sanity
UK/ˈsæn.əˌti//ˈsæn.ə.ti/
sanity noun: the condition of being sane.
Noun
sanity (countable and uncountable, plural sanities)
- The condition of being sane.
- preserve one's sanity
- lose your sanity
- Antonyms:
- bedlamism, brainsickness, craze, craziness, derangement, insaneness, insanity, lunacy, lune, madness
- Reasonable and rational behaviour.
sanity meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
sanity in Tamil
- நல்லறிவு நிலை, மன நலம்
sanity in Bengali
- মানসিক সুস্থতা, মস্তিস্কের সুস্থ অবস্থা, প্রকৃতিস্থতা, সুবুদ্ধি, যৌক্তিক চিন্তাভাবনা
sanity in Malayalam
- സ്വസ്ഥബുദ്ധി, മാനസികാരോഗ്യമുള്ള അവസ്ഥ, യുക്തിബോധം, ആരോഗ്യം
sanity in Kannada
- ಬುದ್ಧಿಸ್ವಾಸ್ಥ್ಯ, ಬುದ್ಧಿ ನೆಟ್ಟಗಿರುವುದು, ವಿವೇಕ, ಸ್ವಸ್ಥ ಚಿತ್ತ, ತಿಳಿವು, ತಿಳಿ ಒಳಗು
More languagesFewer languages
- sanity in Punjabi
- ਸੁਰਤ surat
- sanity in Indonesian
- kewarasan
Examples of sanity in a sentence
- For some applications, software architecture needs to be capable of tolerating bitflips from cosmic rays, through methods such as parameter value refreshes and sanity checks.
- I tried to reinject some sanity to the conversation, but it was too late and conspiracy theory reigned for the rest of the night.
- I was hanging tight to what was left of my sanity.
Synonyms of sanity
Antonyms
- bedlamism
- brainsickness
- craze
- craziness
- derangement
- insaneness
- insanity
- lunacy
- madness
- mental disorder
4 more antonymsFewer antonyms
Forms of sanity
| plural | sanities |
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Origin of sanity
From Middle English sanite, sanyte, sanytee, from Middle French sanité, from Latin sānitās, from sānus (“healthy”) + -itās (“-ity”). By surface analysis, sane + -ity.
Words formed from sanity
- insanity
- lose sanity
- nonsanity
- sanitary
- sanitize
- sanity check
- sanity test
Phrases with sanity
Questions about sanity
- What does sanity mean?
- Sanity means the condition of being sane.
- What is sanity in Tamil?
- Sanity in Tamil is நல்லறிவு நிலை, மன நலம். See Sanity meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is sanity?
- Sanity is a noun.
- How do you pronounce sanity?
- Sanity is pronounced /ˈsæn.əˌti/ (UK).
- What is the plural of sanity?
- The plural of sanity is sanities.
Words near sanity in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sanity (page history and authors); sanity (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sanity (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sanity (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sanity (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਸੁਰਤ (Punjabi) (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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