Definition of rational

"rational" in the noun sense

1. rational number, rational

an integer or a fraction

"rational" in the adjective sense

1. rational

consistent with or based on or using reason

"rational behavior"

"a process of rational inference"

"rational thought"

2. intellectual, rational, noetic

of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind

"intellectual problems"

"the triumph of the rational over the animal side of man"

3. rational

capable of being expressed as a quotient of integers

"rational numbers"

4. rational

having its source in or being guided by the intellect (as distinguished from experience or emotion

"a rational analysis"

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Quotations for rational

Philosophy is the rational expression of genius. [ Lamartine ]

There are men who never err, because they never propose anything rational. [ Goethe ]

To be rational is so glorious a thing that two-legged creatures generally content themselves with the title. [ Locke ]

The only rational liberty is that which is born of subjection, reared in the fear of God and the love of man. [ W. G. Simms ]

Life, to be worthy of a rational being, must be always in progression: we must always purpose to do more or better than in time past. [ Johnson ]

The love of study, a passion which derives fresh vigor from enjoyment, supplies each day, each hour, with a perpetual source of independent and rational pleasure. [ Gibbon ]

True generosity is a duty as indispensably necessary as those imposed upon us by the law. It is a rule imposed upon us by reason, which should be the sovereign law of a rational being. [ Goldsmith ]

Do not think of knocking out another person's brains because he differs in opinion from you. It would be as rational to knock yourself on the head because you differ from yourself ten years ago. [ Horace Mann ]

More marriages are ruined nowadays by the common sense of the husband than by anything else. How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly rational being. [ Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance ]

It is quite deplorable to see how many rational creatures, or at least who are thought so, mistake suffering for sanctity, and think a sad face and a gloomy habit of mind propitious offerings to that Deity whose works are all light and lustre and harmony and loveliness. [ Lady Morgan ]

rational in Scrabble®

The word rational is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 8

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rational in Words With Friends™

The word rational is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 10

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