commonsense

See also: common-sense and common sense

English

Adjective

commonsense (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of common sense.
    • 2021, Colson Whitehead, Harlem Shuffle, Fleet, pages 294–295:
      A voice kept saying, Are you sure you want to do that? His commonsense voice that had saved his hide many times.
    • 2025 April 28, “ENFORCING COMMONSENSE RULES OF THE ROAD FOR AMERICA’S TRUCK DRIVERS”, in whitehouse.gov‎[1]:
      It is the policy of my Administration to support America’s truckers and safeguard our roadways by enforcing the commonsense English-language requirement for commercial motor vehicle drivers and removing needless regulatory burdens that undermine the working conditions of America’s truck drivers.

Noun

commonsense (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of common sense.
    • 2009, Terence Barnett Magness, The Brood of Time, page 378:
      With his usual dose of commonsense he recognized that nothing could really change the status quo, and all that a knee-crooking knave might do in protest was to sneak a line or two into his verse simply to let off steam […]
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