SANITY: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for SANITY?

Need another word that means the same as “sanity”? Find 22 synonyms for “sanity” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Sanity” are: saneness, soundness of mind, balance, balance of mind, stability, reason, rationality, lucidity, lucidness, sense, senses, wits, normality, common sense, good sense, wisdom, prudence, judiciousness, practicality, reasonableness, soundness, sensibleness

Sanity as a Noun

Definitions of "Sanity" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “sanity” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• Reasonable and rational behaviour.
• Normal or sound powers of mind.
• The ability to think and behave in a normal and rational manner; sound mental health.

Synonyms of "Sanity" as a noun (22 Words)

balance	A weight that balances another weight. He accumulated a healthy balance with the savings bank.
balance of mind	A state of equilibrium.
common sense	A piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area.
good sense	Moral excellence or admirableness.
judiciousness	The trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and evaluating.
lucidity	Brightness; luminosity. His lecture combined intellectual lucidity and passion.
lucidness	Free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression.
normality	Something regarded as a normative example. The office gradually returned to a semblance of normality.
practicality	The aspects of a situation that involve the actual doing or experience of something rather than theories or ideas. There are still major doubts about the practicality of the proposal.
prudence	Knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress. We need to exercise prudence in such important matters.
rationality	The quality of being based on or in accordance with reason or logic. Like any phobia rationality plays only a small role.
reason	What is right, practical, or possible; common sense. I resigned for personal reasons.
reasonableness	Goodness of reason and judgment. Without greater reasonableness by both parties we will never settle this matter.
saneness	Normal or sound powers of mind.
sense	Relating to or denoting a coding sequence of nucleotides complementary to an antisense sequence. A sense of happiness.
senses	A natural appreciation or ability. In the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing.
sensibleness	The quality of showing good sense or practical judgment.
soundness	The quality of being prudent and sensible. You really have to question the soundness of these measures.
soundness of mind	The muscle tone of healthy tissue.
stability	The quality or attribute of being firm and steadfast. There are fears for the political stability of the area.
wisdom	An Apocryphal book consisting mainly of a meditation on wisdom although ascribed to Solomon it was probably written in the first century BC. Eastern wisdom.
wits	The basic human power of intelligent thought and perception. I was scared out of my wits.

Usage Examples of "Sanity" as a noun

• The next few years saw several appeals for sanity from top scientists.
• I began to doubt my own sanity.