Mean and Sensible

Mean

Mean adjective - Being about midway between extremes of amount or size.

Sensible and mean are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sensible" instead an adjective "Mean".

Nearby Words: means, meaning, meanness, meant, meanly

Sensible

Sensible adjective - Able to be perceived by a sense or by the mind.

Mean and sensible are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Mean" instead an adjective "Sensible".

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Literature / Crime and Punishment Razumikhin sounds very close (and is related) to the Russian word "razumny", which can mean "intelligent" or "sensible".
  • Given the knowledge he has (those guys were big in their time), is perfectly sensible, but to the modern audience, these names were long forgotten and mean nothing.
  • Golden Mean Fallacy The Golden Mean Fallacy is turning both sides of an argument into Strawman Politicals and declaring that the only sensible "realist" approach is to take the middle road.
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