reasonable
reasonable is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Governed by reason; being under influence of reason; thinking, speaking or acting rationally, or according to the dictates of reason; agreeable to reason; just; rational; as, the measure must satisfy all reasonable men. By indubitable certainty, I mean that which doth not admit of any reasonable cause of doubting. Bp. Wilkins. Men have no right to what is not reasonable. Burke.
- 2.Not excessive or immoderate; within due limits; proper; as, a reasonable demand, amount, price. Let . . . all things be thought upon That may, with reasonable swiftness, add More feathers to you wings. Shak. See Rational.
- 3.Reasonable; tolerably. [Obs.] I have a reasonable good ear in music. Shak.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- according
- admission
- against
- all
- and
- any
- apparent
- apparently
- appearance
- aquila
- are
- armed
- bad
- bare
- bargain
- become
- belief
- believe
- belike
- ben
- bid
- bizarre
- bold
- bon
- bring
- buy
- catchpenny
- chance
- charge
- cheap
- cheapness
- circumstantial
- clear
- color
- colorable
- come
- contrary
- cost
- costless
- count
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is reasonable.
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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