LEVELHEADEDNESS Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

levelheadedness

noun

as in prudence

the ability to make intelligent decisions especially in everyday matters the judge had developed a reputation for no-nonsense levelheadedness in deciding cases

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Recent Examples of levelheadedness That levelheadedness allowed the team to rally from a 29-point deficit. — Cj Moore, New York Times, 13 June 2026 Michael Bluth is exceptional because of the wealth his family used to enjoy, but also because of his seeming—and, to be fair, intermittently absent—levelheadedness despite the bubble in which the rest of his family still stubbornly, tenuously lives. — Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026 As the Dolphins begin to shift focus to Week 2, the importance of levelheadedness cannot be understated. — Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025

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Short-term rates went to 5% and change, Treasury bills paid more than investment grade corporates, and savers who had spent fifteen years being punished for prudence suddenly got paid handsomely for doing nothing.

— Jason Kirsch, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
In those conditions, United’s prudence makes financial sense.

— Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of prudence

Noun

The higher standards down the pecking order can help keep the brightest talent in the game for longer, with the next generation benefitting from that wisdom.

— Katie Whyatt, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
At the beginning of the 20th century, the prevailing wisdom about raising children could be remarkably grim.

— Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2026

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