noun
sound practical judgment
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Common sense is not so common
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he hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples
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fortunately she had the good sense to run away
• Syn: ↑common sense, ↑good sense, ↑gumption, ↑sense, ↑mother wit
• Derivationally related forms: ↑sense (for: ↑sense), ↑commonsensical (for: ↑common sense)
• Hypernyms: ↑sagacity, ↑sagaciousness, ↑judgment, ↑judgement, ↑discernment
• Hyponyms: ↑logic, ↑nous, ↑road sense
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noun : plain shrewd unsophisticated common sense
juries seldom accept purely scientific evidence if it seems in conflict with everyday horse sense — E.M.Lustgarten
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common sense.
[1825-35, Amer.]
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horse sense noun (informal)
Plain common sense
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Main Entry: ↑horse
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horse sense,
Informal. plain, practical good sense; common sense; shrewdness: »
Besides an evaluation of the engineers' estimates, we're going to rely more on what our horse sense tells us (Wall Street Journal).
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n. informal common sense
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noun [noncount]
informal : the ability to make good judgments or decisions : common sense
He credits his success to good old-fashioned horse sense.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.