LOGICAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does logical mean?
• LOGICAL (adjective)
The adjective LOGICAL has 4 senses:
1. capable of or reflecting the capability for correct and valid reasoning
2. based on known statements or events or conditions
3. marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts
4. capable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and consistent manner
Familiarity information: LOGICAL used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• LOGICAL (adjective)
Meaning:
Capable of or reflecting the capability for correct and valid reasoning
Context example:
a logical mind
Similar:
ratiocinative (based on exact thinking)
formal (logically deductive)
dianoetic; discursive (proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition)
Also:
coherent; consistent; logical; ordered; orderly (marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts)
synthetic; synthetical (of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts)
analytic; analytical (of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience)
rational (consistent with or based on or using reason)
reasonable; sensible (showing reason or sound judgment)
Attribute:
logicality; logicalness (correct and valid reasoning)
Antonym:
illogical (lacking in correct logical relation)
Meaning:
Based on known statements or events or conditions
Synonyms:
legitimate; logical
Context example:
rain was a logical expectation, given the time of year
Similar:
valid (well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force)
Meaning:
Marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts
Synonyms:
coherent; consistent; logical; ordered; orderly
Context example:
a coherent argument
Similar:
seamless (perfectly consistent and coherent)
Also:
logical (capable of or reflecting the capability for correct and valid reasoning)
rational (consistent with or based on or using reason)
Meaning:
Capable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and consistent manner
Synonyms:
coherent; lucid; logical
Context examples:
a lucid thinker / she was more coherent than she had been just after the accident
Similar:
rational (consistent with or based on or using reason)
