good+sense

  • 101common sense — noun Ordinary sensible understanding; ones basic intelligence which allows for plain understanding and without which good decisions or judgments cannot be made. This common sense is the judge or moderator of the rest, by whom we discern all… …

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  • 102common sense — Synonyms and related words: admissibility, balance, cool head, coolheadedness, coolness, due sense of, good sense, gumption, horse sense, judgment, justifiability, justness, level head, levelheadedness, logic, logicality, logicalness, plain sense …

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  • 103common sense — noun Syn: good sense, native wit, good judgement, level headedness, prudence, wisdom; informal horse sense, nous; Brit.; informal common; N.Amer.; informal smarts Ant: stupidity …

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  • 104horse sense — Synonyms and related words: balance, common sense, cool head, coolheadedness, coolness, due sense of, good sense, gumption, judgment, level head, levelheadedness, plain sense, practical mind, practical wisdom, practicality, rationality, reason,… …

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  • 105common sense — noun well, at least you had the common sense to call 911 Syn: good sense, sense, native wit, sensibleness, judgment, levelheadedness, prudence, discernment, canniness, astuteness, shrewdness, wisdom, insight, perception, perspicacity;… …

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  • 106In good heart — Heart Heart (h[aum]rt), n. [OE. harte, herte, heorte, AS. heorte; akin to OS. herta, OFies. hirte, D. hart, OHG. herza, G. herz, Icel. hjarta, Sw. hjerta, Goth. ha[ i]rt[=o], Lith. szirdis, Russ. serdtse, Ir. cridhe, L. cor, Gr. kardi a, kh^r.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 107Common Sense, Philosophy of — • The term common sense designates (1) a special faculty, the sensus communis of the Aristotelean and Scholastic philosophy; (2) the sum of original principles found in all normal minds; (3) the ability to judge and reason in accordance with… …

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  • 108make sense — 1) to be practical and sensible It makes sense to keep such information on disk. It made good sense to continue with the reforms. 2) to be easy to understand Her argument makes perfect sense to me …

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  • 109common sense — n. ordinary good sense or sound practical judgment common sense adj. common sensical [käm′ən sen′si kəl] …

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  • 110Have a good nose for — 1. be able to search out or locate: good nose for bargains ; 2. have a propensity for; good sense of: good nose for business ; nose for pretension …

    Dictionary of Australian slang