From an objective viewpoint, his argument was far from rational.
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Rational
//ˈɹæʃ(ə)nəl//
Synonyms for "rational" (176 found)
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Closest matches (36)
Strong matches (52)
Related words (88)
Adjective(1 words)
noologicalnormalnot so dumbnumeralnumerarynumerativenumericnumericaloddof sound mindordinalpairphilosophicalphrenicplausiblepositivepositivisticpossiblepracticalpractical-minded
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Adjective(5 words)
Noun(1 words)
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4 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
8 entriesderived
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32 entriesShowing 16 of 32 words.
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20 entriesShowing 16 of 20 words.
Translations
138 translations across 37 languages.
Ancient Greek
3 entries- λογικός adj (capable of reasoning)
- λογικός adj (reasonable; not absurd)
- ἔμφρων adj (capable of reasoning)
Arabic
1 entries- عَقْلَانِيّ adj (reasonable; not absurd)
Armenian
4 entries- բանական adj (capable of reasoning)
- խելացի adj (reasonable; not absurd)
- նպատակահարմար adj (reasonable; not absurd)
- ռացիոնալ adj (reasonable; not absurd)
Bulgarian
4 entries- разумен adj (capable of reasoning)
- рационален adj (arithmetic: of a number)
- рационален adj (arithmetic: of an algebraic expression)
- смислен adj (reasonable; not absurd)
Catalan
3 entries- racional adj (capable of reasoning)
- racional adj (reasonable; not absurd)
- racional adj (arithmetic: of a number)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 合理的 adj (capable of reasoning)
- 合理的 adj (reasonable; not absurd)
- 有理 adj (arithmetic: of a number)
- 有理 adj (arithmetic: of an algebraic expression)
Czech
3 entries- racionální adj (capable of reasoning)
- racionální adj (reasonable; not absurd)
- racionální adj (arithmetic: of a number)
Danish
1 entries- rationel adj (reasonable; not absurd)
Dutch
4 entries- rationeel adj (reasonable; not absurd)
- rationeel adj (arithmetic: of a number)
- rationele adj (arithmetic: of a number)
- redelijk adj (reasonable; not absurd)
Finnish
4 entries- järjellinen adj (reasonable; not absurd)
- järkeenkäypä adj (reasonable; not absurd)
- järkevä adj (reasonable; not absurd)
- järkiperäinen adj (reasonable; not absurd)
French
4 entries- raisonnable adj (reasonable; not absurd)
- rationnel adj (capable of reasoning)
- rationnel adj (arithmetic: of a number)
- rationnelle adj (capable of reasoning)
Georgian
4 entries- გონივრული adj (reasonable; not absurd)
- კეთილგონივრული adj (reasonable; not absurd)
- რაციონალური adj (reasonable; not absurd)
- ჭკვიანური adj (reasonable; not absurd)
German
4 entries- rational adj (capable of reasoning)
- rational adj (arithmetic: of a number)
- rational adj (arithmetic: of an algebraic expression)
- sinnvoll adj (capable of reasoning)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌸𐌰𐌷𐍄𐍃 adj (reasonable; not absurd)
Greek
2 entries- ρητός adj (arithmetic: of a number)
- ρητός adj (arithmetic: of an algebraic expression)
Hindi
2 entries- परिमेय adj (arithmetic: of a number)
- परिमेय adj (arithmetic: of an algebraic expression)
Hungarian
4 entries- racionális adj (reasonable; not absurd)
- racionális adj (arithmetic: of a number)
- értelmes adj (capable of reasoning)
- észszerű adj (reasonable; not absurd)
Icelandic
2 entries- ræður adj (arithmetic: of a number)
- ræður adj (arithmetic: of an algebraic expression)
Indonesian
2 entries- rasional adj (capable of reasoning)
- rasional adj (reasonable; not absurd)
Italian
4 entries- logico adj (reasonable; not absurd)
- lucido adj (capable of reasoning)
- ragionevole adj (reasonable; not absurd)
- razionale adj (capable of reasoning)
Japanese
3 entries- 合理的 adj (reasonable; not absurd)
- 有理の adj (arithmetic: of a number)
- 有理の adj (arithmetic: of an algebraic expression)
Korean
2 entries- 유리수 adj (arithmetic: of a number)
- 합리적 adj (reasonable; not absurd)
Macedonian
4 entries- ра́зумен adj (capable of reasoning)
- разумен adj (reasonable; not absurd)
- рациона́лен adj (capable of reasoning)
- рациона́лен adj (reasonable; not absurd)
Maltese
1 entries- għaqli adj (reasonable; not absurd)
Old English
2 entries- ġesċeādwīs adj (capable of reasoning)
- ġesċeādwīs adj (reasonable; not absurd)
Polish
4 entries- racjonalny adj (capable of reasoning)
- racjonalny adj (reasonable; not absurd)
- rozsądny adj (reasonable; not absurd)
- wymierny adj (arithmetic: of a number)
Portuguese
4 entries- racional adj (capable of reasoning)
- racional adj (reasonable; not absurd)
- racional adj (arithmetic: of a number)
- racional adj (arithmetic: of an algebraic expression)
Romanian
3 entries- rațional adj (capable of reasoning)
- rațional adj (reasonable; not absurd)
- rațional adj (arithmetic: of a number)
Russian
4 entries- мы́слящий adj (capable of reasoning)
- разу́мный adj (capable of reasoning)
- разу́мный adj (reasonable; not absurd)
- рассуди́тельный adj (reasonable; not absurd)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- ciallach adj (capable of reasoning)
- ciallach adj (reasonable; not absurd)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- racionalan adj (capable of reasoning)
- racionalan adj (reasonable; not absurd)
- racionalan adj (arithmetic: of a number)
- racionalan adj (arithmetic: of an algebraic expression)
Spanish
4 entries- racional adj (capable of reasoning)
- racional adj (arithmetic: of a number)
- racional adj (arithmetic: of an algebraic expression)
- razonable adj (reasonable; not absurd)
Swedish
2 entries- rationell adj (reasonable; not absurd)
- rationell adj (arithmetic: of a number)
Tagalog
2 entries- matwirin adj (arithmetic: of an algebraic expression)
- tagwayin adj (arithmetic: of a number)
Telugu
1 entries- హేతుబద్దమైన adj (reasonable; not absurd)
Ukrainian
3 entries- раціона́льний adj (reasonable; not absurd)
- раціона́льний adj (arithmetic: of a number)
- раціона́льний adj (arithmetic: of an algebraic expression)
Vietnamese
2 entries- hợp lí adj (reasonable; not absurd)
- hợp lý adj (reasonable; not absurd)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
Parents aren't rational because love isn't rational.
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Try to be a more rational consumer.
Source: tatoeba (30449)
But if we were wholly rational, would we want children at all?
Source: tatoeba (53629)
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