common-sensical
Based on logic
Common-sensical means showing or based on common sense—practical, reasonable, and grounded in everyday judgment rather than theory or abstraction.
The word is slightly awkward-sounding, which may explain why *commonsense* as an adjective often substitutes: a commonsense approach alongside a common-sensical solution.
Both describe thinking that most people would find obviously sound.
Showing sound judgment
- logicalBased on valid reasoning
- pragmaticFocused on workable solutions
- down-to-earthPractical and without pretension
- levelheadedCalm and judicious
no-nonsense · judicious · sound · prudent · rational · shrewd · astute · realistic
Arising without conscious thought
- naturalNot artificially produced
- obviousEasily perceived, unmistakable
- self-evidentRequiring no demonstration
- innateExisting since birth
visceral · spontaneous · automatic · reflexive · perceptive · insightful · unlearned · inherent
reasonable
Showing sound judgment
- logicalBased on valid reasoning
- pragmaticFocused on workable solutions
- down-to-earthPractical and without pretension
levelheaded · no-nonsense · judicious · sound · prudent · rational · shrewd · astute · realistic · matter-of-fact
instinctive
Arising without conscious thought
- naturalNot artificially produced
- obviousEasily perceived, unmistakable
- self-evidentRequiring no demonstration
innate · visceral · spontaneous · automatic · reflexive · perceptive · insightful · unlearned · inherent · inborn
common-sensicalabsurd
Wildly illogical
irrational · nonsensical · unreasonable · foolish · illogical
common-sensicalfanciful
Imaginatively unrealistic
fantastical · outlandish · far-fetched · impractical · unrealistic
common-sensicalcounterintuitive
Contrary to expectations
paradoxical · esoteric · arcane · abstruse · convoluted
common, sense, sensical, commonly, commons, commonness, commoner, uncommon, uncommonly