clearheaded

clear·head·ed

adj \-ˌhe-dəd\

Definition of CLEARHEADED

1

: having or showing a clear understanding : perceptive <clearheaded comments>

2

: able to think clearly <stay calm and clearheaded>

— clear·head·ed·ly adverb

— clear·head·ed·ness noun

Examples of CLEARHEADED

1. He remains calm and clearheaded in tense situations.
2. <waited until she was clearheaded to make the decision>

First Known Use of CLEARHEADED

1709

Related to CLEARHEADED

Synonyms: balanced, sane, compos mentis, lucid, normal, right, stable

Antonyms: brainsick, crazed, crazy, demented, deranged, insane, lunatic, mad, maniacal (also maniac), mental, unbalanced, unsound

Related Words: analytic (or analytical), clear, coherent, logical, rational, reasonable; even-keeled, judicious, levelheaded, sensible, wise; healthy, sound, unneurotic; well-adjusted, well-balanced

Near Antonyms: balmy, bananas, batty, bughouse [slang], certifiable, crackbrained, cracked, crackpot, cranky [dialect], cuckoo, daffy, daft, dotty, fruity [slang], gaga, loco [slang], loony (also looney), loopy, meshuga (or meshugge also meshugah or meshuggah), moonstruck, nuts, nutty, scatty [chiefly British], screwy, wacko (also whacko), wacky (also whacky); aberrant, delirious, disordered; delusional, delusionary, disturbed, neurotic, obsessive-compulsive, paranoiac (also paranoic), paranoid (also paranoidal), psycho, psychotic, schizo, schizoid, schizophrenic, schizy (or schizzy); eccentric, odd, oddball, off, pixilated (also pixillated), potty [chiefly British], queer, strange; foolish, senseless, witless; irrational, mixed-up, unreasonable; depressed, despondent; distracted, distraught, frantic, frenzied, haywire, hysterical (also hysteric), raving, wigged-out; amok (or amuck), ape, ballistic, berserk, nuclear; fixated, monomaniac, monomaniacal, obsessed

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Rhymes with CLEARHEADED

airheaded, bareheaded, bigheaded, bullheaded, coolheaded, eggheaded, embedded, fatheaded, hardheaded, hotheaded, light-headed, longheaded, lunkheaded, pigheaded, pinheaded, redheaded, roundheaded, sapheaded, softheaded, swelled-headed, swellheaded, thickheaded, towheaded, unleaded, white-headed, wrongheaded