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level-headed

level-headed adjective: sensible; rational; possessing sound judgment.

Adjective

level-headed (comparative more level-headed, superlative most level-headed)

  1. (idiomatic) Sensible; rational; possessing sound judgment.
    • I urge you to weigh calmly, deliberately, as cool, level-headed Canadians, the evidence produced by the prosecution.1909, Ralph Connor, The Foreigner, chapter 7
    • I'm very happy that the community around me is relatively level headed and usually within reason.2026 February 16, @CultClassicCage [username], X, archived from the original on 17 Feb 2026

level-headed meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada

level-headed in Tamil

உணர்ச்சி வயப்படாத, ஒருநிலை மனத்தினான

level-headed in Bengali

বুঝদার, যুক্তিবাদী, সঠিক বিচারবুদ্ধি সম্পন্ন

level-headed in Malayalam

prudent, sensible, practical
സാമാന്യബോധമുള്ള, സമചിത്തതയുള്ള, കാര്യാകാര്യ വിവേചനമുള്ള, വിവേകമുള്ള, പക്വതയുള്ള, വിവേകശാലിയായ

level-headed in Kannada

ಸಮಚಿತ್ತದ, ಶಾಂತ ಮನಸ್ಸಿನ, ವಿವೇಕವುಳ್ಳ

Synonyms of level-headed

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Antonyms

Forms of level-headed

comparativemore level-headed
superlativemost level-headed
alternative formlevel headed
alternative formlevelheaded

Origin of level-headed

From level + headed.

Words formed from level-headed

Questions about level-headed

What does level-headed mean?
Level-headed means sensible; rational; possessing sound judgment.
What is level-headed in Tamil?
Level-headed in Tamil is உணர்ச்சி வயப்படாத, ஒருநிலை மனத்தினான. See Level-headed meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is level-headed?
Level-headed is an adjective.

Words near level-headed in the dictionary

  1. level with
  2. level-coil
  3. level-handed
  4. level-handedly
  5. level-handedness
  6. level-headed
  7. level-headedly
  8. level-headedness
  9. level-triggered
  10. levelable
  11. levelage

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Adapted from Wiktionary: level-headed (page history and authors); level-headed (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); level-headed (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); level-headed (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); level-headed (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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