common sense

Questions about common sense

What is another word for common sense?

It depends which common sense you mean. In the sense “sound practical judgment”, the synonyms are good sense, gumption, horse sense, sense, mother wit. Across all 1 sense there are 5 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of common sense?

WordNet records no antonym for common sense. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for common sense come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of common sense

• Full entry for common senseAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for common senseWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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