All reason synonyms
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R r noun reason
- law β software law
- brickbat β Brickbats are very critical or insulting remarks which are made in public about someone or something.
- actuation β to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives.
- coverup β an attempt to keep blunders, crimes, etc. from being disclosed
- objective β something that one's efforts or actions are intended to attain or accomplish; purpose; goal; target: the objective of a military attack; the objective of a fund-raising drive.
- carrot β Carrots are long, thin, orange-coloured vegetables. They grow under the ground, and have green shoots above the ground.
- factor β Christmas factor.
- annal β the recorded events of one year
- info β information.
- levelheadedness β The property of being levelheaded, stable, not overly swayed by passion.
- mobilisation β The act of mobilising.
- ideation β the process of forming ideas or images.
- actuations β to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives.
- foundation β the basis or groundwork of anything: the moral foundation of both society and religion.
- lowdown β the real and unadorned facts; the true, secret, or inside information (usually preceded by the): We gave them the lowdown on the new housing project.
- deducement β an assumption or deduction
- end β Come or bring to a final point; finish.
- iq β intelligence quotient
- apperception β the attainment of full awareness of a sensation or idea
- common sense β Your common sense is your natural ability to make good judgments and to behave in a practical and sensible way.
- cognition β Cognition is the mental process involved in knowing, learning, and understanding things.
- cleanup β A cleanup is the removing of dirt, pollution, crime, or corruption from somewhere.
- driving force β impetus
- faculties β an ability, natural or acquired, for a particular kind of action: a faculty for making friends easily.
- wisdom β the quality or state of being wise; knowledge of what is true or right coupled with just judgment as to action; sagacity, discernment, or insight.
- intelligence β capacity for learning, reasoning, understanding, and similar forms of mental activity; aptitude in grasping truths, relationships, facts, meanings, etc.
- cause β a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- occasion β a particular time, especially as marked by certain circumstances or occurrences: They met on three occasions.
- alibi β If you have an alibi, you can prove that you were somewhere else when a crime was committed.
- logic β the science that investigates the principles governing correct or reliable inference.
- why β for what? for what reason, cause, or purpose?: Why did you behave so badly?
- coherence β Coherence is a state or situation in which all the parts or ideas fit together well so that they form a united whole.
- case β A particular case is a particular situation or incident, especially one that you are using as an individual example or instance of something.
verb reason
- ideating β to form an idea, thought, or image of.
- intellectualize β to seek or consider the rational content or form of.
- mooted β open to discussion or debate; debatable; doubtful: Whether that was the cause of their troubles is a moot point.
- intellectualise β to seek or consider the rational content or form of.
- flash on β a brief, sudden burst of bright light: a flash of lightning.
- estimate β Roughly calculate or judge the value, number, quantity, or extent of.
- figure β a numerical symbol, especially an Arabic numeral.
- mull over β to study or ruminate; ponder.
- bandied β to pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take; trade; exchange: to bandy blows; to bandy words.
- guess β to arrive at or commit oneself to an opinion about (something) without having sufficient evidence to support the opinion fully: to guess a person's weight.
- kick around β to strike with the foot or feet: to kick the ball; to kick someone in the shins.
- deduce β If you deduce something or deduce that something is true, you reach that conclusion because of other things that you know to be true.
- infer β to derive by reasoning; conclude or judge from premises or evidence: They inferred his displeasure from his cool tone of voice.
- groupthink β the practice of approaching problems or issues as matters that are best dealt with by consensus of a group rather than by individuals acting independently; conformity.
- debate β A debate is a discussion about a subject on which people have different views.
- extrapolate β extrapolation
- add up β If facts or events do not add up, they make you confused about a situation because they do not seem to be consistent. If something that someone has said or done adds up, it is reasonable and sensible.