REASONING Synonyms

• the state of having good sense and sound judgment

• the quality of being consistent with or based on logic

• the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning

• a reduction in the gross amount on which a tax is calculated; reduces taxes by the percentage fixed for the taxpayer's income bracket

• an amount or percentage deducted

• something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)

• reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)

• the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole)

• the act of reducing the selling price of merchandise

• the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference

• reasoned and reasonable judgment

• the principles that guide reasoning within a given field or situation

• the system of operations performed by a computer that underlies the machine's representation of logical operations

• a system of reasoning

• the process of using your mind to consider something carefully

• endowed with the capacity to reason

• the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

• the process of using your mind to consider something carefully

• the organized beliefs of a period or group or individual

• a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty

• present reasons and arguments

• have an argument about something

• give evidence of

• events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something

• a justification for something existing or happening

• a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end

• any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results

• a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy

• give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally

• cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner

• decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion

• bring to a close

• reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation

• come to a close

• reach agreement on

• the solid part of the earth's surface

• a rational motive for a belief or action

• the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface

• a relation that provides the foundation for something

• a position to be won or defended in battle (or as if in battle)

• the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground

• material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)

• a relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure on which attention is focused

• a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage)

• (art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting

• the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface

• fix firmly and stably

• confine or restrict to the ground

• place or put on the ground

• instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject

• bring to the ground

• hit or reach the ground

• throw to the ground in order to stop play and avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage

• (baseball) a hit that travels along the playing field.

• cover with a primer; apply a primer to

• connect to a ground

• use as a basis for; found on

• your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief

• the enclosed land around a house or other building

• a tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation or burial etc.)

• a justification for something existing or happening

• dregs consisting of solid particles (especially of coffee) that form a residue

• an event that occurs at a critical time

• a formal or official social gathering or ceremony of people

• a rational motive for a belief or action

• the time of a particular event

• an opportunity to do something

• give occasion to

• the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism)

• logical and methodical reasoning

• (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature)

• the state of having good sense and sound judgment

• goodness of reason and judgment

• the property of being moderate in price or expenditures

• moderation in expectations

• the quality of being plausible or acceptable to a reasonable person

• the cognitive condition of someone who understands

• the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises

• an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion

• the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination

• characterized by understanding based on comprehension and discernment and empathy

• decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion