REASONING

Pronunciation (US):

• REASONING (noun)
  The noun REASONING has 1 sense:

1. thinking that is coherent and logical

  Familiarity information: REASONING used as a noun is very rare.

• REASONING (adjective)
  The adjective REASONING has 1 sense:

1. endowed with the capacity to reason

  Familiarity information: REASONING used as an adjective is very rare.

• REASONING (noun)

Meaning:

Thinking that is coherent and logical

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

abstract thought; logical thinking; reasoning

Hypernyms ("reasoning" is a kind of...):

cerebration; intellection; mentation; thinking; thought; thought process (the process of using your mind to consider something carefully)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reasoning"):

analysis; analytic thinking (the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations)

argumentation; line; line of reasoning; logical argument (the methodical process of logical reasoning)

conjecture (reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence)

deduction; deductive reasoning; synthesis (reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect))

illation; inference (the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation)

anticipation; prediction; prevision (the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future))

ratiocination (logical and methodical reasoning)

reasoning backward; regress (the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence)

synthesis; synthetic thinking (the combination of ideas into a complex whole)

• REASONING (adjective)

Meaning:

Endowed with the capacity to reason

Synonyms:

reasoning; thinking; intelligent

Similar:

rational (consistent with or based on or using reason)