horse sense

Questions about horse sense

What is another word for horse sense?

It depends which horse sense you mean. In the sense “sound practical judgment”, the synonyms are common sense, good sense, gumption, 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 horse sense?

WordNet records no antonym for horse 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 horse 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 horse sense

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