| account |
ground or reason for carrying out some action; basis. [1/16 definitions] |
| affective |
pertaining to or caused by emotions rather than reason. |
| a fortiori |
(Latin) for a strong reason; all the more so. |
| analogize |
to reason or argue by use of analogy. [1/3 definitions] |
| arbitrary |
resulting from whim or caprice instead of from a rule or reason. [1/3 definitions] |
| argument |
a reason in favor of or against something. [1/6 definitions] |
| baseless |
without basis in fact or reason; unfounded. |
| because |
for the reason that. |
| because of |
on account of; by reason of. |
| blind |
beyond reason or the need for evidence. [1/12 definitions] |
| by the same token |
for the same, or a similar, reason. |
| cause |
good reason or sufficient motive. [1/5 definitions] |
| cerebral |
characterized by intellect or reason. [1/2 definitions] |
| cerebrate |
to use the mind; think or reason about. |
| cite |
to point to, esp. as a reason for something; mention. [1/5 definitions] |
| cohere |
to be connected by reason; be consistent. [1/2 definitions] |
| crackbrain |
a person without sense or reason; one who is insane. |
| crazed |
having lost one's reason, or having or giving the appearance of being insane. [1/2 definitions] |
| default |
to lose a game, match, or the like for this reason. [2/14 definitions] |
| deism |
the belief, based only on reason and on evidence in nature, and not on any supernatural revelation, in the existence of a god who created the universe. (Cf. theism.) |
| discursive |
proceeding by reason rather than intuition, as an argument or discourse. [1/2 definitions] |