reasonability

noun

Definition of reasonabilitynext
as in reasonableness

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  1. reasonableness
  2. feasibility
  3. possibility
  4. viability
  5. potentiality
  6. plausibility
Noun
  • The residents are owed answers, even while understanding the reasonableness of not knowing all of them just yet.
    — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Choosing life over glory is reasonableness in action.
    — Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
Definition of reasonableness
Noun
  • The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a motion by Supervisor Lindsey Horvath directing county agencies to study the feasibility of launching a county Office of Gender Equity.
    — Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The work will focus on technical feasibility, fuel development, manufacturing, and potential commercialization.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of feasibility
Noun
  • Beyond the possibility of romance, these sessions tap into a larger need for connection.
    — Kaitlyn Harvey, AJC.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Garfield remembers being fascinated by the rows of VHS tapes and the possibilities behind their covers.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of possibility
Noun
  • Huff will play Peter Allen, Jason’s (Strong) pragmatic colleague at the law firm who is a sounding board and early on questions the viability of the case.
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Meanwhile, Higgins continues to be in his woke era by commissioning a report on the viability of women’s football (KSSASLVPWFLTPLRHBAR for short).
    — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of viability
Noun
  • Work commenced on the record three months after Drewchin welcomed the arrival of her first child, Nova, a period in which she was consumed with the reality and potentialities of being a new parent.
    — Colin Joyce, Pitchfork, 20 July 2026
  • Takeovers are at once a timeless illustration of the volatility of crowds—perhaps especially adolescent crowds—and of the much newer potentialities unleashed by the internet a few decades ago.
    — Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 10 July 2026
Definition of potentiality
Noun
  • The bottom line for now is that oysters carry compounds with real biological plausibility for supporting testosterone production, particularly in people who are zinc-deficient.
    — Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 29 July 2026
  • Many of them gloss over the scientific details with just enough information to ground you in the world and give it an air of plausibility, like Doc Brown’s flux capacitor or The Doctor’s TARDIS.
    — Amy Tordoff, PEOPLE, 14 July 2026
Definition of plausibility
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“Reasonability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reasonability. Accessed 19 Aug. 2026.

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