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adjective |
| definition 1: |
in accordance with sound thinking; reasonable; sensible.
It seems logical to keep your job until you find a new one.It's not logical to get angry about something that may not even happen.- synonyms:
- rational, reasonable
- antonyms:
- illogical, irrational
- similar words:
- clear, coherent, consistent, legitimate
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| definition 2: |
in accord with the rules of formal logic.
A computer is programmed using logical languages.
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| definition 3: |
resulting from clear thinking and valid arguments; sound.
Her essay was very convincing, as it was completely logical.- synonyms:
- cogent, rational, reasonable, sound
- antonyms:
- fallacious, illogical, nonsensical
- similar words:
- analytical, clear, coherent, judicious, sensible, wise
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| definition 4: |
following with logic or reason from prior events or statements.
It's logical that he would reject such a measure after having done so before.- antonyms:
- illogical
- similar words:
- inductive, inferential, likely, plausible, reasonable, sensible
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| related words: |
analytic, discursive, natural, sane, tenable, valid |
adverb + (adj.)logical
eminently, perfectly, purely, seemingly, therefore
(adj.)logical
+ noun
absurdity,
addition,
alternative,
analysis,
approach,
argument,
arrangement,
assumption,
basis,
choice,
coherence,
conclusion,
connection,
consequence,
consistency,
construct,
contradiction,
corollary,
culmination,
deduction,
destination,
discourse,
empiricism,
entity,
error,
evolution,
explanation,
extension,
extreme,
fallacy,
flaw,
flow,
format,
framework,
heir,
hypothesis,
implication,
impossibility,
inconsistency,
inference,
inquiry,
limit,
logic,
manner,
mathematics,
move,
necessity,
objection,
operator,
order,
outcome,
outgrowth,
philosophy,
positivism,
positivist,
possibility,
premise,
principle,
probability,
progression,
proposition,
puzzle,
queue,
reason,
reasoning,
relation,
sequence,
solution,
solving,
standpoint,
starting,
step,
structure,
successor,
suspect,
thinker,
thinking,
thought,
thread,
validity
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| derivations: |
logically (adv.), logicality (n.), logicalness (n.) |
The word logical
contains the following parts:
log, logo, -logue
Greek
root
that means word, speech, written work
  More about this word part:
Example words:
apologetics, apologia, apologue, catalogue, Decalogue, dialogue, duologue, epilogue, horologe, illogic, logic, logical, logo, logogriph, logomachy, logorrhea, logotype, monologue, neologism, prologue, syllogism
-al2, -ial, -ual
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means pertaining to
More about this word part:
The suffix -al2, -ial
attaches primarily to nouns ( national
, environmental
) but sometimes to Latin or Greek roots ( final
, capital
, comical
) to form adjectives. See also -ar1.
Example words:
abnormal, accidental, additional, aerial, agricultural, ancestral, annual, arboreal, artificial, astral, bacterial, biblical, biographical, brutal, capital, central, ceremonial, chemical, classical, clinical, coastal, colonial, comical, commercial, confidential, constitutional, continental, continual, controversial, conventional, criminal, critical, crucial, cultural, cylindrical, dental, detrimental, developmental, economical, editorial, educational, electrical, emotional, environmental, essential, equal, exceptional, experimental, facial, factual, federal, final, financial, floral, fluvial, formal, functional, fundamental, general, global, grammatical, guttural, habitual, historical, hysterical, illogical, immoral, impersonal, impractical, individual, industrial, ineffectual, influential, internal, legal, local, logical, lyrical, magical, maniacal, mathematical, memorial, mental, moral, mortal, musical, mythical, national, natural, nautical, neutral, normal, official, parental, pastoral, personal, philosophical, plural, pluralism, pluralistic, political, potential, quizzical, racial, rational, regional, irrational, intellectual, rhythmical, sacrificial, seasonal, spinal, spiritual, technological, territorial, theatrical, thermal, tidal, traditional, tribal, typical, universal, unnatural, veridical, verbal, virtual, vocal, visual
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