Meanings
- alternativenot comparableAlternative form of common sense.
A voice kept saying, Are you sure you want to do that? His commonsense voice that had saved his hide many times.
2021, Colson Whitehead, Harlem Shuffle, Fleet, pages 294–2951 more example
It is the policy of my Administration to support America’s truckers and safeguard our roadways by enforcing the commonsense English-language requirement for commercial motor vehicle drivers and removing needless regulatory burdens that undermine the working conditions of America’s truck drivers.
2025 April 28, “ENFORCING COMMONSENSE RULES OF THE ROAD FOR AMERICA’S TRUCK DRIVERS”, in whitehouse.gov
- alternativeuncountableAlternative form of common sense.
With his usual dose of commonsense he recognized that nothing could really change the status quo, and all that a knee-crooking knave might do in protest was to sneak a line or two into his verse simply to let off steam […]
2009, Terence Barnett Magness, The Brood of Time, page 378
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveexhibiting native good judgment
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Cite this entry
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