reasonable

B1 Topic:Describing Qualities

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.

Thesaurus

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

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Phrases (1)

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reasonable care
the degree of caution a reasonably careful person would use in the circumstances

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Proverbs (1)

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A reasonable amount of fleas is good for a dog

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
- Describing Qualities

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