Nous

//nuːs//

Synonyms for "nous" (86 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

Translations

13 translations across 8 languages.

Powered by Wiktionary

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • разум noun (reason in philosophy)

Czech

3 entries
  • intelekt noun (reason in philosophy)
  • nús noun (reason in philosophy)
  • rozum noun (reason in philosophy)

Dutch

1 entries
  • nous noun (reason in philosophy)

French

1 entries
  • nous noun (reason in philosophy)

German

1 entries
  • Nous noun (reason in philosophy)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • noosz noun (reason in philosophy)
  • núsz noun (reason in philosophy)

Russian

2 entries
  • разум noun (reason in philosophy)
  • смётка noun (reason in philosophy)

Swedish

2 entries
  • förnuft noun (reason in philosophy)
  • nous noun (reason in philosophy)

Sample sentences

7 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Hair and nous don't fit in one head.

Source: tatoeba (4540666)

Our company brings those smaller brands more scale and more marketing nous.

Source: tatoeba (10275323)

There are four types of changes in French present verb conjugations: the change in length, with singular forms usually being shorter than the plural forms, the change in letters, with the "je," "tu," "il/elle," and "ils/elles" forms being slightly different from the "nous" and "vous" forms, spelling changes, where the conjugation changes due to the nature of French verbs, and any other irregular change that doesn't fit in the first three categories.

Source: tatoeba (10326773)

I feel the will to roam, to learn By test, experience, nous, That fire is hot and ocean deep, And wolves carnivorous.

Source: wiktionary

Showing 4 of 7 available sentences.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.