good sense
/ˌɡʊd ˈsɛns/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.14 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "I have divers of their Letters by me, where in there is neither good matter, good Language, good Senſe, nor true Engliſh."
- "They uſe Equivocal or Ambiguous Words, and Metaphorical or Figurative Expreſſions, becauſe they do not ſo much ſuſpect the Underſtanding and good Senſe of their Readers, as once to think, that they can take theſe Expreſſions, in a Senſe that is contrary to known and agreed Truths."
- "He is a Man of too much good Senſe to be impoſed on by your little Artifices; and your acting a double Part by him, as you do, in one Caſe, every Day, makes you more odious to him."
- "Every one has good sense enough to see other peoples' faults, and good nature enough to overlook their own."
- "Miss [Elizabeth Isabella] Spence is amongst the number of those industrious and praiseworthy ladies, of whose good sense we are so well assured that we shall very freely make such remarks as strike us, on her present sketches, &c. without the smallest apprehension of giving offence."
- "They had come to an open space of sunlight, which seemed to express to Syme the final return of his own good sense; and in the middle of this forest clearing was a figure that might well stand for that common sense in an almost awful actuality."
Etymology
Calque of Middle French bon sens, from Old French boin sens (modern French bon sens (“common sense, good sense”)).
Origin
- Source language: Old French
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌɡʊd ˈsɛns/
- British English: /ˌɡʊd ˈsɛn(t)s/
Usage
Synonyms
Antonyms
bad sense