sane

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

adj. rational (see sanity). Ant., insane.

II

(Roget's IV) modif.

1. [Sound in mind]

Syn. rational, normal, lucid, right-minded, sober, sound-minded, sound, in one's right mind, self-possessed, with a healthy mind, mentally sound, balanced, healthy-minded, reasonable, having a head on one's shoulders*, having all one's marbles*, all there*, in possession of one's faculties*.

Ant. insane*, irrational, delirious.

2. [Sensible]

Syn. reasonable, fair-minded, open to reason, endowed with reason, sagacious, judicious, wise, logical, intelligent, steady, with good judgment, discerning, well-advised.

Ant. illogical*, unreasonable, senseless.

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.

of sound mind, rational, lucid, clear-thinking, right-minded, compos mentis, possessing all of one's faculties, *having all one's marbles, *playing with a full deck, stable, *in one's right mind, *all there, sober, sensible, reasonable.

ANT.: insane, crazy, *out ofone s mind, deranged

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Mentally healthy: compos mentis, lucid, rational. Idioms: all there, in one's right mind, of sound mind. See SANE. 2. Possessing, proceeding from, or exhibiting good judgment and prudence: balanced, commonsensible, com-monsensical, judicious, levelheaded, prudent, rational, reasonable, sagacious, sage, sapient, sensible, sound2, well-founded, well-grounded, wise1. See REASON, SANE.