reasonable

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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹiː.zən.ə.bəl/, /ˈɹiːz.nə.bəl/

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Adjective

reasonable (comparative more reasonable, superlative most reasonable)

1. Having the faculty of reason; imbued with reason; rational.

   a reasonable being

2. 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)”, in The Onion AV Club‎^[1]:

     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).

3. Not excessive or immoderate; within due limits; proper.

   a reasonable demand, amount, or price

4. Not expensive; fairly priced.

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

5. Satisfactory.

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

Synonyms

• reasonous

Antonyms

• arbitrary
• unreasonable

Translations

just; fair; agreeable to reason

• Albanian: arsyeshëm (sq)
• Armenian: ողջամիտ (hy) (ołǰamit)
• Asturian: razonable
• Belarusian: разу́мны m (razúmny)
• Bulgarian: разумен (bg) m (razúmen)
• Catalan: raonable
• 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, ciallmhar

• Italian: ragionevole (it)
• Norman: raisonnabl'ye m, f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: rimelig (no), fornuftig (no)

  Nynorsk: rimeleg, fornuftig

• Occitan: rasonable (oc)
• Polish: uzasadniony (pl)
• Portuguese: razoável (pt) m, f
• Romanian: rezonabil (ro)
• Russian: разу́мный (ru) (razúmnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: reusanta, cothromach
• Spanish: razonable (es)
• Turkish: makul (tr)

inexpensive

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

  Bokmål: rimelig (no)

  Nynorsk: rimeleg

• Polish: rozsądny (pl)
• Portuguese: em conta (pt)
• Romanian: rezonabil (ro)
• Russian: недорого́й (ru) (nedorogój), за разу́мную це́ну (za razúmnuju cénu)
• Spanish: módico

satisfactory

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

• Norwegian: fornuftig (no)
• Polish: satysfakcjonujący m
• Portuguese: satisfatório (pt)
• Romanian: satisfăcător (ro)
• Russian: удовлетвори́тельный (ru) (udovletvorítelʹnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: reusanta

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