Reasonable

Definitions: Reasonable

Reasonable

Adjective

1. Showing reason or sound judgment; "a sensible choice"; "a sensible person".

2. Not excessive or extreme; "a fairish income"; "reasonable prices".

3. Marked by sound judgment; "sane nuclear policy".

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

Date "reasonable" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Satire

Energy

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Synonyms: Reasonable

Cheapness

Adjective: cheap; low, low priced; moderate, reasonable; inexpensive, unexpensive; well worth the money, worth the money; magnifique et pas cher; good at the price, cheap at the price; dirt cheap, dog cheap; cheap, cheap as dirt, cheap and nasty; catchpenny;discounted.

Improbability

Adjective: improbable, unlikely, contrary to all reasonable expectation; wild, far out, out of sight, outtasight, heavy.

Intelligence Wisdom

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

Wise, sensible, reasonable, judicious; well-thought-out, well-planned, well-judged, well-advised; prudent, politic; expedient.

Moderation

Adjective: moderate; lenient; gentle, mild, mellow; cool, sober, temperate, reasonable, measured; tempered; Verb: calm, unruffled, quiet, tranquil, still; slow, smooth, untroubled; tame; peaceful, peaceable; pacific, halcyon.

Probability

Reasonable chance, fair chance, good chance, favorable chance, reasonable prospect, fair prospect, good prospect, favorable prospect; prospect, wellgrounded hope; chance.

Plausible, specious, ostensible, colorable, ben trovato, well-founded, reasonable, credible, easy of belief, presumable, presumptive, apparent.

Adverb: probably; Adjective: belike; in all probability, in all likelihood; very likely, most likely; like enough; odds on, odds in favor, ten; to one; apparently, seemingly, according to every reasonable expectation; prim_ facie; to all appearance; (to the eye).

Right

Adjective: right, good; just, reasonable; fit; equal, equable, equatable; evenhanded, fair.

Sanity

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

Crosswords: Reasonable

Law says that a man can not be found guilty if there's a reasonable doubt in the minds of the Jury. (Abe Lincoln: Freedom Fighter; writing credit: Alan Finney; John D. Lamond)

Considering you expect to get France itself, I'd say it was a very reasonable price. (The Day of the Jackal; writing credit: Frederick Forsyth; Kenneth Ross)

Corpulence makes a man reasonable, pleasant and phlegmatic. (Spartacus; writing credit: Howard Fast; Dalton Trumbo)

Do you know that there is a reasonable explanation for everything, if you just put your mind to it? Course, sometimes these thingspop up. Like with alibis. (Columbo: Suitable for Framing; writing credit: Jackson Gillis; Richard Levinson)

I figure a thousand bucks is reasonable, so I want two. (Miller's Crossing; writing credit: Joel Coen ; Ethan Coen)

An angry person is seldom reasonable; a reasonable person is seldom angry. (references; author: unknown)

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956)

Reasonable Doubt (1936)

Barely Reasonable (1926)

Be Reasonable (1921)

Reasonable Doubt (2001)

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Books

• A Reasonable Madness (reference)

• Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Thirteen Lessons on Christian Evidences (reference)

• Reasonable Creatures: Essays on Women and Feminism (reference)

• Reasonable Faith: Christian Truth and Apologetics (reference)

• The Reasonable Art of Fly Fishing (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Reasonable Doubt: The Single Bullet Theory (reference)

• Reasonable Suspicion Training For Supervisors (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Beyond All Reasonable Doubt (reference)

• Reasonable Doubt [EXPLICIT LYRICS] [EXPLICIT LYRICS] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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A more reasonable individual than helicopter pilots.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Reasonable.Credit: Library of Congress.

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No constable shall compel any knight to give money in lieu of castle-guard, when he is willing to perform it in his own person, or (if he himself cannot do it from any reasonable cause) then by another responsible man. (reference)

To this I reply, The people shall be judge; for who shall be judge whether his trustee or deputy acts well, and according to the trust reposed in him, but he who deputes him, and must, by having deputed him, have still a power to discard him, when he fails in his trust? If this be reasonable in particular cases of private men, why should it be otherwise in that of the greatest moment, where the welfare of millions is concerned, and also where the evil, if not prevented, is greater, and the redress very difficult, dear, and dangerous? (Second Treatise of Government)

And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defence; and I recommend to them that, in all case when allowed, they labor faithfully for reasonable wages. (Abraham Lincoln)

Such regulations must be reasonable and uniform and must not impede traffic unnecessarily. (reference)

Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay. (reference)

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A reasonable visit paid, Mr. Weston began to move.

It did indeed seem reasonable not to take so irrevocable a step as that, without due enquiry.

Since the Electricity Board cut him off without fail every time he paid his bill, it seemed only reasonable that they should leave him connected when he didn't.

As she still hesitated, being, in fact, in no reasonable state of mind, he took the infant in his arms, and himself administered the draught.

Look you, be reasonable, there is nothing else possible now, I am sure that it is all over.

A dish of their meat was a good mouthful, and a barrel of their liquor a reasonable draught.

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Health

In some cases, hysterectomy alone without the removal of the ovaries may be reasonable. (references)

Recent studies suggest that the opossum may be a reasonable model for UVR-induced melanomas. (references)

Yet, without a reasonable expectation that patients will benefit, it is difficult to justify the risks. (references)

Business

Skoda has a competitive price policy and spare parts at reasonable prices. (references)

The Telecom Act states that telephony services should be provided at reasonable prices. (references)

The trend in the fast-moving component aftermarket indicates a reasonable level of growth. (references)

Children

United Kingdom

Various laws covering England and Wales stipulate that children have the right to apply for court orders, to give or withhold consent for medical treatment (for those capable of making an informed decision), to make complaints to the relevant local authority, to have their ethnic, linguistic, and religious background considered in decisions affecting them, to have reasonable contact with their families (usually applied in a circumstance where there was abuse), and in general to be consulted regarding their desires. (references)

Civil Liberties

Cambodia

All major political parties have reasonable and regular access to the print media. (references)

Zimbabwe

On November 16, the case was dismissed for lack of evidence; the judge ruled that the police made the arrest without reasonable cause. (references)

Economic History

Panama

Rulings by arbitrators are generally fair and reasonable. (references)

Saudi Arabia

These bonds can be readily sold at a reasonable discount to local banks. (references)

Australia

Certain sub-sectors of the industry showed reasonable growth and others struggled. (references)

Human Rights

Namibia

A trial must take place within "a reasonable time," or the accused must be released. (references)

Rwanda

Some have been in jail since 1994. The Government does not have the capacity to process cases within a reasonable time frame. (references)

Kuwait

Several organizations conduct fieldwork and report excellent communication with and reasonable cooperation from the Government. (references)

Political Economy

NIGERIA

Although existing patent and piracy laws are considered reasonable, enforcement remains extremely weak and slow. (references)

SINGAPORE

Import licenses are not required, customs procedures are minimal and designed to facilitate trade, and the standards' code is reasonable. (references)

TAIWAN

Control by the two MSOs of upstream program distribution, for example, has made it difficult for U.S. providers of popular programming to negotiate reasonable fees for their programs. (references)

Political Rights

Sri Lanka

A European Union monitoring mission, in its final report on the 2000 elections, expressed concern about violence and irregularities in the voting, but concluded that the election "did to a reasonable degree reflect the will of the electorate." The Commissioner of Elections recognized 46 parties at the time of general elections in October 2000; only 13 parties actually held seats in the 225-member Parliament elected during the year. (references)

Trade

Hong Kong

The value is based on the bill of lading as long as it represents a reasonable market value. (references)

Honduras

It must always conclude that there is reasonable assurance of repayment on every transaction financed. (references)

Travel

Turkey

Rents in Ankara and Izmir are more reasonable. (references)

Guyana

There are several reasonable local restaurants. (references)

Belgium

By taking reasonable precautions, visitors should enjoy a peaceful stay. (references)

Worker Rights

Pakistan

There is a reasonable basis to believe that handmade bricks and hand-woven wool carpets are produced with forced or indentured child labor. (references)

Iceland

Workers are protected by laws that effectively provide for their health and safety as well as for unemployment insurance, paid vacations, pensions, and reasonable working conditions and hours. (references)

Taiwan

However, in practice employers sometimes have dismissed labor union leaders without reasonable cause, or laid them off first during employee cutbacks, and observers point out that the law has no specific penalties for violations. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "reasonable": according to every reasonable expectation ♦ be reasonable ♦ reasonable argument ♦ reasonable care ♦ reasonable despatch clause ♦ reasonable doubt ♦ reasonable grounds ♦ reasonable precautions clause ♦ reasonable prices ♦ reasonable temperature ♦ with a reasonable amount of luck. Additional references.

Beginning with "reasonable": reasonable-above, reasonable-looking, reasonable-sounding.

Ending with "reasonable": all-too-reasonable, i'll-be-reasonable-if-you'll-be-reasonable.

Afrikaan

matig (moderate), beskeie (discrete, moderate, modest), besadig (abstemious, moderate, sober, staid, temperate). (various references)

Albanian

që ka arsye, me vend (apposite, appositely, apt, happy, Pat, pertinent, proper, right, seemly, suitable, to the point, welcome), me bazë (just, valid), jo i shtrenjtë, i zgjuar (apt, artful, astir, awake, awaken, bright, cagey, cagy, clever, exalted, ingenious, intelligent, nimble, quick, quick-witted, ready-witted, responsible, sagacious, sharp, sharp-witted, sleepless, smart, wakeful, waking), i pranueshëm (acceptable, admissible, eligible, endurable, legitimate, permissible, satisfactory, so so, tolerable), i mbajtur (offish, self-collected, sleek, smug), i matur (abstinent, calculating, canny, careful, cautious, chary, chaste, circumlocutory, circumspect, circumspective, conservative, deliberate, discreet, forehanded, gingerly, judicious, moderate, provident, prudent, sober, staid, thoughtful, wary, well advised, well balanced), i gjykueshëm (litigious, rational), i arsyeshëm (legitimate, level headed, logical, rational, reasoning, sane, sensible), i arësyeshëm (legitimate, level headed, logical, rational, reasoning, sane, sensible). (various references)

Arabic 

‏منطقي (discursive, legitimate, logical, logistic, rational, regional, zonal), ‏مقبول (acceptable, accepted, adequate, agreeable, approved of, fair, fairly, fairly good, passable, sanctioned, subscribed to, taken, tolerable), ‏معقول (believable, comprehensible, credible, feasible, intelligible, logical, plausibility, plausible, possible, rational, sensible, understandable), ‏معتدل (abstemious, balmy, clement, conservative, erect, genial, gentle, low key, measured, meek, middle, mild, moderate, modest, soft, steady, straight, temperate, upright), ‏مدرك (appreciator, apprehensive, aware, conscious, discerning, intelligent, knowing, perceptible, perceptive, percipient, rational), ‏لبيب (intelligent, judicious, prudent, rational), ‏غير غالي السعر, ‏حصيف (discreet, judicial, judicious, prudent, sagacious, shrewd, wise), ‏عاقل (discreet, intelligent, judicious, politic, prudent, rational, sagacious, sage, sane, sensible, sober minded, sound), ‏عادل (amount, compensate, counteract, countervail, equal, equitable, even, even-minded, fair, impartial, just, neutralize, noble-descent, offset, right, rightful, set off, unbiased), ‏صحيح (accurate, alright, aright, be in the right, consonantal, correct, entire, exact, faithful, hale, honest, indeed, ortho, plumb, precise, proper, pure, real, regular, right, seemly, sincere, true, unbroken, valid, veracious, veritable, whole), ‏أمين (fair, faithful, honest, in his right mind, level, straightforward), ‏راشد (adult, elder, grown up, legally major, major, mature, orthodox, sensible, sober). (various references)

Bulgarian 

умерен (abstemious, abstinent, conservative, equable, frugal, gentle, medium, mezzo, mild, moderate, philosophical, restrained, slack, sober, sparing, temperate, tempered), сносен (fair, livable, liveable, passable, respectable, satisfactory, sufferable, tolerable), способен да мисли, разумен (discriminate, equitable, intelligent, judicious, level, long-headed, politic, rational, responsible, sane, sensible, thinking, understanding, well-judged), с разума си, логичен (consistent, logical, necessary, sequacious, sound, valid), приемлив (acceptable, admissible, arguable, eligible, plausible, possible, tidy, unobjectionable). (various references)

Chinese 

合理 (rationale). (various references)

Czech

rozumný (advisable, rational, sane, sensible, understanding, wise), snesitelný (bearable, endurable, enduring, tolerable), slušný (becoming, civilized, clean, decent, equitable, fair, good, polite, presentable, proper, respectable, seemly, white), obstojný (tolerable), mírný (balmy, benign, easygoing, equable, genial, gentle, lamblike, lenient, light, meek, mild, moderate, placid, quiet, slow, sober, soft, tame, temperate, unruffled), dostupný (accessible, approachable, available, obtainable). (various references)

Danish

fornuftig (prudent, sagacious, sage, sensible, wise). (various references)

Dutch

matig (abstemious, largely observed, moderate, sober, staid, temperate), gematigd (moderate, modestly), bescheiden (discrete, moderate, modest, modestly, records). (various references)

Esperanto

prudenta (prudent, sensible), moderpreza, moderkosta, modera (moderate). (various references)

Faeroese

rættsiktaður (prudent, sensible), skilagóður (prudent, sensible), hyggin (prudent, sensible), hóvligur (moderate). (various references)

Farsi 

مستدل (Arguable, Rational), معقول (Conscionable, Inexpensive, Rational, Sane, Sensible, Subjective, Wise). (various references)

Finnish

älykäs (bright, clever, intelligent, prudent, quick-witted, sagacious, sensible). (various references)

French

sage, raisonnable, prudent, modéré. (various references)

German

vernünftig (decent, decently, judicious, level headed, mature, maturely, moderate, properly, prudent, rational, rationally, reasonably, right-minded, sane, sensible, sensibly, sober, sober minded, sound, soundly, thinking, wise), mäßig (abstemious, frugal, frugally, indifferent, lukewarm, mediocre, middling, moderate, moderately, modest, sober, staid, temperate, undistinguished), angemessen (adequate, appropriate, apropos, becoming, befit, commensurate, commensurately, condign, congruous, congruously, fair, fitly, moderate, pertinent, proportionate, proportionately, satisfactory, seemly, suitable, suitably, toward, worthily). (various references)

Greek 

λογικόσ (logical, presumable, rational, sensible). (various references)

Hebrew 

מתקבל על �"�"עת (conceivable, likely, plausible, stands to reason, with in reason), מסתבר (apparent, probable), תבו� תי (intellectual, rational), �"ו�'ן (decent, equitable, fair, seemly, sporting, straight, suitable, upright), �"�'יו� י (logical, rational), סביר (feasible, likely, rational). (various references)

Hungarian

méltányos (equitable, even handed, evenhanded, even-handed, fair and square), gondolkodó (pensive, philosopher, reasoning, reflective, thinker, thinking, thoughtful). (various references)

Indonesian

pantas (appropriate, becoming, befit, decent, ethical, fit, meet, opportune, suitable), nalar (logical reasoning, mind, ratio), masuk akal (coherent, plausible, rational), layak (fit, suitable, worthy), laik (fair, suitable, worth). (various references)

Italian

ragionevole (rational, rationally, sensible, wise). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

聞き分けの良い , 適正 (suitable), � ��" (proper, right), 穏�" (proper, right), リース�"�業 (ducktail, leader, leadership, leads and lags, leasing industry, reader, regent style), 正�" (due, equitable, just, justifiable, lawful, legitimate, proper, right), � �安 (cheap), �"たり前 (common, natural, obvious, ordinary, usual), �"り前 (common, natural, obvious, ordinary, usual), 応分 (according to one's abilities, appropriate), 合理的 (logical, rational). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

おうぶ�" (according to one's abilities, appropriate, European language, foreign text, horizontalwriting), お�"とう (comfortably hot bath, hot spring, proper, right), リーズナブル , ききわけのいい, せいとう (conquest, correct answer, due, due east, equitable, just, justifiable, lawful, legitimate, meticulous, orthodox, political party, porcelain manufacturing, proper, refined sugar, right, subjugation, sugar manufacture, sugar refining, traditional), かくやす (cheap), �"うりてき (logical, rational), あたりまえ (common, natural, obvious, ordinary, usual), じゅ�"とう (proper, right), てきせい (aptitude, enemy's strength or fighting power, inimical character, suitable). (various references)

Korean 

합당한. (various references)

Manx

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

Papiamen

moderá (moderate). (various references)

Pig Latin

easonableray

Portuguese

sensato (acceptable, judo, longheaded, prudent, right-minded, sagacious, sage, sane, sensible, shrewd, sober minded, staid, well balanced, wise), razoável (acceptable, fair, live, live-bait, middle-of-the-road, middling, modest, plausible, possible, right-minded, sane, sensible, tolerable, tol-lol, within reason), moderado (abstemious, abstinent, acceptable, clerihew, gentle, mean, medium rare, mild, moderate, moderation, modest, restrained, right-minded, sober, temperate). (various references)

Romanian

rezonabil (advised, fair, moderate, possible, rational, reasonably, sane), raţional (judicious, logical, lucid, philosophic, philosophical, rational, rationalistic, rationally, reasonably, sensible, sound, soundly), moderat (abstemious, gentle, mild, moderate, moderately, rational, steady, temperate), mintos (clever), mãsurat (measured, reserved, shy, steady, temperate), just (accurate, correct, equitable, even, exact, fair, fairly, just, just so, justly, right, righteous, rightful, Square, suitable, that's the thing, truly, uprightly), ieftin (cheap, commonplace, fair, inexpensive, inexpensively, low, low-priced, modest, popular, threepenny, trite, twopenny, worthless), echitabil (equitable, even, even handed, fair, just, rightful), drept (as, attribution, claim, correct, Dexter, direct, directly, due, end on, endways, equitable, erect, even, evenly, exactly, fair, fairly, for, forthright, honest, just, justice, justly, kind, law, legitimate, patent, permission, plain, point blank, precisely, privilege, real, right, right foot, right leg, righteous, Square, stand, stand up, straight, straightforward, true, truly, truthful, unprejudiced, upright), cuminte (clever, dutiful, foreseeing, good, level, quiet, quietly, sapient, sensible, serious, unassuming, well advised, wise, wisely), convenabil (acceptable, admissible, appropriate, becoming, cheap, comely, convenient, conveniently, eligible, fair, feasible, fit, fitting, goodly, likely, seemly, suitable, suited), acceptabil (acceptable, acceptably, admissible, agreeable, allowable, eligible, fair, fairly, livable, palatable, passable, passably, plausible, possible, satisfactory). (various references)

Russian 

разумный (compos mentis, right-minded, right-thinking, sensible, within reason). (various references)

Scottish

reusanta, measarra (moderate). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

rezonski (rational), razuman (intellectual, intelligible, judicious, knowing, level headed, levelheaded, lucid, reasonably, reasoned, reasoning, right-minded, sane, sensible), razložan (rational, resolvent), razborit (circumspect, discerning, hardheaded, level headed, levelheaded, prudent, sage, sober minded), umeren (abstemious, abstinent, gentle, moderate, modest, temperate). (various references)

Spanish

razonable (acceptable, fair, rational, reasonably, right, sensible, sound), tolerante (broadminded, indulgent, large minded, liberal, permissive, tolerant, tolerantly), sensato (no-nonsense, rational, sage, sane, sensible, sober-headed, steady, wise), juicioso (cunning, judicious, level, level headed, right-thinking, shrewd, wise), arreglado (neat, orderly, phasing, regulated, sensible, set up, trim). (various references)

Sranan

krin-ede (prudent, sensible). (various references)

Swedish

rimlig (fair, plausible), resonlig (sensible), lämplig (adaptable, adequate, appropriate, apropos, apt, competent, convenient, due, eligible, expedient, fit, fitted, fitting, likely, opportune, seasonable, suitable, timely, useful), förnuftig (rational, sane, sensible, wise). (various references)

Thai

ปราศจากข้อสงสัย (สำนวนกฎหมาย) (beyond reasonable doubt). (various references)

Turkish

mantıklı (common-sensical, just, legitimate, level, level headed, likely, logical, plausible, rational, sensible, valid), makul (acceptable, comprehensible, conceivable, fair, judicious, just, level, logical, moderate, plausible, possible, probable, sane, sensible, sober, sober minded), akla yatkın (earthly, probable, rational, sane, sober), akla uygun (advisable, colorable, conceivable, judicious, legitimate, possible), akıllı (all there, astute, brainy, clever, cute, intelligent, knowing, knowledgeable, longheaded, sagacious, sage, sapient, sensible, smart, sparkling, spiritual, understanding, well advised, wise), akılcı (level, level headed, orthodox, rational, rationalist, rationalistic). (various references)

Turkmen 

sebдpli, pдhimli. (various references)

Ukranian 

розсудливий (advisable, canny, conscious, healthy, judicial, judicious, politic, prudent, prudential, sober, sober minded, wholesome, wise), розумний (advisable, brainy, clever, intelligent, rational, right-minded, sapient, sensible, sharp-sighted, sharp-witted, snappy, strong-minded, tenable, understanding, well advised, wise, witty), обгрунтований (just, well founded, well grounded), прийнятий (accepted, initiate). (various references)

Vietnamese 

hợp lý biết lẽ phải, có lý (colourable), biết suy nghĩ, biết điều; vừa phải. (various references)

Welsh

rhesymol (rational). (various references)

consequens, consequenti, oportet, rationalis. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.