HORSE SENSE Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

horse sense

noun

as in prudence

the ability to make intelligent decisions especially in everyday matters pure horse sense should tell you it's dangerous to play with matches

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Recent Examples of horse sense Anheuser-Busch will have to see how viewers react to its latest ad to determine if consumers think the Clydesdales still present good horse sense or represent a horse of a different color. —

Brian Steinberg, Variety, 26 Jan. 2026 Our people have a horse sense for what good work is. —

Beth Greenfield, Fortune, 1 July 2024 His words of wisdom are tinged with wit and old-fashioned horse sense. —

Valerie Fraser Luesse, Southern Living, 2 Jan. 2024 My bet is that Smith has that political horse sense. —

Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 8 June 2023 But Lord knows, there’s a mountain of acumen and perspicacity or, in plain terms, good horse sense stored in those minds and souls. —

Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Jan. 2023 Back in 2011, Daniels, a former Bush White House official and two-term Indiana governor known for his conservative horse sense and low-key manner, passed on a White House run and went on to accept the Purdue presidency. —

Frederick Hess, Forbes, 16 June 2022 In an age when Hollywood’s highest-profile parent-child relationship is that between Britney Spears and her father, what could be more refreshing than the homespun horse sense of the Howard boys? —

Peter Tonguette, WSJ, 7 Oct. 2021 People have many ways of talking about intuition: gut, nose, sixth sense, horse sense, Spidey-sense. —

Steve Kolowich, Washington Post, 20 June 2019

Recent Examples of Synonyms for horse sense

Noun

The two big investments in their front seven — particularly Phillips’ whopping four-year, $120 million deal — also meant the Panthers would have to exercise financial prudence with their other additions, at least one of which was a head-scratcher.

— Joseph Person, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
This is not the time for fiscal prudence for the Sharks.

— Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2026