Commonsense — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

exhibiting native good judgment

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kɹˈʌmblɪŋz/

🇬🇧British English

/dɪspɹˈaɪzd/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dɪspɹˈaɪzd/

3 syllables Say it as /kɹˈʌmblɪŋz/.

Examples

arrive home at a reasonable hour
commonsense scholarship on the foibles of a genius
unlearned and commonsensical countryfolk were capable of solving problems that beset the more sophisticated

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

commonsensical commonsensible

Parts of Speech

adjective

exhibiting native good judgment

“arrive home at a reasonable hour”

Word Forms

common sense

noun

sound practical judgment

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

gesunder Menschenverstand

angeborenes gutes Urteilsvermögen an den Tag legen

🇫🇷French

bon sens

faire preuve d’un bon jugement natif

🇪🇸Spanish

sentido común

exhibir buen juicio nativo

🇮🇹Italian

buon senso

mostrando un buon giudizio nativo

🇳🇱Dutch

gezond verstand

blijk geven van een goed beoordelingsvermogen

🇵🇹Portuguese

bom senso

exibindo bom senso nativo

🇷🇺Russian

здравый смысл

проявление естественного здравого смысла

India

🇮🇳Hindi

व्यावहारिक बुद्धि

देशी अच्छे निर्णय का प्रदर्शन

🇧🇩Bengali

সাধারণ জ্ঞান

নেটিভ ভাল রায় প্রদর্শন

🇮🇳Tamil

பொது அறிவு

சொந்த நல்ல தீர்ப்பை வெளிப்படுத்துகிறது

🇮🇳Telugu

సాధారణ జ్ఞానం

స్థానిక మంచి తీర్పును ప్రదర్శిస్తుంది

🇮🇳Marathi

सामान्य ज्ञान

नेटिव्ह चांगला निर्णय प्रदर्शित करणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

સામાન્ય જ્ઞાન

મૂળ સારા નિર્ણયનું પ્રદર્શન

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯಜ್ಞಾನ

ಸ್ಥಳೀಯ ಉತ್ತಮ ತೀರ್ಪು ಪ್ರದರ್ಶಿಸುತ್ತದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

സാമാന്യബുദ്ധി

നേറ്റീവ് നല്ല വിധി പ്രകടിപ്പിക്കുന്നു

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਆਮ ਸਮਝ

ਦੇਸੀ ਚੰਗੇ ਨਿਰਣੇ ਦਾ ਪ੍ਰਦਰਸ਼ਨ

🇵🇰Urdu

عقل

مقامی اچھے فیصلے کی نمائش

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

常识

表现出天生的良好判断力

🇯🇵Japanese

常識

生来の正しい判断力を発揮する

🇰🇷Korean

상식

원주민의 좋은 판단력을 보여줌

🇻🇳Vietnamese

lẽ phải

thể hiện khả năng phán đoán tốt bản địa

🇹🇭Thai

สามัญสำนึก

แสดงวิจารณญาณที่ดีโดยกำเนิด

🇮🇩Indonesian

kewajaran

menunjukkan penilaian asli yang baik

🇵🇭Filipino

bait

nagpapakita ng katutubong mabuting paghuhusga

🇲🇾Malay

akal fikiran

mempamerkan pertimbangan yang baik asli

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

الفطرة السليمة

إظهار الحكم الجيد الأصلي

🇮🇷Persian

عقل سلیم

نشان دادن قضاوت خوب بومی

🇹🇷Turkish

sağduyu

yerli sağduyu sergilemek

🇮🇱Hebrew

הגיון בריא

מפגין שיקול דעת ילידים

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