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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
It’s one reason the company’s international operating income fell 4% in the latest quarter.
Whole life, in contrast, carries fixed premiums and includes a cash-value component, so for that reason it comes at a much higher cost.
“You can use force for two reasons: One is self-defense, the other one is the U.N. Security Council resolution,” she said this week.
Johnson went on: “Everyone knows there is a big difference between a 15-year-old and a 5-year-old. But everyone also knows there is never a good reason to be talking about that difference.”
With retirement-plan loans, the employee doesn’t have to disclose the reason for taking the money out.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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