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Definition of Reasoner
1. Noun. Someone who reasons logically.
Specialized synonyms: Analogist, Casuist, Sophist
Generic synonyms: Thinker
Derivative terms: Ratiocinate, Reason, Reason, Reason
Definition of Reasoner
1. n. One who reasons or argues; as, a fair reasoner; a close reasoner; a logical reasoner.
Definition of Reasoner
1. Noun. One who reasons. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Reasoner
1. one that reasons [n -S] - See also: reasons
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reasoner
Literary usage of Reasoner
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Critical Miscellanies by John Morley (1908)
"To complain that Emerson is no systematic reasoner is to miss the secret of most
of those who have given powerful impulses to the spiritual ethics ..."
2. Critical Miscellanies by John Morley (1898)
"To complain that Emerson is no systematic reasoner is to miss the secret of most
of those who have given powerful impulses to the spiritual ethics of an age ..."
3. The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden: Now First by John Dryden, Edmond Malone (1800)
"... because it affords matter for a reasoner to inquire into the truth or falsehood
of imitation,* bycomparing its likeness or unlikeness with the original; ..."
4. Elements of Intellectual Philosophy: Designed as a Text-book by Thomas Cogswell Upham (1828)
"Hence we are led to see in some measure what things enter into the mental
possessions and discipline of a successful reasoner. §. 306. ..."
5. The History of the Church of Christ: From the Days of the Apostles, Till the by Joseph Milner (1835)
"... doubtless, a very able reasoner, and, what is infinitely better, a pious and
upright man. I might swell the list, with the names of writers little known ..."
6. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey, John Wood Warter (1850)
"... were calculated for the attainment of knowledge, but they did not qualify him
for disquisition ; in short he was no reasoner. ..."
7. The American Rose Annual by American Rose Society (1916)
"With these as a starting-point, no one should fail, and labor's reward will be
ample. Roses on the Florida West Coast By EN reasoner, ..."
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