reasoning

The word “reasoning” has 3 syllables: rea-son-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈriː.zən.ɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for reasoning?

In the thesaurus, “reasoning” has 109 synonyms and 37 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for reasoning along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for reasoning

adducing
advancing
advising
advocating
affirming
analysis
analytic
analytical
arguing
argumentation
ascertaining
asserting
assuming
averring
avouching
avowing
brainy
cerebral
championing
citing
claiming
cogency
cognitional
cognitive
coherence
concluding
confuting
conjecturing
considering
construing
contemplating
contending
convincing
convincingness
counseling
counselling
countering
debating
deciding
deducing
deduction
defending
deriving
discussing
disproving
disputation
dissection
drawing a conclusion
enforcing
espousing
explaining
extrapolating
finding out
gathering
giving
guessing
highbrow
highbrowed
induction
inferring
insisting
intellection
intellectual
intelligent
interpreting
judging
justifying
levelheaded
logic
logical
logicality
logicalness
maintaining
making out
mental
mentioning
offering
persuading
persuasiveness
philosophizing
pleading
practical
proposing
ratiocination
rational
rationality
rationalizing
rationalness
reading
reason
reasonable
rebutting
recommending
refuting
sane
sense
sensible
sober
speculating
submitting
suggesting
supporting
supposing
surmising
syllogism
synthesis
thinking
understanding
urging

Antonyms for reasoning

absurdity
brainless
brainlessness
dense
doltish
dopey
dopy
dorky
dull
dumb
fallacious
fatuous
groundless
half-witted
illogic
illogical
incoherence
insanity
invalid
irrational
irrationality
mindless
nonrational
nonsensical
nonsensicalness
nonthinking
obtuse
preposterousness
senseless
senselessness
slow
stupid
thickheaded
unintelligent
unreasonable
unreasoning
unthinking

Meanings of reasoning

verb
1. To deduce or come to a conclusion by being rational.
2. To perform a process of deduction or of induction, in order to convince or to confute; to argue.
3. To converse; to compare opinions.
4. To arrange and present the reasons for or against; to examine or discuss by arguments; to debate or discuss.
5. To support with reasons, as a request.
6. To persuade by reasoning or argument.
7. (with down) To overcome or conquer by adducing reasons.
8. (usually with out) To find by logical process; to explain or justify by reason or argument.
noun
1. The deduction of inferences or interpretations from premises; abstract thought; ratiocination.
2. A Rastafari meeting held for the purposes of chanting, prayer and discussion.

Example Sentences

Her reasoning was clear and easy to follow.
The lawyer’s reasoning convinced the jury to acquit.
We questioned the reasoning behind his sudden decision.
Good reasoning skills are essential for solving complex problems.
His flawed reasoning led to an incorrect conclusion.

On this page you'll find 146 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to reasoning, such as: absurdity, adducing, advancing, advising, advocating, affirming, analysis.

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