- reasoned, sound, well-grounded - reflects weight of sound argument or evidence; "a sound argument"
Antonym: invalid (indirect, via valid)
- considered, reasoned, well thought out - resulting from careful thought; "the paper was well thought out"
Antonym: thoughtless (indirect, via thoughtful)
- reason, reason out, conclude - decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion; "We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house"
--1 is one way to think, cogitate, cerebrate
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun reason4, noun reason3, noun reason1, noun reasoner1
They reason that there was a traffic accident
- argue, reason - present reasons and arguments
--2 is one way to present, represent, lay out
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun reason4, noun reason3, noun reasoner1
Sam wants to reason with Sue
Sam and Sue reason
- reason - think logically; "The children must learn to reason"
--3 is one way to think, cogitate, cerebrate
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun reason3, noun reasoner1, noun reasoning1
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE