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Definition: Commonsensical |
CommonsensicalAdjective1. Exhibiting native good judgment; "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". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: CommonsensicalSynonyms: commonsense (adj), commonsensible (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Commonsensical |
| English words defined with "commonsensical": commonsense, commonsensible. (references) |
| "Commonsensical" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Commonsensical" is used about 22 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 22 | 74,468 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "commonsensical": non-commonsensical. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "commonsensical": commonsensically. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "commonsensical" (pronounced kÄ'munse"nsukul) |
| 5 | -s u k u l | farcical. |
| 4 | -u k u l | aeronautical, agrochemical, allegorical, anarchical, anatomical, anthropological, article, barnacle, biblical, biochemical, chemical, Chronicle, clavicle, clerical, clinical, coracle, cortical, cuticle, diacritical, domical, epochal, equivocal, etymological, follicle, geophysical, grammatical, hierarchical, hypothetical, impractical, maniacal, medical, meteorological, methodical, miracle, monocle, mythical, nautical, numerical, obstacle, Oracle, oratorical, particle, photochemical, pinnacle, polemical, political, pontifical, practical, quizzical, radical, receptacle, reciprocal, satirical, skeptical, spectacle, tentacle, typical, unequivocal. |
| 3 | -k u l | acoustical, alphabetical, analytical, ankle, antithetical, apolitical, archaeological, archeological, astrological, astronautical, astronomical, asymmetrical, atypical, autobiographical, bicycle, bifocal, biographical, biological, biomedical, biotechnological, botanical, brickle, buckle, cackle, categorical, cervical, chronological, chuckle, circle, classical, comical, conical, crackle, critical, cubicle, cycle, cyclical, cylindrical, cynical, debacle, dermatological, diabolical, dialectical, ducal, ecclesiastical, ecological, economical, ecumenical, egotistical, electrical, electrochemical, electromechanical, elliptical, empirical, encircle, encyclical, epidemiological, eschatological, ethical, ethnical, evangelical, fanatical, fecal, fickle, fiscal, focal, freckle, galenical, geographical, geological, geometrical, geopolitical, gonococcal, grackle, granduncle, graphical, gynecological, hackle, heckle, helical, heretical, heterocercal, historical, honeysuckle, Huckle, hypercritical, hypocritical, hysterical, icicle, identical, ideological, illogical, immunological, inimical, ironical, jackal, knuckle, lackadaisical, lexical, liturgical, local, logical, logistical, lyrical, magical, mathematical, matriarchal, mechanical, meikle, metallurgical, metaphorical, metaphysical, methodological, metrical, Mickle, morphological, motorcycle, muckle, musical, mystical, mythological, neoclassical, neurological, nickel, Nickle, Nicol, nonelectrical, nonpolitical, nonsensical, nonsurgical, nontechnical, ontological, optical, ornithological, paradoxical, pathological, patriarchal, pedagogical, periodical, petrochemical, pharmaceutical, pharmacological, philosophical, phonological, physical, physiological, pickle, popsicle, preclinical, problematical, prototypical, psychical, psychological, pumpernickel, puritanical, rabbinical, radiological, ramshackle, rankle, rascal, recycle, rhetorical, ruckle, runkle, sabbatical, semiclassical, semicylindrical, semitropical, serological, shackle, shekel, sickle, sociological, Sokol, sparkle, speckle, spherical, sprinkle, statistical, stereotypical, stickle, strategical, suckle, surgical, symmetrical, tabernacle, tackle, tactical, technical, technological, teleological, testicle, theatrical, theological, theoretical, tickle, tinkle, topical, toxicological, trickle, tricycle, tropical, twinkle, typographical, tyrannical, umbilical, uncle, uncritical, uneconomical, unethical, unicycle, unshackle, untypical, vehicle, vertical, viatical, virological, vocal, whimsical, Winkle, wrinkle, zoological. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-i-l-m-m-n-n-o-o-s-s" | |
-2 letters: concessional. | |
-3 letters: iconoclasms. | |
-4 letters: calcinoses, clamminess, cloisonnes, commensals, commonness, concession, economical, iconoclasm, monoamines, monoclines, monoecisms, neoclassic, scammonies, semicolons. | |
-5 letters: accession, ascension, camisoles, camomiles, canonises, cloisonne, colonises, commensal, consommes, eclosions, economics, laconisms, looniness, manliness, melanisms, mnemonics, moccasins, monoamine, monocline, monoecism, monomials, moonsails, nonsocial, occasions, scoliomas, semicolon, semicomas, semolinas, simoleons, solanines. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-e-i-l-m-m-n-n-o-o-s-s" | |
+2 letters: commonsensically. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 6F 6D 6D 6F 6E 73 65 6E 73 69 63 61 6C |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. --- -- -- --- -. ... . -. ... .. -.-. .- .-.. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01101111 01101101 01101101 01101111 01101110 01110011 01100101 01101110 01110011 01101001 01100011 01100001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C o m m o n s e n s i c a l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 006F 006D 006D 006F 006E 0073 0065 006E 0073 0069 0063 0061 006C |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3781797981808571808575696778 |
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