reasonable

English

Etymology

Old French resnable, from Late Latin rationabilis, more at reason, -able.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /ˈriː.zən.ə.bəl, /ˈriːz.nə.bəl/ X-SAMPA: /"ri:z@n@b@l/

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Adjective

reasonable (comparative more reasonable, superlative most reasonable)

1. Just; fair; agreeable to reason.
   • 2012 May 27, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “New Kid On The Block” (season 4, episode 8; originally aired 11/12/1992)”, The Onion AV Club:

     The episode also opens with an inspired bit of business for Homer, who blithely refuses to acquiesce to an elderly neighbor’s utterly reasonable request that he help make the process of selling her house easier by wearing pants when he gallivants about in front of windows, throw out his impressive collection of rotting Jack-O-Lanterns from previous Halloweens and take out his garbage, as it’s attracting wildlife (cue moose and Northern Exposure theme song).

2. Not expensive; fairly priced.

   $20 a bottle is very reasonable for a good wine at a restaurant.

3. Satisfactory.

Antonyms

• arbitrary
• unreasonable

Translations

just; fair; agreeable to reason

• Albanian: arsyeshëm (sq)
• Asturian: razonable (ast)
• Bulgarian: разумен (bg) (razúmen) m
• Catalan: raonable (ca)
• Czech: rozumný (cs)
• Finnish: kunnollinen (fi)
• French: correct (fr), juste (fr), raisonnable (fr)
• Galician: razoable (gl), razoábel (gl)
• German: vernünftig (de)
• Greek: δικαιολογημένος (el) (dikaiologiménos), τίμιος (el) (tímios), λογικός (el) (logikós)
• Irish: réasúnta (ga), ciallmhar (ga)

• Italian: ragionevole (it)
• Jèrriais: raisonnabl'ye m and f
• Norwegian: rimelig (no), fornuftig (no)
• Occitan: rasonable (oc)
• Polish: uzasadniony (pl) m
• Portuguese: razoável (pt) m and f
• Russian: разумный (ru) (razumnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: reusanta (gd), cothromach (gd)
• Spanish: razonable (es)
• Turkish: makul (tr)

inexpensive

• Albanian: arsyeshëm (sq)
• Czech: rozumný (cs)
• Finnish: kohtuullinen (fi)
• German: vernünftig (de), anständig (de)
• Greek: οφειλόμενος (el) (ofeilímenos), τίμιος (el) (tímios), λογικός (el) (logikós)

• Italian: moderato (it)
• Norwegian: rimelig (no)
• Polish: rozsądny (pl) m
• Russian: недорогой (ru) (nedorogoj)

satisfactory

• Albanian: arsyeshëm (sq)
• Czech: rozumný (cs)
• Finnish: sopiva (fi), joltinenkin (fi), järkeenkäypä (fi)
• French: satisfaisant (fr)
• German: vernünftig (de), anständig (de)
• Greek: ευάρεστος (el) (euárestos), λογικός (el) (logikós)

• Norwegian: fornuftig (no)
• Polish: satysfakcjonujący (pl) m
• Russian: удовлетворительный (ru) (udovletvoritelʹnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: reusanta (gd)

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• Greek: εύλογος (el) (évlogos)m, λογικευόμενος (el) (logikevómenos) m, αιτιολογημένος (el) (aitiologiménos) m, επάξιος (el) (epáxios)m, ικανοποιητικός (el) (ikanopoiitikós) m, δίκαιος (el) (díkaios) m, έντιμος (el) (éntimos) m