Term: reasonable





reasonable (adj) /ˈriː.zən.ə.bəl/

Similar to: fair; sensible; logical; moderate; acceptable
Definition: based on or using good judgment and common sense; fair and practical; or (of a price) not too expensive.
Translation: saprātīgs, pamatots, pieņemams (par cenu), taisnīgs
Examples: “It is a reasonable request to ask for more time to finish the project.” “The restaurant offers high-quality food at a very reasonable price.” “He is a reasonable person who is always willing to listen to other points of view.”


Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
reasonable (adjective)
1.
a) being in accordance with - reason a reasonable theory
b) not extreme or excessive - reasonable requests
c) - moderate fair a reasonable chance a reasonable price
d) - inexpensive
2.
a) having the faculty of reason
b) possessing sound judgment - a reasonable man
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
reasonable (adjective)
1.
according to the rules of logic
SYNONYMS:
analytic ( analytical), coherent, consequent, good, rational, reasonable, sensible, sound, valid, well-founded, well-grounded
RELATED WORDS:
a posteriori, a priori, syllogistic; cognitive, empirical ( empiric); defendable, defensible, justifiable, maintainable, supportable, sustainable, tenable
NEAR ANTONYMS:
casuistic ( casuistical), eristic ( eristical), fallacious, misleading, sophistic ( sophistical), specious; unarticulated; unscientific; absurd, cockeyed, crazy, daffy, fatuous, half-baked, half-witted, harebrained, insane, loony ( looney), mad, nonsensical, nutty, preposterous, simpleminded, stupid, weak-minded, witless; senseless, thoughtless; uncompelling, unconvincing
illegitimate, illogical, incoherent, inconsequent, inconsequential, invalid, irrational, unreasonable, unsound, weak
reasonable (adjective)
2.
based on sound reasoning or information
SYNONYMS:
commonsense, commonsensible, commonsensical, firm, hard, informed, just, justified, levelheaded, logical, rational, reasonable, reasoned, sensible, sober, solid, valid, well-founded
RELATED WORDS:
actual, real, true; certain, sure; certified, validated, verified; confirmed, corroborated, substantiated; cogent, convincing; colorable, credible, plausible
NEAR ANTONYMS:
unsubstantiated, unsupported, unwarranted; flimsy, implausible, unconvincing, weak; fallacious, false, misguided, misled
groundless, illogical, invalid, irrational, nonrational, nonsensical, nonvalid, unfounded, uninformed, unjustified, unreasonable, unreasoned, unsound
reasonable (adjective)
3.
costing little
SYNONYMS:
affordable, bargain-basement, budget, cheapie, cheapo, chintzy, cut-price, cut-rate, dime-store, dirt cheap, el cheapo, inexpensive, low, low-end, popular, reasonable
RELATED WORDS:
cheapish, moderate; discount, discounted, fire-sale, lowered, reduced; wholesale; valueless, worthless; supercheap, ultracheap
NEAR ANTONYMS:
increased, inflated; exorbitant, extravagant, overpriced, prohibitive, prohibitory, steep, stiff, superexpensive, ultraexpensive, unreasonable; invaluable, priceless; luxurious
costly, dear, deluxe, expensive, high, high-ticket, precious, premium, pricey ( pricy), spendy [], valuable
reasonable (adjective)
4.
having the ability to reason
SYNONYMS:
intelligent, reasonable, reasoning, thinking
RELATED WORDS:
analytic ( analytical), logical; brainy, cerebral, highbrow, highbrowed, intellectual; cognitional, cognitive, mental; levelheaded, practical, sane, sensible, sober
NEAR ANTONYMS:
brainless, dense, doltish, dopey ( dopy), dorky [], dull, dumb, fatuous, half-witted, mindless, obtuse, senseless, slow, stupid, thickheaded; fallacious, groundless, illogical, invalid, nonsensical
irrational, nonrational, nonthinking, unintelligent, unreasonable, unreasoning, unthinking
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