Rational

Definitions: Rational

Rational

Adjective

1. Consistent with or based on or using reason; "rational behavior"; "a process of rational inference"; "rational thought".

2. Of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind; "intellectual problems"; "the triumph of the rational over the animal side of man".

3. (math) capable of being expressed as a quotient of integers; "rational numbers".

4. Having its source in or being guided by the intellect (distinguished from experience or emotion); "a rational analysis".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "rational" was first used: 14th century. (references)

Satire

Computing

Medicine

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Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Rational

Intellect

Adjective: intellectual, mental, rational, subjective, metaphysical, nooscopic, spiritual; ghostly; psychical, psychological; cerebral; animastic; brainy; hyperphysical, superphysical; subconscious, subliminal.

Intelligence Wisdom

Wise, sage, sapient, sagacious, reasonable, rational, sound, in one's right mind, sensible, abnormis sapiens, judicious, strong-minded.

Number

Sum, difference, complement, subtrahend; product; multiplicand, multiplier, multiplicator; coefficient, multiple; dividend, divisor, factor, quotient, submultiple; fraction, rational number; surd, irrational number; transcendental number; mixed number, complex number, complex conjugate; numerator, denominator; decimal, circulating decimal, repetend; common measure, aliquot part; prime number, prime, relative prime, prime factor, prime pair; reciprocal; totient.

Positive, negative; rational, irrational; surd, radical, real; complex, imaginary; finite; infinite; impossible.

Sanity

Adjective: sane, rational, reasonable, compos mentis, of sound mind; sound, sound-minded; lucid.

Crosswords: Rational

German (rational, rationally).

Sorry, Venkman, I'm terrified beyond the capacity for rational thought. (Ghostbusters; writing credit: Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis.)

You're a rational person. (Twelve Monkeys; writing credit: David Webb Peoples)

To the rational mind, nothing is inexplicable; only unexplained. (Doctor Who; writing credit: Basil Caplan; Martin Defalco)

You lost the capacity to make a rational choice the moment you were assimilated. (Star Trek: Voyager; writing credit: Douglas Day Stewart)

I try to make it rational. I try to make it neat. (The One; writing credit: Glen Morgan; James Wong)

I've never wanted something rational ("Head Over Feet"; performing artist: Alanis Morissette)

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References

• Rational AG: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Rational Software Corporation: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• When Aa Doesn't Work for You: Rational Steps to Quitting Alcohol (reference)

• Hypertension and Rational Design of Captopril, the First Ace Inhibitor for the Treatment of Hypertension (reference)

• Rational Recovery: The New Cure for Substance Addiction (reference)

• The Agonistic Imperative: The Rational Burden of Africa-Centeredness (reference)

• The Rational Unified Process: An Introduction (2nd Edition) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Archive For Rational Mechanics & Analysis (reference)

• Journal Of Rational Recovery (reference)

• Rational Drug Development Weekly (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Destroy All Rational Thought (reference)

• Rational Expressions & Equations V.9 (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Rational Melodies (1982) (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Thus we are born free, as we are born rational; not that we have actually the exercise of either: age, that brings one, brings with it the other too. (Second Treatise of Government)

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He could not meet her in conversation, rational or playful.

But when he heard my voice, and found what I delivered to be regular and rational, he could not conceal his astonishment.

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Health

Attempts to replace antibodies may be rational in this situation. (references)

The use of IVIG in the prevention of late onset infections in preterm neonates has a rational basis. (references)

However, it is only with elucidation of these mechanisms that rational approaches to therapy can be effected. (references)

Business

The Government of Morocco has embarked on an optimal and rational management of available water resources. (references)

The rational behind the 2001 Danish defense budget is the rationalization of the Danish Armed Forces and the increasing focus upon rapid reaction initiatives. (references)

Ideally, a Japanese partner should be large enough to be able to handle significant volume, willing to hold inventories, possess rational distribution channels, and be willing to share advertisement costs. (references)

Economic History

Kenya

However, the government has taken a more rational approach lately which has broadened insurance companies' investment options. (references)

Burma

This figure is more than double what the international financial institutions have predicted, and cannot be explained in any rational way. (references)

Luxembourg

This law targets four separate areas: small- and medium-sized businesses, various developing regions in Luxembourg, basic and industrial research, and environmental protection and the rational use of energy. (references)

Human Rights

Venezuela

This problem is exacerbated by the absence of a rational system of prisoner classification: convicted murders and rapists are housed with unsentenced first-time petty offenders. (references)

Travel

Romania

Articles exempted from duty include: Personal effects and medicine required, in rational amounts, for the duration of the trip, personal jewelry, personal laptops, books, publications and recordings of all types, slides and other similar items for personal use, articles received as prizes or distinctions at official events, alcoholic beverages (2 liters of liquor, 4 liters wine, 4 liters beer), cigarettes (200 cigarettes, 50 cigars, 250 gr. tobacco) for use of individuals over 16 years of age, other articles of all kinds with an aggregate value of 100 Euros. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "rational": rational being ♦ rational dress ♦ rational explanation ♦ Rational Fasting ♦ rational formula ♦ rational Fortran ♦ rational function ♦ rational horizon ♦ rational motive ♦ rational number ♦ rational or celestial horizon ♦ rational quantity ♦ rational symptom ♦ rational use of energy. Additional references.

Beginning with "rational": rational-deductive, rational-economic, rational-legal, rational-planning, rational-scientific, rational-semiotic-orderly, rational-utilitarian.

Ending with "rational": anti-rational, empirical-rational, legal-rational, non-rational.

Albanian

racional, me masë (sparingly), i gjykueshëm (litigious, reasonable), i arsyeshëm (legitimate, level headed, logical, reasonable, reasoning, sane, sensible), i arësyeshëm (legitimate, level headed, logical, reasonable, reasoning, sane, sensible). (various references)

Arabic 

‏منطقي (discursive, legitimate, logical, logistic, reasonable, regional, zonal), ‏منطق جذري, ‏معقول (believable, comprehensible, credible, feasible, intelligible, logical, plausibility, plausible, possible, reasonable, sensible, understandable), ‏مالك قواة العقلية, ‏مدرك (appreciator, apprehensive, aware, conscious, discerning, intelligent, knowing, perceptible, perceptive, percipient, reasonable), ‏لبيب (intelligent, judicious, prudent, reasonable), ‏عقلي (cerebral, liberal, mental, noetic, psychical, stands to reason), ‏عقلاني (intellectual, rationalistic, thinking), ‏عاقل (discreet, intelligent, judicious, politic, prudent, reasonable, sagacious, sage, sane, sensible, sober minded, sound), ‏عدد منطق, ‏ذو عقل (bright, intelligent, open minded, wise). (various references)

Bulgarian 

смислен (intelligible, meaningful, sane), рационално число, рационален, разсъждаващ, разумно същество (intelligence), разумен (discriminate, equitable, intelligent, judicious, level, long-headed, politic, reasonable, responsible, sane, sensible, thinking, understanding, well-judged), мислещо същество. (various references)

Chinese 

合理 (reasonable, reasonableness). (various references)

Czech

rozumový (intellective), rozumný (advisable, reasonable, sane, sensible, understanding, wise), racionální. (various references)

Danish

rationel. (various references)

Dutch

rationeel. (various references)

Esperanto

racia. (various references)

Faeroese

skynsamur (intelligent, sagacious), skilbundin. (various references)

Farsi 

منطقی (Dialectical, Dialectician, Logical), مستدل (Arguable, Reasonable), معقول (Conscionable, Inexpensive, Reasonable, Sane, Sensible, Subjective, Wise), مدلل , عقلانی (Intellectual). (various references)

Finnish

järkiperäinen, järjenmukainen. (various references)

French

rationnel (rationalizer). (various references)

German

rational (rationally), vernünftig (decent, decently, judicious, level headed, mature, maturely, moderate, properly, prudent, rationally, reasonable, reasonably, right-minded, sane, sensible, sensibly, sober, sober minded, sound, soundly, thinking, wise). (various references)

Greek 

έλλογος, λογικόσ (logical, presumable, reasonable, sensible), ορθολογικός. (various references)

Hebrew 

תבו� תי (intellectual, reasonable), שכלי (intellectual, logical, mental, moral), �"�'יו� י (logical, reasonable), רציו� לי, סביר (feasible, likely, reasonable). (various references)

Hungarian

racionális. (various references)

Icelandic

skynsamur. (various references)

Indonesian

masuk akal (coherent, plausible, reasonable). (various references)

Italian

razionale. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

理性的 , 筋の通った (coherent, logical), ラウリン酸 (La Salle, Lacoste, lacrosse, lactose, lager beer, Laos, lasagna, lauric acid, lounge, loungewear, paddle, raccoon, racket, racquetball, radial, radial tire, radian, radium, radius, raglan, ragtime, rationalism, rationalist, rationalization, round, round number, round robin, round table, rug, rugby, rugger), 合理的 (logical, reasonable), 合理 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

すじのとおった (coherent, logical), ラショナル , �"うりてき (logical, reasonable), �"うり (very small quantity), りせいてき. (various references)

Korean 

합리. (various references)

Manx

resoonagh (coherent, consistent, judicious, logical, moderate, reasonable, reasoner, remonstrative, sensible, tidy). (various references)

Pig Latin

ationalray.(various references)

Portuguese

racional (discus, labour, laburnum, legitimate). (various references)

Romanian

rezonabil (advised, fair, moderate, possible, reasonable, reasonably, sane), raţional (judicious, logical, lucid, philosophic, philosophical, rationalistic, rationally, reasonable, reasonably, sensible, sound, soundly), moderat (abstemious, gentle, mild, moderate, moderately, reasonable, steady, temperate), conform cu raţiunea, înţelegãtor (accommodating, gentle, gently, sympathetic). (various references)

Russian 

рациональный (rationalistic). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

rezonski (reasonable), razložan (reasonable, resolvent), racionalan (down to earth, lucid, rationalist). (various references)

Spanish

racional (reasoning, thinking). (various references)

Swedish

förnuftig (reasonable, sane, sensible, wise). (various references)

Turkish

rasyonel (efficient, rationalist, rationalistic), oranlı (commensurate, pro rata, proportional), mantıklı (common-sensical, just, legitimate, level, level headed, likely, logical, plausible, reasonable, sensible, valid), akla yatkın (earthly, probable, reasonable, sane, sober), akılcı (level, level headed, orthodox, rationalist, rationalistic, reasonable). (various references)

Turkmen 

islege laяyk. (various references)

Ukranian 

розумовий (gymnastic, intellective, mental, noetic), розумний (advisable, brainy, clever, intelligent, reasonable, right-minded, sapient, sensible, sharp-sighted, sharp-witted, snappy, strong-minded, tenable, understanding, well advised, wise, witty), раціональний, нормальний (average, normal, sane). (various references)

Vietnamese 

phải lẽ; vừa phải, dựa trên lý trí có lý, có lý trí (reasoning). (various references)

Welsh

rhesymol (reasonable), call (astute, sensible, wise). (various references)

rationale, rationalis, sapiens, sapiente, sapientem, sapientes, sapienti, sapientia, sapientibus, sapientior, sapientiorem, sapientis, sapientissimum, sapientissimus, sapientium, sapientius. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "rational": rationale, rationales, rationalise, rationalised, rationalises, rationalising, rationalism, rationalisms, rationalist, rationalistic, rationalistically, rationalists, rationalities, rationality, rationalizable, rationalization, rationalizations, rationalize, rationalized, rationalizer, rationalizers, rationalizes, rationalizing, rationally, rationalness, rationalnesses, rationals. (additional references)

Words ending with "rational": aberrational, acculturational, antirational, arbitrational, aspirational, configurational, conspirational, demonstrational, explorational, generational, gyrational, hyperrational, illustrational, immigrational, inspirational, intergenerational, irrational, librational, maturational, migrational, multigenerational, narrational, nonoperational, nonrational, operational, orchestrational, perorational, preoperational, subrational, suprarational, transgenerational, transpirational, ultrarational, vibrational. (additional references)

Words containing "rational": antirationalism, antirationalisms, antirationalist, antirationalists, antirationalities, antirationality, configurationally, generationally, hyperrationalities, hyperrationality, inspirationally, irrationalism, irrationalisms, irrationalist, irrationalistic, irrationalists, irrationalities, irrationality, irrationally, irrationals, operationalism, operationalisms, operationalist, operationalistic, operationalists, operationally. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Rational" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: prerational, Rationals, rationee, rationel, rationem, rationnel, reational, rectonal. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: notarial.

-1 letter: alation.

-2 letters: antiar, antral, aortal, aroint, atonal, atrial, lariat, latino, latria, narial, ration, ratlin, rialto, tailor, talion, tarnal, trinal.

-3 letters: alant, aloin, altar, antra, aorta, artal, atria, intro, laari, lanai, liana, lirot, loran, naira, natal, nitro, noria, notal, ratal, ratan, ratio, riant, riata, talar, talon, tiara, tolan, tolar, tonal, trail, train, trial, triol, trona.

-4 letters: airn, airt, alan, alar, alit, alto, anal, anil, anoa, anta, anti, aria, aril, inro, into, iota, iron, lain, lair, lari, lati, liar, lino, lint, lion, lira, loan, loin, lorn, lota, loti, nail, naoi, noil, noir, nori, nota, oral, raia, rail, rain, rani, rant, rato, rial, riot, roan, roil, rota, roti, rotl, tail, tain, tala, tali, tarn, taro, tirl, tiro, toil, tola, tora, tori, torn, trio.

-5 letters: aal, ail, ain, air, ait, ala, alt, ana, ani, ant, art, ion, lar, lat, lin, lit, lot, nil, nit, nor, not, oar, oat, oil, ora, ort, ran, rat, ria, rin, rot, tan, tao, tar, til, tin, ton, tor.

+1 letter: alienator, antilabor, antisolar, baritonal, cantorial, inhalator, laminator, rationale, rationals, trainload.

+2 letters: alienators, alteration, fractional, gyrational, inhalators, intrazonal, irrational, janitorial, laceration, laminators, laureation, natatorial, nonmarital, notarially, rationales, rationally, relational, relaxation, rotational, senatorial, sinoatrial, tractional, trainloads.

+3 letters: ablutionary, abnormality, alterations, altercation, alternation, annihilator, anthropical, antipopular, antitumoral, attritional, calibration, calumniator, clairvoyant, coplanarity, declaration, desalinator, elaborating, elaboration, gradational, granulation, gratulation, intraocular, invalidator, irrationals, lacerations, lacrimation, laureations, libationary, librational, mandatorily, manipulator, matrimonial, migrational, narrational, nonmaterial, nonrational, operational, pantropical, patrimonial, postcranial, probational, proletarian, radiational, rationalise, rationalism, rationalist, rationality, rationalize, realization, reclamation, redactional, relaxations, retaliation, revaluation, subrational, thrasonical, traditional, translation, variational, vibrational.

+4 letters: aberrational, abolitionary, acceleration, adulteration, aeronautical, alliteration, allografting, altercations, alternations, ameliorating, amelioration, annihilators, annihilatory, antirational, antiroyalist, apparitional, articulation, aspirational, astronomical, calibrations, calumniators, clairvoyants, declarations, deflagration, deflationary, derivational, desalinators, elaborations, exhilaration, fractionally, gastrulation, generational, granulations, gratulations, hallucinator, inflammatory, inflationary, intercoastal, invalidators, irrationally, irrotational, lacrimations, laterization, malformation, malversation, manipulators, manipulatory, maturational, microanalyst, moralization, narcotically, nationalizer, nonbacterial, nonpractical, paralyzation, perorational, polarization, postprandial, proclamation, proletarians, prothalamion, rationalised, rationalises, rationalisms, rationalists, rationalized, rationalizer, rationalizes, rationalness, realizations, reallocating, reallocation, reclamations, recreational, reescalation, reevaluation, reflationary, relationally, replantation, reputational, retaliations, revalidation, revaluations, romantically, salutatorian, solarization, totalitarian, transitional, translations, valorization, velarization.

+5 letters: abnormalities, abstractional, accelerations, acculturation, adulterations, agglomerating, agglomeration, aggregational, alliterations, ameliorations, antibillboard, antiformalist, antilogarithm, antimicrobial, antiroyalists, apportionable, arbitrational, articulations, astronautical, attributional, brutalization, carbonylation, carboxylating, carboxylation, cartelization, cartilaginous, clairvoyantly, clarification, collaborating, collaboration, combinatorial, conflagration, connaturality, contractional, coplanarities, correlational, deflagrations, deformational, degranulation, derealization, exhilarations, explanatorily, explorational, extrapolating, extrapolation, formalization, fractionalize, galvanometric, gastronomical, gastrulations, glamorization, gradationally, gravitational, gubernatorial, hallucinators, hallucinatory, hyperrational, immigrational, informational, inspirational, interactional, intercalation, international, intraocularly, intrapersonal, irrationalism, irrationalist, irrationality, laterizations, linearization, malabsorption, maladroitness, malformations, malversations, matriculation, matrimonially, microanalysts, microanalytic, moralizations, narratologies, narratologist, nationalizers, nontheatrical, normalization, observational, operationally, orientational, overvaluation, paralyzations, paranormality, pentobarbital, perambulation, permutational, phenobarbital, plantocracies, pluralization, polarizations, postcranially, postinaugural, postlapsarian, prevocational, probationally, proclamations, prostaglandin, radiationless, rarefactional, rationalising, rationalistic, rationalities, rationalizers, rationalizing, reallocations, reapplication, reasonability, recalculation, recalibration, reescalations, reevaluations, reformational, renationalize, replantations, retranslation, revalidations, ritualization, salutatorians, serialization, solarizations, strangulation, supernational, supranational, suprarational, synarthrodial, terminational, thrasonically, totalitarians, traditionally, transactional, transfusional, translational, translocating, translocation, transnational, triangulation, ultrarational, ultraromantic, untraditional, valedictorian, valorizations, variationally, velarizations, verbalization, vernalization, vulgarization.

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