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Synonyms for common sense
com·mon sense
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Wiktionary
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 Antonyms
common sense
Synonyms:
acuteness, astuteness, brilliancy, capacity, intelligence, sagacity, sense, soundness, wisdomAntonyms:
fatuity, folly, foolishness, idiocy, imbecility, incapacity, senselessness, stupidity
Princeton's WordNet
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
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#2526 | intelligence | |
#4278 | sand | |
#5174 | wisdom | |
#12945 | sensation | |
#14066 | backbone | |
#19903 | guts | |
#22757 | grit | |
#36550 | soundness | |
#44866 | moxie | |
#51234 | signified | |
#91928 | sagacity | |
#98840 | sentience | |
#109205 | gumption | |
#118635 | brilliancy | |
#177701 | acuteness | |
#249232 | astuteness |
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Common sense always speaks too late. Common sense is the guy who tells you ought to have had your brakes relined last week before you smashed a front end this week. Common sense is the Monday morning quarterback who could have won the ball game if he had been on the team. But he never is. He's high up in the stands with a flask on his hip. Common sense is the little man in a gray suit who never makes a mistake in addition. But it's always somebody else's money he's adding up.
What good is all the screening at the front door if we are not paying attention enough at the back door? The answer is common sense.
We need to keep guns in check and out of the way of those who can harm others and themselves, we don’t want to take away guns. What I mean is common sense solutions-making sure guns don’t fall into young children’s hands, locking guns in a safe place, reporting when guns go missing.
Unfortunately, we have too many people that … hopefully they change their mind that the biggest threat is the climate change right now because we have much bigger problems right now and we have lack of common sense, we have a lack of common sense in Europe, but we also have lack of common sense in our country, and it's created instability, bloodshed and a lot of problems. So we need to be smarter. And I think, you know, this president needs to understand if we want to tip the scale and make President Putin listen to us, the most effective way to do it is stop financing his war.
I’m concentrating on finishing my term well as governor, i do want to be a voice that talks about conservative, common sense ideas, and we’ll see where that leads.
Translations for common sense
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- senyCatalan, Valencian
- zdravý rozum, selský rozumCzech
- gesunder MenschenverstandGerman
- κοινός νους, κοινή λογικήGreek
- sentido comúnSpanish
- terve mõistusEstonian
- maalaisjärki, arkijärki, järkiFinnish
- sens commun, bon sensFrench
- שכל הישר, היגיון פשוטHebrew
- józan észHungarian
- almenn skynsemiIcelandic
- buonsenso, buon sensoItalian
- שכל ישרHebrew
- 常識Japanese
- sunn fornuftNorwegian
- gezond verstandDutch
- sunn fornuftNorwegian Nynorsk
- zdrowy rozsądekPolish
- senso comum, bom sensoPortuguese
- bun-simțRomanian
- здравый смыслRussian
- zdrava pametSlovene
- sunt förnuftSwedish
- akiliSwahili
- sağduyuTurkish
- שׂכל, פּראָסט זינעןYiddish
- 常識Chinese
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