reasonable

B1 Topic:Mind & Cognition

US /ˈɹi.zə.nə.bəl/ UK /ˈɹiː.zə.nə.bəl/ See IPA manual

Freq #3289

Meanings

1

adj
Fair, sensible, and based on good judgement.

She made a reasonable request to leave early.
2

adj
Not too expensive; fairly priced.

The hotel was clean and reasonable.
3

adj
Fairly good but not excellent; acceptable.

The builders did a reasonable job, given the short notice.

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Synonyms

1 adj · fair, sensible, and based... fair sensible

2 adj · not too expensive; fairly... affordable inexpensive

3 adj · fairly good but not... acceptable decent adequate

Word family

Derived forms nonreasonablereasonability reasonableness reasonablysemireasonable

Etymology

From Middle English resonable, from Old French resnable, from Classical Latin ratiōnābilis, from ratiō. By surface analysis, reason + -able. Doublet of rationable.

resonable Middle English resnable Old French ratiōnābilis la-cla

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# reasonable

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈɹi.zə.nə.bəl/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈɹiː.zə.nə.bəl/
**Frequency rank:** 3289

## Meanings
1. Fair, sensible, and based on good judgement.
2. Not too expensive; fairly priced.
3. Fairly good but not excellent; acceptable.

## Examples
- She made a reasonable request to leave early.
- The hotel was clean and reasonable.
- The builders did a reasonable job, given the short notice.

## Derived Forms
- nonreasonable
- reasonability
- reasonableness
- reasonably
- semireasonable

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: resonable
- Root: resnable
- Root: ratiōnābilis

## Etymology
From Middle English resonable, from Old French resnable, from Classical Latin ratiōnābilis, from ratiō. By surface analysis, reason + -able. Doublet of rationable.

## AI Etymology
Reasonable comes from Middle English resonable, from Old French resnable, from Classical Latin ratiōnābilis, from ratiō. By surface analysis, reason + -able. Doublet of rationable. Modern senses include fair, sensible, and based on good judgement. and not too expensive; fairly priced.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as nonreasonable, reasonability, reasonableness, reasonably, and semireasonable.

## Topics
- Mind & Cognition

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