rational

  • (a) consistent with or based on or using reason
    • rational behavior
    • a process of rational inference
    • rational thought
  • (s) of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind
    • intellectual problems
    • the triumph of the rational over the animal side of man
    intellectual, noetic,
  • (a) capable of being expressed as a quotient of integers
    • rational numbers
  • (s) having its source in or being guided by the intellect (as distinguished from experience or emotion)
    • a rational analysis

Nouns

Synonyms

rational number intellectual noetic

Antonyms

irrational

See also

logical reasonable sensible sane

Words of close approximity

rationed
rationale rationalisation rationalise rationalise away rationalism rationalist rationalistic rationality rationalization rationalize rationalize away rationally rational motive rationalness rational number