common-sense
Basic practical wisdom
Common-sense as an adjective means based on or showing good practical judgment: a common-sense approach to budgeting, common-sense solutions.
The hyphen typically appears when the phrase precedes a noun it modifies.
The unhyphenated noun phrase common sense refers to the basic ability to perceive and understand what most reasonable people would.
Instinctive immediate understanding
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- wisdomGood judgment from experience
- prudenceCareful, wise judgment
- pragmatismPractical problem-solving philosophy
reasoning · discernment · logic · rationality · savvy · shrewdness · levelheadedness · street smarts
Easily perceived, unmistakable
- self-evidentRequiring no demonstration
- straightforwardClear and uncomplicated
- basicFundamental in nature
- fundamentalForming the base
elementary · simple · plain · clear · apparent · evident · manifest · axiomatic
Knowledge through observation
- experiencePractical knowledge from life
- observationAttentive watching or remark
- innateExisting since birth
- LockeEnglish empiricist philosopher's surname
Reid · epistemology · foundationalism · intuitive knowledge · a priori · self-evidence · Moore · folk psychology
intuition
Instinctive immediate understanding
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- wisdomGood judgment from experience
- prudenceCareful, wise judgment
pragmatism · reasoning · discernment · logic · rationality · savvy · shrewdness · levelheadedness · street smarts · mother wit
obvious
Easily perceived, unmistakable
- self-evidentRequiring no demonstration
- straightforwardClear and uncomplicated
- basicFundamental in nature
fundamental · elementary · simple · plain · clear · apparent · evident · manifest · axiomatic · undeniable
empiricism
Knowledge through observation
- experiencePractical knowledge from life
- observationAttentive watching or remark
- innateExisting since birth
Locke · Reid · epistemology · foundationalism · intuitive knowledge · a priori · self-evidence · Moore · folk psychology · first principles
common-sensetheoretical
Based on hypothesis, untested
book learning · impractical · ivory-tower · academic · abstract
common-sensenonsensical
Without coherent meaning
senseless · absurd · irrational · foolish · unreasonable
common, sense, commonly, commonness, commons, commoner, commonest, uncommon, uncommonly