REASONABILITY Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

reasonability

noun

Definition of reasonability

as in reasonableness

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Noun

The residents are owed answers, even while understanding the reasonableness of not knowing all of them just yet.

— Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 23 Apr. 2026
Choosing life over glory is reasonableness in action.

— Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026

Definition of reasonableness

Noun

The work will focus on technical feasibility, fuel development, manufacturing, and potential commercialization.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 2026
Teams identify dozens or hundreds of ideas, score them on impact and feasibility and fund the most attractive pilots.

— Todd Bernson, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of feasibility

Noun

That geometry offers the rare possibility of watching an eclipsed sun descend toward the horizon.

— Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Chinese military affairs expert Song Zhongping said the Type 076 amphibious assault ship marks a significant technological advance, introducing new possibilities for naval operations.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of possibility

Noun

Even before the war began, there were questions over the long-term viability of the league.

— Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
In Illinois, the implications threaten not only individual households but also the viability of the Chicago area’s independent authorized SNAP retailers.

— Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of viability

Noun

Work commenced on the record three months after Drewchin welcomed the arrival of her first child, Nova, a period in which she was consumed with the reality and potentialities of being a new parent.

— Colin Joyce, Pitchfork, 20 July 2026
Takeovers are at once a timeless illustration of the volatility of crowds—perhaps especially adolescent crowds—and of the much newer potentialities unleashed by the internet a few decades ago.

— Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 10 July 2026

Definition of potentiality

Noun

The bottom line for now is that oysters carry compounds with real biological plausibility for supporting testosterone production, particularly in people who are zinc-deficient.

— Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 29 July 2026
Many of them gloss over the scientific details with just enough information to ground you in the world and give it an air of plausibility, like Doc Brown’s flux capacitor or The Doctor’s TARDIS.

— Amy Tordoff, PEOPLE, 14 July 2026

Definition of plausibility

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