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reason
noun as in mental analysis
Strong matches
- acumen
- apprehension
- argumentation
- bounds
- brain
- brains
- comprehension
- deduction
- dialectics
- discernment
- generalization
- induction
- inference
- intellect
- intellection
- judgment
- limits
- lucidity
- marbles
- mentality
- mind
- moderation
- propriety
- ratiocination
- rationalism
- rationality
- rationalization
- reasonableness
- saneness
- sanity
- senses
- sensibleness
- soundness
- speculation
- understanding
- wisdom
- wit
Weak match
noun as in intention, aim
noun as in explanation for an action
verb as in mentally analyze
Strongest matches
Strong matches
verb as in argue, persuade
Example Sentences
“The No. 1 reason why they play ‘Call of Duty’ is actually because their friends are there,” said Bahl of Activision.
“A lot of people around me who were doing the same thing were either lost or dying. That’s the main reason I enrolled in mortuary school.”
That offense is the reason opposing coaches like to play zone defense against La Cañada.
“That would be the only reason we wouldn’t have returned,” she said about the possibility of people not going back.
Other critics of looser regulation point out that since the 2008-09 financial crisis, regulators have been highly restrictive about who could launch a bank and what banks can do—for good reason, they say.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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