Synonyms for sensible

Adjective

1. reasonable (vs. unreasonable), sensible, commonsense, commonsensible, commonsensical, healthy, intelligent, levelheaded, sound, logical, tenable, well-founded, fair#1, just, logical, rational, valid
usage: showing reason or sound judgment; "a sensible choice"; "a sensible person"
2. sensible (vs. insensible), sensitive, aware, conscious, sensitive
usage: able to feel or perceive; "even amoeba are sensible creatures"; "the more sensible p{ enveloping(a), shrouding(a), concealing,& (concealing by enclosing or wrapping as if in something that is not solid; "the enveloping darkness"; "hills concealed by shrouding mists") }arts of the skin"
3. sensible, thoughtful, serious (vs. frivolous)
usage: acting with or showing thought and good sense; "a sensible young man"
4. judicious, sensible, wise, prudent (vs. imprudent)
usage: marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense in practical matters; "judicious use of one's money"; "a sensible manager"; "a wise decision"
5. sensible, perceptible (vs. imperceptible)
usage: readily perceived by the senses; "the sensible universe"; "a sensible odor"
6. sensible, aware(predicate) (vs. unaware)
usage: aware intuitively or intellectually of something sensed; "made sensible of his mistakes"; "I am sensible that the mention of such a circumstance may appear trifling"- Henry Hallam; "sensible that a good deal more is still to be done"- Edmund Burke
7. judicious, sensible, advisable (vs. inadvisable)
usage: proceeding from good sense or judgment; "a sensible choice"
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