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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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#1686 | capacity | |
#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 |
How to use common sense in a sentence?
The last time anybody made a list of the top hundred character attributes of New Yorkers, common sense snuck in at number 79.
Logic, common sense tells me he will decide not to run.
Common sense and sense of humor are the same thing moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.
We seldom attribute common sense except to those who agree with us.
The question is just: is there a way of accommodating that legitimate set of traditions with some common-sense stuff that prevents a 21-year-old who is angry about something or confused about something or is racist or is deranged from going into a gun store.
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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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