good sense
/ˌɡʊd ˈsɛn(t)s/US/ˌɡʊd ˈsɛns/
good sense noun: common sense; sensibleness.
Noun
good sense (uncountable)
- Common sense; sensibleness.
- I have divers of their Letters by me, where in there is neither good matter, good Language, good Senſe, nor true Engliſh.1658, Thomas Hall, “[Chap. 4.] Verse 13. The cloak which I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest bring with thee, and the Bookes, but especially, the Parchments.”, in A Practical and Polemical...
- They uſe Equivocal or Ambiguous Words, and Metaphorical or Figurative Expreſſions, becauſe they do not ſo much ſuſpect the Underſtanding and good Senſe of their Readers, as once to think, that they can take theſe Expreſſions, in a Senſe that is contrary to known and agreed Truths.1694, “On a Discourse of My Lord the Bishop of Sarum, Concerning the Divinity and Death of (the Lord) Christ”, in Considerations on the Explications of the Doctrine of the Trinity. […] In a Letter to...
- Synonyms:
- mother wit, native wit
- Antonyms:
- bad sense
good sense meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Telugu
good sense in Hindi
- good sense, self-possession, sanity
- सुध-बुध sudh-budh
good sense in Tamil
- சுமதி, நல்லபுத்தி, குறிக்கோள், நல்லறிவு
good sense in Urdu
- good sense, credulity
- خوش فہمی xuś fahmī
good sense in Telugu
- good sense, sound mind or thinking, wisdom
- సుమతి sumati
More languagesFewer languages
- good sense in Kannada
- ವಿವೇಚನೆ, ವ್ಯಾವಹಾರಿಕ ಬುದ್ಧಿ, ಸದ್ಬುದ್ದಿ
Examples of good sense in a sentence
- He is a Man of too much good Senſe to be impoſed on by your little Artifices; and your acting a double Part by him, as you do, in one Caſe, every Day, makes you more odious to him.1737 September 6, A. B., “Saturday, August 27, 1737 [Julian calendar]”, in Common Sense: Or, The Englishman’s Journal. Being a Collection...
- Every one has good sense enough to see other peoples' faults, and good nature enough to overlook their own.1768, Isaac Bickerstaff, The School for Fathers; or, Lionel & Clarissa. A Comic Opera. […] (Bell’s British Theatre. […]), volume XXI...
- It's there, of course, in the downright lunatic stunts performed by Cruise, again defying good sense and his own advancing years to top his previous feats of reckless self-endangerment.2018 July 25, A. A. Dowd, “Fallout may be the Most Breathlessly Intense Mission: Impossible Adventure Yet”, in The A.V. Club, archived from...
Synonyms of good sense
Antonyms
- bad sense
Origin of good sense
Calque of Middle French bon sens, from Old French boin sens (modern French bon sens (“common sense, good sense”)).
Questions about good sense
- What does good sense mean?
- Good sense means common sense; sensibleness.
- What is good sense in Hindi?
- Good sense in Hindi is सुध-बुध (sudh-budh). See Good sense meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use good sense in a sentence?
- He is a Man of too much good Senſe to be impoſed on by your little Artifices; and your acting a double Part by him, as you do, in one Caſe, every Day, makes you more odious to him.
- What part of speech is good sense?
- Good sense is a noun.
- How do you pronounce good sense?
- Good sense is pronounced /ˌɡʊd ˈsɛn(t)s/ (UK).
Words near good sense in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: good sense (page history and authors); सुध-बुध (Hindi) (page history and authors); good sense (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); خوش فہمی (Urdu) (page history and authors); సుమతి (Telugu) (page history and authors); good sense (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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