Rationale and Thinking

Rationale

Rationale noun - A statement given to explain a belief or act.

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Thinking and rationale are semantically related. in reasoning topic. In some cases you can use "Thinking" instead a noun "Rationale", when it comes to topics like reason.

Nearby Words: rational, rationalize, rationalise, rationality, rationalization

Thinking

Thinking noun - The process of using your mind to consider something carefully.

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Antonyms for Thinking

Rationale and thinking are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Rationale" instead a noun "Thinking".

Nearby Words: think, thinker, thinkable

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How words are described

human	human rationale	human thinking
good	good rationale	good thinking
better	better rationale	better thinking
similar	similar rationale	similar thinking
Other adjectives: original, logical, actual, entire, real, great, dangerous, clever, scientific, strategic.

Both words in one sentence

His rationale for this performance was that he "got nervous and started thinking about neck bolts".

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