RATIONAL as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • having its source in or being guided by the intellect (distinguished from experience or emotion)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a rational analysis
   Similar To
   • intellectual (what does intellectual mean?)
2. Meaning
   • of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind
   Synonym(s)
   • intellectual (what does intellectual mean?)
   • noetic (what does noetic mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • intellectual problems
   • the triumph of the rational over the animal side of man
   Similar To
   • mental (what does mental mean?)
3. Meaning
   • consistent with or based on or using reason
   Usage Example(s)
   • rational behavior
   • a process of rational inference
   • rational thought
   Antonym(s)
   • irrational (what does irrational mean?)
   Similar To
   • coherent (what does coherent mean?)
   • logical (what does logical mean?)
   • lucid (what does lucid mean?)
   • demythologized (what does demythologized mean?)
   • demythologised (what does demythologised mean?)
   • intelligent (what does intelligent mean?)
   • reasoning(a) (what does reasoning(a) mean?)
   • thinking(a) (what does thinking(a) mean?)
   • reasonable (what does reasonable mean?)
   • sane (what does sane mean?)
   See Also
   • logical (what does logical mean?)
   • reasonable (what does reasonable mean?)
   • sensible (what does sensible mean?)
   • sane (what does sane mean?)
4. Meaning
   • capable of being expressed as a quotient of integers
   Usage Example(s)
   • rational numbers
   Antonym(s)
   • irrational (what does irrational mean?)
   Pertainym(s)
   • ratio (what does ratio mean?)