commonsense
Definition
- Adjective: Showing sound, practical judgment based on everyday experience and knowledge, rather than specialized expertise. It describes an approach or quality that is sensible, reasonable, and down-to-earth.
Usage
The adjective commonsense is used to describe ideas, approaches, advice, or people that are characterized by practical wisdom and good judgment. It is typically placed before a noun. - A commonsense approach to budgeting can prevent debt. - She offered some commonsense advice about the situation.
Examples
- The mayor proposed a commonsense solution to the traffic problem.
- Following commonsense safety rules is essential in the workshop.
- His argument was not complex but was grounded in commonsense principles.
Advanced Usage
- Commonsense reasoning: Refers to the basic, intuitive form of reasoning that most people share about the everyday world. It is a key concept in artificial intelligence and philosophy.
- Developing AI with commonsense reasoning is a major challenge for scientists.
Variants and Related Words
- Common sense (noun phrase): The sound judgment in practical matters that is supposedly shared by most people.
- It's just common sense to look both ways before crossing the street.
- Commonsensical (adjective): Having or showing common sense. It is a less common synonym.
- Her commonsensical view helped calm everyone down.
Synonyms
- Sensible: Having or showing good sense or judgment.
- Practical: Concerned with the actual doing or use of something rather than theory.
- Down-to-earth: Sensible and realistic.
- Prudent: Acting with or showing care for the future.
Antonyms
- Impractical: Not adapted for use or action; not sensible.
- Unreasonable: Not guided by or based on good sense.
- Irrational: Not logical or reasonable.
Idioms and Phrases
- A matter of common sense: Something that should be obvious to any reasonable person.
- Wearing a seatbelt is a matter of common sense.
- To appeal to common sense: To argue based on what is generally accepted as sensible.
- The politician tried to appeal to common sense rather than complex data.
Adjective
- exhibiting native good judgment
- arrive home at a reasonable hour
- commonsense scholarship on the foibles of a genius
- unlearned and commonsensical countryfolk were capable of solving problems that beset the more sophisticated
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