Definitions

sane

[seyn] / seɪn /

ADJECTIVE

mentally sound; reasonable

Synonyms

STRONGEST

balanced fair-minded healthy intelligent levelheaded logical lucid normal prudent rational sensible sober wise

WEAK

all there both oars in water commonsensical compos mentis discerning fit having all marbles in one's right mind judicious moderate of sound mind oriented playing with full deck right right-minded sagacious sage sapient self-possessed sound steady together well

Antonyms

STRONGEST

foolish irrational stupid unbalanced unintelligent unrealistic unreasonable unwise

WEAK

crazy insane unsound unstable

Example Sentences

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Learning to prioritize the tasks has kept him more sane during his second season in one of the most high-profile coaching jobs in sports, he said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026

What kept them sane was talking among themselves about memories of their past lives, Rumyantsev recalled.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

“When a person needs an ER doctor, no sane person stops to ask about the doctor’s race,” she says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

"It keeps me sane, keeps my mind at ease," he said.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2026

Because what other love-longing, wife-craving, homesick creature would remain so pacingly calm, so nervously resolute, so crazily sane, as long as Abel had?

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig

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