sane

sane

adjective \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

See Synonym Discussion at wise

Other Psychology Terms

fetish, hypochondria, intelligence, mania, narcissism, neurosis, pathological, psychosis, schadenfreude, subliminal

sane

adjective \ˈsān\   (Medical Dictionary)

san·er; san·est

Medical Definition of SANE

1

: free from hurt or disease : healthy

2

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

3

: proceeding from a sound mind <sane behavior>

—sane·ly adverb