Antonyms for common sensecom·mon sense

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1. common sensenoun

   Ordinary sensible understanding; one's basic intelligence which allows for plain understanding and without which good decisions or judgments cannot be made.

   Synonyms:
   good sense, native wit, mother wit

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. common sense

   Antonyms:
   fatuity, folly, foolishness, idiocy, imbecility, incapacity, senselessness, stupidity

   Synonyms:
   acuteness, astuteness, brilliancy, capacity, intelligence, sagacity, sense, soundness, wisdom

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. common sense, good sense, gumption, horse sense, sense, mother witnoun

   sound practical judgment

   "Common sense is not so common"; "he hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples"; "fortunately she had the good sense to run away"

   Synonyms:
   gumption, sensation, sentience, grit, sentiency, good sense, backbone, guts, sand, moxie, sense, horse sense, signified, sensory faculty, mother wit

How to use common sense in a sentence?

1. Matthew McReynolds:

   Acalanes High School and the district have defied common sense, ignored the law and broken parents’ trust, these administrators are acting like schoolyard bullies. If they think intimidation is going to work on us or these parents, they are greatly mistaken.

2. Sarah Feinberg:

   The apparatus that exists was to allow safety regulators to write and finalize common sense safety regulations that will protect people – protect their homes, protect their water, protect their children, protect their health – it’s totally broken, and the reason it’s totally broken is because the Congress and others – other administrations – will insert themselves into the process and take it over … from safety regulators and say, ‘I know better and I’m going to protect the industry from whatever you’re trying to force its hand on.’.

3. Amy Klobuchar:

   These are real threats to our democracy and the For The People Act takes them head on in a common sense way.

4. Francesca Dominici:

   That means that in these counties, we need to keep an even closer look to the social distancing measures, and we need to make sure that they are equipped to respond to those hospitalized with Covid-19, this is really, to me, utterly common sense.

5. Mateusz Morawiecki:

   President has done the proposal because he promised it but he won't push it, i hope some common sense solution will prevail on Swiss francs.

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