Hardheaded
Hardheaded adjective - Willing to see things as they really are and deal with them sensibly.
Usage example: a hardheaded minister who understands the difficulties teenagers face today
Rational
Rational adjective - Having the ability to reason.
Hardheaded is a synonym for rational in sensible topic. You can use "Hardheaded" instead an adjective "Rational", if it concerns topics such as shrewd.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- sensible and hardheaded
- sensible and rational
- sound and hardheaded
- sound and rational
- objective and hardheaded
- objective and rational
- sane and hardheaded
- sane and rational
- reasonable and hardheaded
- reasonable and rational
- sober and hardheaded
- sober and rational
- sharp and hardheaded
- sharp and rational
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