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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“Maybe he doesn’t remember that I’ve asked him to stop,” she writes in “The Sane One.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

Sane wash his words we must, because no matter how unhinged or infantile, the world’s safety, fortunes and future are inextricably tied to America’s next move, and therefore to his next move.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

Her husband, Shashank Sane, offered to handle their living expenses while she focused on paying off her student loans.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 28, 2026

In City's stellar side of 2017-18, Leroy Sane and Raheem Sterling would finish games with white paint on their boots after being stationed high and wide.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

Sane at lingua equus est pronis effusus habenis: Vox ciet, at sistit non nisi tota manus.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard

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