reasonableadjective
uk/ˈriː.zən.ə.bəl/us/ˈriː.zən.ə.bəl/B2 based on or using good judgment and therefore fair and practical:
If you tell him what happened, I'm sure he'll understand - he's a reasonable man.
He went free because the jury decided there was a reasonable doubt about his guilt.
B1 acceptable:
We had a reasonable journey.
We have a strong team and a reasonable chance of winning the game.
B1 not too expensive:
Tomatoes are very reasonable at this time of year.
More examples
- She's earning a reasonable wage, but nothing to what she could if she was in the private sector.
- For good pizzas at a reasonable price they're unbeatable.
- The committee felt that newspaper coverage of the murder went beyond reasonable bounds.
- He reached a reasonable level of competence in his English.
- I'd like to think I'm open to any reasonable suggestion.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Wise and sensible
- an old/a wise head on young shoulders idiom
- be a victory for common sense idiom
- canny
- discerning
- discriminating
- far-sighted
- gnomic
- legitimacy
- neatly
- no flies on sb idiom
- no-nonsense
- out of the mouths of babes (and sucklings) idiom
- perspective
- right-minded
- sagacious
- sage
- savoir-faire
- sensible
- wise
- wisely
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Quite good, or not very good
reasonableness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈriː.zən.ə.bəl.nəs/us/ˈriː.zən.ə.bəl.nəs/