Meanings
comparative more level-headed · superlative most level-headed · alternative level headed · alternative levelheaded
- idiomaticSensible; rational; possessing sound judgment.
I'm very happy that the community around me is relatively level headed and usually within reason.
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I urge you to weigh calmly, deliberately, as cool, level-headed Canadians, the evidence produced by the prosecution.
1909, Ralph Connor, The Foreigner, chapter 7Synonyms: cool-headed, deliberative, even-tempered, stable, calm, steady, collected, composed · Antonyms: fiery, flappable, hotheaded, impetuous, rash
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveSensible; rational; possessing sound judgment.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveexercising or showing good judgment
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian уравновесен, здравомислещ
- уравновесен (uravnovesen)possessing sound judgement
- здравомислещ (zdravomislešt)possessing sound judgement
Chinese Mandarin 穩健 /稳健
- 穩健 /稳健 (wěnjiàn)possessing sound judgement
Dutch wijs, weloverwogen
- wijspossessing sound judgement
- weloverwogenpossessing sound judgement
Finnish järkevä, maltillinen
- järkeväpossessing sound judgement
- maltillinenpossessing sound judgement
German besonnen, überlegt
- besonnenpossessing sound judgement
- überlegtpossessing sound judgement
- vernünftigpossessing sound judgement
- ausgeglichenpossessing sound judgement
- umsichtigpossessing sound judgement
- kühlen Kopf bewahrendpossessing sound judgement
- unaufgeregtpossessing sound judgement
Hebrew כֹּבֶד רֹאשׁ
- כֹּבֶד רֹאשׁ (kóved rosh)possessing sound judgement
Hungarian higgadt
- higgadtpossessing sound judgement
Norwegian besindig
- besindigpossessing sound judgement
Polish zrównoważony, opanowany
- zrównoważonypossessing sound judgement
- opanowanypossessing sound judgement
Portuguese com a cabeça no lugar
- com a cabeça no lugarpossessing sound judgement
Romanian cumpătat, cu scaun la cap
- cumpătatpossessing sound judgement
- cu scaun la cappossessing sound judgement
- judiciospossessing sound judgement
Russian здравомы́слящий, рассуди́тельный
- здравомы́слящий (zdravomýsljaščij)possessing sound judgement
- рассуди́тельный (rassudítelʹnyj)possessing sound judgement
Spanish juicioso
- juiciosopossessing sound judgement
Ukrainian урівнова́жений, врівнова́жений
- урівнова́жений (urivnováženyj)possessing sound judgement
- врівнова́жений (vrivnováženyj)possessing sound judgement
- помірко́ваний (pomirkóvanyj)possessing sound judgement
Cite this entry
level-headed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/level-headed
“level-headed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/level-headed. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “level-headed,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/level-headed.
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