a reasonable being. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Governed by reason; being under the influence of reason; thinking, speaking or acting rationally, or according to the dictates of reason; agreeable to reason; just; rational; as, the measure must satisfy all reasonable men. [1913 Webster]
- By indubitable certainty, I mean that which doth not admit of any reasonable cause of doubting. --Bp. Wilkins. [1913 Webster]
- Men have no right to what is not reasonable. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Not excessive or immoderate; within due limits; proper; as, a reasonable demand, amount, price. [1913 Webster]
- Let . . . all things be thought upon That may, with reasonable swiftness, add More feathers to our wings. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Rational; just; honest; equitable; fair; suitable; moderate; tolerable. See Rational. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Reasonable'
From: GCIDE
- Reasonable \Rea"son*a*ble\, adv. Reasonably; tolerably. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- I have a reasonable good ear in music. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'reasonable'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acceptable,
- admissible,
- all there,
- allowable,
- apparent,
- appropriate,
- arguable,
- balanced,
- believable,
- bright,
- budget,
- cheap,
- clearheaded,
- clearminded,
- cogent,
- commonsense,
- compos mentis,
- conceivable,
- conceptive,
- conceptual,
- condonable,
- consequent,
- conservative,
- controlled,
- cool,
- coolheaded,
- credible,
- defensible,
- discreet,
- discursive,
- dispensable,
- down-to-earth,
- earthy,
- easy,
- economic,
- economical,
- economy,
- equitable,
- excusable,
- exemptible,
- expiable,
- fair,
- forgivable,
- frugal,
- hardheaded,
- healthy-minded,
- ideational,
- inexpensive,
- inoffensive,
- intellectual,
- intelligent,
- judicious,
- just,
- justifiable,
- knowing,
- legitimate,
- levelheaded,
- logical,
- low,
- low-priced,
- lucid,
- manageable,
- matter-of-fact,
- mentally sound,
- moderate,
- modest,
- noetic,
- nominal,
- normal,
- not so dumb,
- of sound mind,
- pardonable,
- philosophical,
- plausible,
- popular,
- positivistic,
- practical,
- practical-minded,
- pragmatic,
- proper,
- rational,
- realist,
- realistic,
- reasoned,
- remissible,
- restrained,
- right,
- sane,
- sane-minded,
- scientific,
- scientistic,
- secular,
- sensible,
- shabby,
- shoddy,
- sober,
- sober-minded,
- sophic,
- sound,
- sound-minded,
- sound-thinking,
- straight-thinking,
- strong-minded,
- suitable,
- temperate,
- tenable,
- thinking,
- together,
- token,
- tolerable,
- understanding,
- unexcessive,
- unexpensive,
- unextravagant,
- unextreme,
- unideal,
- unidealistic,
- unobjectionable,
- unromantic,
- unsentimental,
- venial,
- vindicable,
- warrantable,
- well-argued,
- well-balanced,
- well-founded,
- well-grounded,
- well-thought-out,
- wholesome,
- wise,
- within means,
- within reason,
- worldly,
- worth the money
Words containing 'Reasonable'
- By reason of,
- For the reason that,
- In all reason,
- In reason,
- It is reason,
- Reason,
- Reasonableness,
- Reasonably,
- Reasoned,
- Reasoner,
- Reasoning,
- reason out,
- Rhyme or reason,
- To stand to reason,
- age of reason,
- deductive reasoning,
- inductive reasoning,
- line of reasoning,
- reason to believe,
- reasonable care,
- reasoning backward,
- reasoning by elimination,
- specious reasoning,
- without rhyme or reason