soundness

Noun

Meaning

The quality or state of being sound; as, the soundness of timber, of fruit, of the teeth, etc.; the soundness of reasoning or argument; soundness of faith.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

firmness solidity healthiness strength wisdom wiseness sapience force reason health sense quality security safety balance
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Antonyms

unsoundness disease depression neurosis vertigo badness
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Hypernyms

good condition goodness status strength

Hyponyms

reasonableness seaworthiness advisability airworthiness

Phrases with the word

soundness of mind apparent soundness

Examples

From the preponderance of talent, we may always infer the soundness and vigour of the commonwealth; but from the preponderance of riches, its dotage and degeneration. Charles Caleb Colton

Not only our future economic soundness but the very soundness of our democratic institutions depends on the determination of our government to give employment to idle men. Franklin D. Roosevelt

When it comes to consideration of how to do well in running the city, which must proceed entirely through justice and soundness of mind. Protagoras

The important thing isn't the soundness or otherwise of the argument, but for it to make you think. Albert Camus

Consider the attitude our great Vasile Conta held in the Chamber in 1879. Fifty years earlier the Romanian philosopher demonstrated with unshakeable scientific arguments, framed in a system of impeccable logic, the soundness of racial truths that must lie at the foundation of the national state... Corneliu Zelea Codreanu

The strength of the heart comes from the soundness of the faith. Arabic Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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