sane

sane

adj \ˈsān\

san·ersan·est

Definition of SANE

1

: proceeding from a sound mind : rational

2

: mentally sound; especially : able to anticipate and appraise the effect of one's actions

3

: healthy in body

— sane·ly adverb

— sane·ness\ˈsān-nəs\ noun

Examples of SANE

1. No sane person could do something so horrible.
2. Leaving was the only sane option she had.

Origin of SANE

Latin sanus healthy, sane

First Known Use: 1628

Related to SANE

Synonyms: balanced, clearheaded, 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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