Sanity

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: san=i=ty

CIDE DICTIONARY

Sanity, n. [L. sanitas, from sanus sound, healthy. See Sane.].

 The condition or quality of being sane; soundness of health of body or mind, especially of the mind; saneness.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Sanity, n.
1 a the state of being sane. b mental health.
2 the tendency to avoid extreme views.

Etymology

ME f. L sanitas (as SANE)

THESAURUS

Sanity

IQ, apprehension, balance, caliber, capacity, common sense, comprehension, conception, cool head, coolheadedness, coolness, deductive power, due sense of, esemplastic power, good sense, horse sense, ideation, integrative power, intellect, intellectual grasp, intellectual power, intellectualism, intellectuality, intelligence, intelligence quotient, knowledge, level head, levelheadedness, lucidity, marbles, mental age, mental capacity, mental grasp, mental health, mental ratio, mentality, mind, mother wit, native wit, normality, plain sense, power of mind, practical mind, practical wisdom, practicality, rationality, reason, reasonableness, reasoning power, saneness, scope of mind, sense, senses, sensibleness, sober-mindedness, soberness, sobriety, sound mind, soundness, stability, thinking power, understanding, wit

ROGET THESAURUS

Sanity

Health

N health, sanity, soundness, vigor, good health, perfect health, excellent health, rude health, robust health, bloom, mens sana in corpore sano, Hygeia, incorruption, incorruptibility, good state of health, clean bill of health, eupepsia, euphoria, euphory, St. Anthony's fire, healthy, healthful, in health, well, sound, hearty, hale, fresh, green, whole, florid, flush, hardy, stanch, staunch, brave, robust, vigorous, weatherproof, unscathed, uninjured, unmaimed, unmarred, untainted, sound of wind and limb, safe and sound, on one's legs, sound as a roach, sound as a bell, fresh as a daisy, fresh as a rose, fresh as April, hearty as a buck, in fine feather, in high feather, in good case, in full bloom, pretty bobbish, tolerably well, as well as can be expected, sanitary sanatory, health that snuffs the morning air, non est vivere sed valere vita.

Sanity

N sanity, soundness, rationality, sobriety, lucidity, lucid interval, senses, sober senses, right mind, sound mind, mens sana, sane, rational, reasonable, compos mentis, of sound mind, sound, sound-minded, lucid, self-possessed, sober, sober-minded, in one's sober senses, in one's right mind, in possession of one's faculties, sanely.