Everyone seems to have a bone to pick with someone, but only a few people can be philosophical about it.
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Philosophical
//ˌfɪl.əˈsɒf.ɪ.kl̩//
Synonyms for "philosophical" (85 found)
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Closest matches (17)
Strong matches (26)
Related words (42)
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Antonyms
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1 entriesderived
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1 entriesdistinct from
1 entriesrelated to
9 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
43 translations across 32 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- فَلْسَفِيّ adj (of or pertaining to philosophy)
Asturian
1 entries- filosóficu adj (of or pertaining to philosophy)
Belarusian
1 entries- філасо́фскі adj (of or pertaining to philosophy)
Catalan
1 entries- filosòfic adj (of or pertaining to philosophy)
Czech
2 entries- filozofický adj (of or pertaining to philosophy)
- rozumový adj (rational, analytic)
Danish
1 entries- filosofisk adj (of or pertaining to philosophy)
Dutch
2 entries- filosofisch adj (of or pertaining to philosophy)
- wijsgerig adj (of or pertaining to philosophy)
Esperanto
1 entries- filozofia adj (of or pertaining to philosophy)
Finnish
1 entries- filosofinen adj (of or pertaining to philosophy)
Galician
1 entries- filosófico adj (of or pertaining to philosophy)
Georgian
1 entries- ფილოსოფიური adj (of or pertaining to philosophy)
German
1 entries- philosophisch adj (of or pertaining to philosophy)
Greek
2 entries- φιλοσοφικός adj (of or pertaining to philosophy)
- φιλοσοφικός adj (rational, analytic)
Hungarian
3 entries- filozofikus adj (detached, calm, stoic)
- filozófiai adj (of or pertaining to philosophy)
- higgadt adj (detached, calm, stoic)
Interlingua
1 entries- philosophic adj (of or pertaining to philosophy)
Italian
1 entries- filosofico adj (of or pertaining to philosophy)
Kazakh
2 entries- пәлсапалық adj (of or pertaining to philosophy)
- философиялық adj (of or pertaining to philosophy)
Latvian
1 entries- filozofisks adj (of or pertaining to philosophy)
Macedonian
2 entries- филозо́фски adj (of or pertaining to philosophy)
- филосо́фски adj (of or pertaining to philosophy)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- filosofisk adj (of or pertaining to philosophy)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- filosofisk adj (of or pertaining to philosophy)
Occitan
1 entries- filosofic adj (of or pertaining to philosophy)
Old English
1 entries- ūþwitlīċ adj (of or pertaining to philosophy)
Polish
1 entries- filozoficzny adj (of or pertaining to philosophy)
Portuguese
2 entries- filosófico adj (of or pertaining to philosophy)
- filosófico adj (rational, analytic)
Romanian
1 entries- filozofic adj (of or pertaining to philosophy)
Russian
1 entries- филосо́фский adj (of or pertaining to philosophy)
Spanish
2 entries- filosofal adj (of or pertaining to philosophy)
- filosófico adj (of or pertaining to philosophy)
Swedish
1 entries- filosofisk adj (of or pertaining to philosophy)
Tagalog
2 entries- batnayanin adj (of or pertaining to philosophy)
- batnayin adj (of or pertaining to philosophy)
Ukrainian
2 entries- філосо́фський adj (of or pertaining to philosophy)
- філософі́чний adj (of or pertaining to philosophy)
Volapük
1 entries- filosopik adj (of or pertaining to philosophy)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
We should try to be philosophical about life; wealth gained could also vanish.
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He's quite philosophical about his demotion.
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Nothing appears more surprising to those, who consider human affairs with a philosophical eye, than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few; and the implicit submission, with which men resign their own sentiments and passions to those of their rulers.
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