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Common sense

See Common sense, under Sense.

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Discernment 76% connected

The act of discerning.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Judgement 76% connected

the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Judgment 76% connected

The act of judging; the operation of the mind, involving comparison and discrimination, by which a knowledge of the values and relations of thins, wh…

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Sagacity 76% connected

The quality of being sagacious; quickness or acuteness of sense perceptions; keenness of discernment or penetration with soundness of judgment; shrew…

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Logic 76% connected

The science or art of exact reasoning, or of pure and formal thought, or of the laws according to which the processes of pure thinking should be cond…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Nous 76% connected

Intellect; understanding; talent; -- used humorously.

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Gumption 92% connected

Capacity; shrewdness; common sense.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sense 92% connected

A faculty, possessed by animals, of perceiving external objects by means of impressions made upon certain organs (sensory or sense organs) of the bod…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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