Meanings
sane1
comparative saner · superlative sanest
- Being in a healthy condition; not deranged; thinking rationally.
a sane mind
- Mentally sound; possessing a rational mind; having the mental faculties in such condition as to be able to anticipate and judge the effect of one's actions in an ordinary manner.
a sane person
1 more example
Shepard: What's wrong with your assistant? Dr. Warren: Manuel has a brilliant mind, but he's always been a bit... unstable. Genius and madness are two sides of the same coin. Dr. Manuel: Is it madness to see the future? To see the destruction rushing towards us? To understand there is no escape? No hope? No, I am not mad. I'm the only sane one left! Dr. Warren: I gave him an extra dose of his meds after the attack.
2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Eden PrimeSynonyms: in one's right mind, play with a full deck
- Rational; reasonable; sensible.
Try to go to bed at a sane time before your exams.
SANE2
plural SANEs
- abbreviationinitialismInitialism of sexual assault nurse examiner.
- abbreviationellipsisastrophysicsEllipsis of SANE disc, a type of black hole accretion disc.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveMentally sound; possessing a rational mind; having the mental faculties in such condition as to be able to anticipate and judge the effect of one's actions in an ordinary manner.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivementally healthy; free from mental disorder
adjectivemarked by sound judgment; having good reason
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinsānus“healthy; sane”
- Englishsane
Learned borrowing from Latin sānus (“healthy; sane”). Doublet of sound.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek σώφρων, σώφρων
- σώφρων (sṓphrōn)mentally healthy
- σώφρων (sṓphrōn)mentally sound; possessing a rational mind
Arabic عَاقِل
- عَاقِل (ʕāqil)mentally healthy
Bulgarian разумен, здравомислещ
- разумен (razumen)mentally healthy
- здравомислещ (zdravomislešt)mentally sound; possessing a rational mind
Chinese Mandarin 神志正常, 頭腦清楚 /头脑清楚
- 神志正常 (shénzhì zhèngcháng)mentally healthy
- 頭腦清楚 /头脑清楚 (tóunǎo qīngchu)mentally healthy
- 頭腦清晰 /头脑清晰 (tóunǎo qīngxī)mentally healthy
- 神志正常 (shénzhì zhèngcháng)mentally sound; possessing a rational mind
- 頭腦清楚 /头脑清楚 (tóunǎo qīngchu)mentally sound; possessing a rational mind
- 頭腦清晰 /头脑清晰 (tóunǎo qīngxī)mentally sound; possessing a rational mind
Czech příčetný, duševně zdravý
- příčetnýmentally healthy
- duševně zdravýmentally healthy
- rozumnýmentally sound; possessing a rational mind
Esperanto mense sana, prudenta
- mense sanamentally healthy
- prudentamentally healthy
- prudentamentally sound; possessing a rational mind
- raciamentally sound; possessing a rational mind
Finnish terve, järjissään
- tervementally healthy
- järjissäänmentally healthy
- tervejärkinenmentally sound; possessing a rational mind
French sain, sain d'esprit
- sainmentally healthy
- sain d'espritmentally sound; possessing a rational mind
German vernünftig, zurechnungsfähig
- vernünftigmentally healthy
- zurechnungsfähigmentally sound; possessing a rational mind
- vernünftigmentally sound; possessing a rational mind
Greek σώφρων
- σώφρων (sófron)mentally healthy
Hebrew שָׁפוּי
- שָׁפוּי (shafúy)mentally healthy
Indonesian waras
- warasmentally healthy
Italian sano (di mente), ragionevole
- sano (di mente)mentally healthy
- ragionevolementally sound; possessing a rational mind
Norwegian tilregnelig, fornuftig
- tilregneligmentally healthy
- fornuftigmentally healthy
Polish rozsądny
- rozsądnymentally sound; possessing a rational mind
Portuguese são
- sãomentally healthy
Romanian sănătos, rațional
- sănătosmentally healthy
- raționalmentally sound; possessing a rational mind
Russian в своём уме́, в здра́вом уме́
- в своём уме́ (v svojóm umé)mentally healthy
- в здра́вом уме́ (v zdrávom umé)mentally healthy
- вменя́емый (vmenjájemyj)mentally healthy
- здравомы́слящий (zdravomýsljaščij)mentally healthy
- норма́льный (normálʹnyj)mentally healthy
- здравомы́слящий (zdravomýsljaščij)mentally sound; possessing a rational mind
Spanish cuerdo, estar en su acuerdo
- cuerdomentally healthy
- estar en su acuerdomentally healthy
- cuerdomentally sound; possessing a rational mind
Swahili razini, razini
- razinimentally healthy
- razinimentally sound; possessing a rational mind
Swedish förnuftig
- förnuftigmentally healthy
Yiddish קלאָר
- קלאָר (klor)mentally healthy
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Cite this entry
sane. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sane
“sane.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sane. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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