level-headed

See also: levelheaded and level headed

English

Alternative forms

• level headed, levelheaded

Etymology

From level +‎ headed.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

level-headed (comparative more level-headed, superlative most level-headed)

1. (idiomatic) Sensible; rational; possessing sound judgment.

   Synonyms: cool-headed, deliberative, even-tempered, level-headed, stable; see also Thesaurus:calm

   Antonyms: fiery, flappable, hotheaded, impetuous, rash

   • 1909, Ralph Connor, The Foreigner, chapter 7:

     I urge you to weigh calmly, deliberately, as cool, level-headed Canadians, the evidence produced by the prosecution.

Usage notes

• Often having the connotation of remaining calm, composed, and careful, of not acting out of reflex or excessive emotion.

Derived terms

• level-headedly
• level-headedness

Translations

possessing sound judgement

Bulgarian: уравновесен (bg) (uravnovesen), здравомислещ (bg) (zdravomislešt) Chinese: Mandarin: 穩健 / 稳健 (zh) (wěnjiàn) Dutch: wijs (nl), weloverwogen (nl) Finnish: järkevä (fi), maltillinen (fi) German: besonnen (de), überlegt (de), vernünftig (de), ausgeglichen (de), umsichtig (de), kühlen Kopf bewahrend, unaufgeregt Hebrew: כֹּבֶד רֹאשׁ (he) m (kóved rosh) Hungarian: higgadt (hu) Polish: zrównoważony (pl), opanowany (pl) Portuguese: com a cabeça no lugar Romanian: cumpătat (ro), cu scaun la cap (popular), judicios (ro) Russian: здравомы́слящий (ru) (zdravomýsljaščij), рассуди́тельный (ru) (rassudítelʹnyj) Spanish: juicioso (es) Ukrainian: урівнова́жений (urivnováženyj), врівнова́жений (vrivnováženyj), помірко́ваний (pomirkóvanyj)