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Wiktionary1.0 / 2 votes

  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 Antonyms1.0 / 1 vote

  1. common sense

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

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

Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 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

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  1. Chuck Schumer:

    If their plans go into effect, Covid will linger longer and the chance of new variants and new more dangerous variants occurring increases, it is anti-science, anti-common sense. It makes no sense.

  2. Stoneman Douglas:

    President Donald Trump's a professional liar who will say anything to appease whatever crowd President Donald Trump's at, if President Donald Trump's in front of families, President Donald Trump might say something in support of common sense gun reform. But then when President Donald Trump's at the National Rifle Association, President Donald Trump'll say something to get a big cheer.

  3. Greg Gutfeld:

    He’s doing a heroic deed. He’s taking what we say on ‘The Five’ and dragging it into to his world and forcing them to hear our common sense.

  4. Bill Maher:

    And after every one of us winds up bearing the cost for cars to install this alarm, you know who's going to ignore it? Crackheads are the people who do it on purpose, a sensor light is not going to fix this problem and Democrats no longer possess the common sense to understand that not every problem in the world can be fixed with a regulation. But don't tell that to the advocacy groups who also want every future car in America to only start when the driver blows into a breathalyzer. Oh great, my other car is a Karen. You know, it's also not safe to drive when you're crying. Should we make a car that follows your texts and stops the engine when you're dumped?

  5. Press Secretary Josh Earnest:

    There are some common sense things that would have a tangible impact on reducing gun violence, congress could take those steps that would not infringe upon the constitutional rights of all law-abiding Americans.


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