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. Matteo Renzi:

   It's absurd not to use common sense.

2. Oscar Auliq-Ice:

   There is always a contradiction between religion and common sense.

3. Bill Lavin:

   Here's the frustration : the polls say the vast majority are in favor of background checks and common-sense gun control, nobody is against the hunters. There are members of Sandy Hook families who are gun owners.

4. Massimo Improta:

   Common sense is prevailing in this beginning phase, we have not seen people without masks, we are not seeing gatherings.

5. Joe Biden:

   The idea an 18-year-old can buy weapons of war designed and marketed to kill is, I think, just wrong. It just violates common sense.

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