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

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 14, 2026

Wall Street seems to be having trouble making sense of the flurry of news.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

She continued to record her notes as a way of making sense of what was happening.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

WTH: The art that I want to make looks at humans making sense of their lives and the world in a way that maybe we haven’t seen before.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2026

She was making sense, but I wasn’t letting myself listen.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes

making sense

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