sane
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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
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Synonyms & Antonyms for sane
Synonyms
balanced, clearheaded, lucid, normal, right, stable
Antonyms
brainsick, crazed, crazy, demented, deranged, insane, lunatic, mad, maniacal (also maniac), mental, unbalanced, unsound
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For me, having crazy parents, my teachers were like the sane people who raised me. — Ellen Gray, Philly.com, "ABC picks up '90s 'Goldbergs' spinoff based on Penn Charter teachers," 16 Apr. 2018 Perfectly sane people become addicted to these medications and end up dead. — Time, "Flea: The Temptation of Drugs Is a B*tch," 22 Feb. 2018 No sane person wants to live in an all back neighborhood. — Michael Harriot, The Root, "The Root’s Clapback Mailbag: The Longest Clapback Ever," 22 June 2018 Apparently the Bottle's great reputation as a booker—and the absence of a cover charge—is enough to convince perfectly sane people to volunteer for possible frostbite watching bands playing in the street outside the venue. — Leor Galil, Chicago Reader, "Do This / Music Music Frozen Dancing is the only festival where you can see Oh Sees in the snow," 16 Feb. 2018 What if the president ordering a nuclear attack isn’t sane? — Michael S. Rosenwald, Washington Post, "‘How can you trust these people?’ The brutal ordeal of America’s forgotten Iranian hostage.," 11 May 2018 Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Tom Paine, Karl Marx—are scarcely more sane. — William Finnegan, Smithsonian, "When the Unabomber Was Arrested, One of the Longest Manhunts in FBI History Was Finally Over," 18 May 2018 Being out in the mountains is the one thing that helps me stay grounded and sane. — Blair Braverman, Outside Online, "So You Charge Harder Than Your Partner," 16 May 2018 The slippery boundary between the categories of sane and insane is central to my work as an anthropologist at Northwestern University studying cultural influences on the experience and understanding of mental illness. — Rebecca A. Seligman, STAT, "Cultural confusion: the shifting line between sane and ‘unsane’," 8 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'sane.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for sane
sane
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English Language Learners Definition of sane
: having a healthy mind : able to think normally
: based on reason or good judgment : rational or sensible
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Kids Definition of sane
1 : having a healthy and sound mind
2 : very sensible a sane policy
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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
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sane
adjectiveLegal Definition of sane
: mentally sound specifically : able to understand one's actions and distinguish right from wrong
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