making sense

ADJECTIVE

reasonable

Synonyms

STRONGEST

acceptable cheap equitable fair feasible honest humane impartial judicious justifiable legitimate modest objective plausible proper prudent rational restrained sane sensible understandable valid

WEAK

analytical average circumspect conservative controlled discreet fit inexpensive just knowing legit low-cost low-priced okay politic reflective right sapient sound standing to reason temperate unexcessive unextreme within reason

Antonyms

STRONGEST

assured biased bold invalid irrational partial prejudiced senseless unacceptable unfair unjust unlikely unrealistic unreasonable unsound unwarranted unwise

WEAK

expensive implausible impractical intolerable nonsensical outrageous stupid

Example Sentences

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But then the pandemic hit, along with various other life events, and she says it "kept making sense" to stay.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026

But as more analysts bang the drum, this puzzling quantum play might finally start making sense.

From Barron's • Jun. 15, 2026

This is why the human work was indispensable to making sense of OpenAI’s discovery.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 14, 2026

Genre-bending authors are often well-suited to making sense of the daily horrors and subtle corrosions.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

“You are all Burke Allens,” I said, because it was just now making sense to me.

From "Louisiana's Way Home" by Kate DiCamillo