Reasonable vs Thinkable - What's the difference?
reasonable | thinkable | Related terms |
Having the faculty of reason; endued with reason; rational.
Just; fair; agreeable to reason.
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, author=Nathan Rabin
, title=TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “New Kid On The Block” (season 4, episode 8; originally aired 11/12/1992)
, work=The Onion AV Club
Not excessive or immoderate; within due limits; proper.
Not expensive; fairly priced.
Satisfactory.
Able to be thought or imagined; conceivable; feasible or possible.
Morally acceptable or legal (rare).
Reasonable is a related term of thinkable.
As adjectives the difference between reasonable and thinkable
is that reasonable is having the faculty of reason; endued with reason; rational while thinkable is able to be thought or imagined; conceivable; feasible or possible.reasonable
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Adjective
(en adjective)- a reasonable being
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- a reasonable demand, amount, or price
- $20 a bottle is very reasonable for a good wine at a restaurant.