Antonyms for common sensecom·mon sense

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1. common sensenoun

   Ordinary sensible understanding; one's basic intelligence which allows for plain understanding and without which good decisions or judgments cannot be made.

   Synonyms:
   good sense, native wit, mother wit

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. common sense

   Antonyms:
   fatuity, folly, foolishness, idiocy, imbecility, incapacity, senselessness, stupidity

   Synonyms:
   acuteness, astuteness, brilliancy, capacity, intelligence, sagacity, sense, soundness, wisdom

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. common sense, good sense, gumption, horse sense, sense, mother witnoun

   sound practical judgment

   "Common sense is not so common"; "he hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples"; "fortunately she had the good sense to run away"

   Synonyms:
   gumption, sensation, sentience, grit, sentiency, good sense, backbone, guts, sand, moxie, sense, horse sense, signified, sensory faculty, mother wit

How to use common sense in a sentence?

1. Gwendolyn Bobo:

   I want to be optimistic because this is beyond law or anything else. It’s common sense, it’s just reasoning and doing what’s right.

2. Albert Einstein:

   Common sense is that layer of prejudices which we acquire before we are sixteen.

3. Laura Edwards-Leeper:

   Children learn a great deal from what they see represented in Common Sense Media and they look for characters with whom they can identify.

4. Stephen Sweeney:

   They gave their unanimous support before because it is a common-sense, public safety bill that will help reduce gun violence. They will have another opportunity when the legislation is posted for another vote.

5. Aaron Balcom:

   Common sense dictates that I can not literally vanish a half million square foot monument. But it is conceivable that I can, for a short period of time, cause that monument to appear invisible to our audience.

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