make sense

1. 1.

   be reasonable or logical or comprehensible

   Synonymsadd up

   Broaderbe

Questions about make sense

What does make sense mean?

make sense means "be reasonable or logical or comprehensible".

What is another word for make sense?

Close synonyms include add up. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is make sense a common word?

make sense is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.