good sense
Practical mental clarity
Good sense is sound practical judgment—the ability to think and act reasonably in everyday situations.
It overlaps with common sense but emphasizes measured, thoughtful decision-making rather than instinct: She had the good sense to keep quiet.
Someone with good sense avoids obvious mistakes and recognizes what a situation requires.
- nousFaculty of rational thought
- sagaciousnessQuality of keen insight
- sound judgmentWise decision-making ability
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- gumptionSpirited practical courage
discernment · wisdom · prudence · rationality · golden mean · thoughtfulness · sanity · right mind · foresight · logic · reason · sagacity · practical wisdom · clear thinking · measured · savvy · calm · cool head
- judgmentsound judgment, discernment, prudence, judiciousness, discretion
- Gramscihegemony, cultural hegemony, subaltern, civil society, praxis
- mental claritymental clarity, lucidity, clear thinking, clear head, clear-headedness
- calmnesscalmness, calm, tranquility, serenity, peacefulness
- folk wisdomproverb, folklore, folk sayings, saying, proverbs
- intellectintelligence, intellect, brainpower, mind, cognition
good sensefoolishness
Unwise conduct
folly · poor judgment · senselessness · stupidity · idiocy
good senseirrationality
Absence of logic
unreason · nonsense · absurdity · recklessness · rashness
good senserecklessness
Careless disregard for danger
imprudence · rashness · carelessness · thoughtlessness · heedlessness
good, sense, nonsense, sensitive, sensible, sensitivity, senseless, nonsensical, sensing