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Synonyms for reason

cause

Synonyms

  • cause
  • grounds
  • purpose
  • motive
  • end
  • goal
  • design
  • target
  • aim
  • basis
  • occasion
  • object
  • intention
  • incentive
  • warrant
  • impetus
  • inducement
  • why and wherefore

justification

Synonyms

  • justification
  • case
  • grounds
  • defence
  • argument
  • explanation
  • excuse
  • apology
  • rationale
  • exposition
  • vindication
  • apologia

sense

Synonyms

  • sense
  • mind
  • reasoning
  • understanding
  • brains
  • judgment
  • logic
  • mentality
  • intellect
  • comprehension
  • apprehension
  • sanity
  • rationality
  • soundness
  • sound mind
  • ratiocination

Antonyms

  • feeling
  • emotion
  • instinct
  • sentiment

deduce

Synonyms

  • deduce
  • conclude
  • work out
  • solve
  • resolve
  • make out
  • infer
  • draw conclusions
  • think
  • ratiocinate
  • syllogize

by reason of

Synonyms

  • on account of
  • through
  • because of
  • due to
  • as a result of
  • owing to
  • by virtue of
  • as a consequence of

in or within reason

Synonyms

  • within limits
  • within reasonable limits
  • within bounds

reason with someone

Synonyms

  • persuade
  • debate with
  • remonstrate with
  • bring round
  • urge
  • win over
  • argue with
  • dispute with
  • dissuade
  • prevail upon
  • expostulate with
  • show (someone) the error of his ways
  • talk into or out of

with reason

Synonyms

  • justifiably
  • rightly
  • legitimately
  • justly
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for reason

a basis for an action or a decision

Synonyms

  • cause
  • ground
  • motivation
  • motive
  • spring

a justifying fact or consideration

Synonyms

  • basis
  • foundation
  • justification
  • warrant

a statement of causes or motives

Synonyms

  • account
  • explanation
  • justification
  • rationale
  • rationalization

a fact or circumstance that gives logical support to an assertion, claim, or proposal

Synonyms

  • argument
  • ground
  • proof
  • wherefore
  • why

that which provides a reason or justification

Synonyms

  • call
  • cause
  • ground
  • justification
  • necessity
  • occasion
  • wherefore
  • why

exact, valid, and rational reasoning

Synonyms

  • logic
  • ratiocination
  • rationality

what is sound or reasonable

Synonyms

  • logic
  • rationale
  • rationality
  • rationalness
  • sense

a healthy mental state

Synonyms

  • lucidity
  • lucidness
  • mind
  • saneness
  • sanity
  • sense
  • soundness
  • wit
  • marble
The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Synonyms for reason

a rational motive for a belief or action

Synonyms

  • ground

Related Words

  • rational motive
  • occasion
  • account
  • score
  • wherefore
  • why

an explanation of the cause of some phenomenon

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  • explanation
  • account

the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination

Synonyms

  • intellect
  • understanding

Related Words

  • faculty
  • mental faculty
  • module

the state of having good sense and sound judgment

Synonyms

  • rationality
  • reasonableness

Related Words

  • saneness
  • sanity

a justification for something existing or happening

Synonyms

  • cause
  • grounds

Related Words

  • justification

a fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion

Related Words

  • fact
  • indication
  • contraindication

decide by reasoning

Synonyms

  • conclude
  • reason out

Related Words

  • cerebrate
  • cogitate
  • think
  • induce
  • deduce
  • derive
  • infer
  • deduct
  • syllogise
  • syllogize
  • feel
  • find
  • gather
  • extrapolate
  • generalize
  • generalise

present reasons and arguments

Synonyms

  • argue

Related Words

  • re-argue
  • present
  • lay out
  • represent
  • expostulate
  • defend
  • fend for
  • support

think logically

Related Words

  • cerebrate
  • cogitate
  • think
  • rationalise away
  • rationalize away
  • theorize
  • ratiocinate
  • compute
  • calculate
  • cipher
  • cypher
  • figure
  • reckon
  • work out
  • categorise
  • categorize
  • speculate
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