Synonyms for reason
Another word for reason is ground, occasion or understanding. Below are 11 synonyms and 30 related words across 9 senses.
Also searched as: reasoner, reasons.
1. noun: a rational motive for a belief or action
- ground synonyms
- occasion synonyms
2. noun: an explanation of the cause of some phenomenon
3. noun: the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination
- understanding synonyms
- intellect synonyms
4. noun: the state of having good sense and sound judgment
- rationality synonyms
- reasonableness
5. noun: a justification for something existing or happening
- cause synonyms
- grounds synonyms
6. noun: a fact that logically justifies some premise or conclusion
7. verb: decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion
- reason out
- conclude synonyms
8. verb: present reasons and arguments
- argue synonyms
9. verb: think logically
Related words
Broader, narrower and sibling terms from the same WordNet tree. They aren't interchangeable, but one of them is often the word you wanted.
- why
- account synonyms
- score synonyms
- rational motive
- wherefore
- explanation
- faculty synonyms
- mental faculty
- module
- sanity
- saneness
- justification
- fact
- indication synonyms
- contraindication
- find synonyms
- feel synonyms
- gather synonyms
- induce synonyms
- derive synonyms
- infer synonyms
- deduct synonyms
- deduce
- generalize
- extrapolate
- generalise
- cogitate
- syllogize
- cerebrate
- syllogise
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Questions people ask
What is another word for reason?
You can say ground, occasion, understanding, intellect or rationality instead of reason. Which one fits depends on the sense; the first sense above means "a rational motive for a belief or action".
What is the opposite of reason?
WordNet lists no direct antonym for reason; the nearest opposites depend on which sense you mean.
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