Synonyms of cognitive

cognitive

adjective

as in reasonable

technical of, relating to, or involving conscious mental activities (such as thinking, understanding, learning, and remembering)

cognitive development

Related Words

• reasonable
• empirical
• analytic
• good
• rational
• logical
• consequent
• defensible
• coherent
• sound
• valid
• sensible
• maintainable
• well-grounded
• well-founded
• syllogistic
• sustainable
• a priori
• justifiable
• supportable
• tenable
• a posteriori
• defendable

Dissimilar Words

• misleading
• sophistic
• fallacious
• specious
• casuistic
• unarticulated
• unscientific
• stupid
• insane
• absurd
• mad
• eristic
• nonsensical
• crazy
• nutty
• fatuous
• loony
• thoughtless
• preposterous
• irrational
• witless
• simpleminded
• daffy
• weak
• senseless
• cockeyed
• unreasonable
• harebrained
• illogical
• incoherent
• unconvincing
• inconsequential
• illegitimate
• weak-minded
• unsound
• invalid
• half-baked
• half-witted
• inconsequent
• uncompelling

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of cognitive

Lopez said that cognitive reappraisal offers people a better ability to face challenges. — Jayson Jenks, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Better awareness is needed as researchers around the globe are actively studying a suite of innovative, non-drug treatments targeting the cognitive and social challenges common to the disorder. — Matthew Kurtz, The Conversation, 20 Aug. 2026

Results took into account the child’s race, gender, poverty status, cognitive testing at age four and school quality later in life. — Austin Horn, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026

Writing, the piece notes, helps develop all sorts of cognitive faculties, including building our working memory, executive planning skills, and our metacognition, or the ability to be aware of your own thinking. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 19 Aug. 2026