rationales

The word “rationales” has 3 syllables: ra-tion-ales

It's pronounced as /ˌræʃəˈnælz/


What is synonym and antonym for rationales?

In the thesaurus, “rationales” has 21 synonyms.

Here are synonyms for rationales along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for rationales

  • accountings
  • accounts
  • alibis
  • apologiae
  • apologias
  • apologies
  • appeals
  • arguments
  • cases
  • defenses
  • excuses
  • explanations
  • guises
  • justifications
  • pleas
  • pretences
  • pretenses
  • pretexts
  • rationalizations
  • reasons
  • vindications

Meanings of rationales

  • noun
    1. An explanation of the basis or fundamental reasons for something.
    2. A justification or rationalization for something.
    3. A liturgical vestment worn by some Christian bishops of various denominations.

Example Sentences

  • The team presented several rationales for the proposed changes.
  • There were multiple rationales behind the company’s decision to restructure.
  • The rationales for the new policy were outlined in the report.
  • Different rationales were discussed during the meeting, each offering a unique perspective.
  • The debate centered around the rationales for increasing the budget allocation.

On this page you'll find 21 synonyms or another words to rationales, such as: accountings, accounts, alibis, apologiae, apologias, apologies, appeals.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

rationalizations

  • accountings
  • accounts
  • alibis
  • apologiae
  • apologias
  • apologies
  • appeals
  • arguments
  • cases
  • defenses
  • excuses
  • explanations
  • guises
  • justifications
  • pleas
  • pretences
  • pretenses
  • pretexts
  • rationales
  • reasons
  • vindications

warps

  • abases
  • anchorages
  • assumptions
  • backbones
  • bases
  • bastardizes
  • bedrocks
  • beds
  • befouls
  • begrimes
  • belies
  • bends
  • blemishes
  • bottoms
  • bowdlerizes
  • braces
  • bulwarks
  • buttresses
  • camouflages
  • cankers
  • censors
  • centers
  • cheapens
  • coils
  • colors
  • complicates
  • confounds
  • confuses
  • contaminates
  • contorts
  • cooks
  • cores
  • cornerstones
  • corrupts
  • curls
  • damages
  • debases
  • debauches
  • defaces
  • defiles
  • deforms
  • degrades
  • demeans
  • demoralizes
  • depraves
  • depreciates
  • descends
  • destroys
  • deteriorates
  • dilutes
  • dirties
  • disfigures
  • disgraces
  • disguises
  • dishonors
  • dissembles
  • distorts
  • downgrades
  • equivocates
  • essences
  • eyes
  • falsifies
  • fibs
  • flaws
  • foci
  • focuses
  • footings
  • foundations
  • frameworks
  • fudges
  • garbles
  • grounds
  • groundworks
  • harms
  • hearts
  • hubs
  • humbles
  • humiliates
  • hurts
  • impairs
  • infrastructures
  • justifications
  • kernels
  • keystones
  • lessens
  • lies
  • loops
  • mars
  • masks
  • misdescribes
  • misinterprets
  • misrelates
  • misrepresents
  • misshapes
  • misspeaks
  • misstates
  • mistakes
  • mistranslates
  • mounts
  • mystifies
  • nuclei
  • nucleuses
  • obscures
  • palters
  • perverts
  • poisons
  • pollutes
  • premises
  • premisses
  • presumptions
  • presuppositions
  • prevaricates
  • profanes
  • props
  • prostitutes
  • quintessences
  • rationales
  • roots
  • ruins
  • screws
  • seats
  • shames
  • shores
  • slants
  • souls
  • spirals
  • spoils
  • squinches
  • stains
  • stays
  • substrata
  • substructures
  • subverts
  • supports
  • suppositions
  • taints
  • takes down
  • tarnishes
  • theories
  • theses
  • thins
  • tortures
  • touchstones
  • twines
  • twists
  • underpinnings
  • veils
  • vitiates
  • warp and woofs
  • warrants
  • waters down
  • weakens
  • whitewashes
  • winds
  • wreathes
  • wrecks
  • wrenches
  • wrests
  • wrings

warp and woofs

  • anchorages
  • assumptions
  • backbones
  • bases
  • bedrocks
  • beds
  • bottoms
  • braces
  • bulwarks
  • buttresses
  • centers
  • cores
  • cornerstones
  • essences
  • eyes
  • foci
  • focuses
  • footings
  • foundations
  • frameworks
  • grounds
  • groundworks
  • hearts
  • hubs
  • infrastructures
  • justifications
  • kernels
  • keystones
  • mounts
  • nuclei
  • nucleuses
  • premises
  • premisses
  • presumptions
  • presuppositions
  • props
  • quintessences
  • rationales
  • roots
  • seats
  • shores
  • souls
  • stays
  • substrata
  • substructures
  • supports
  • suppositions
  • theories
  • theses
  • touchstones
  • underpinnings
  • warps
  • warrants

accounts

  • acclamations
  • account
  • accountings
  • adaptations
  • admirations
  • adorations
  • adulations
  • advisements
  • affections
  • alibis
  • amazements
  • amount due
  • anecdota
  • anecdotes
  • annals
  • antecedents
  • apologiae
  • apologias
  • apologies
  • appeals
  • appetites
  • appreciations
  • approbations
  • arguments
  • arrears
  • assets
  • attachments
  • authorities
  • awes
  • banking
  • bankrolls
  • bargainers
  • believes
  • biases
  • bills
  • blogs
  • browsers
  • budgets
  • business
  • buyers
  • caches
  • calls
  • case histories
  • case studies
  • cases
  • causes
  • charge
  • charges
  • checks
  • chests
  • chronicles
  • chronologies
  • clients
  • coffers
  • cogitations
  • collectible
  • collections
  • commentaries
  • commerce
  • conceives
  • considerations
  • considers
  • consumers
  • contemplations
  • correspondents
  • costs
  • counts
  • cushions
  • customers
  • debates
  • debt
  • deems
  • defenses
  • deferences
  • deficit
  • deliberations
  • delights
  • depositions
  • deposits
  • devotions
  • diaries
  • documentations
  • documents
  • economics
  • end users
  • enjoyments
  • enthusiasms
  • epics
  • esteems
  • estimations
  • excuses
  • expenses
  • explanations
  • fancies
  • favors
  • feels
  • fees
  • financial affairs
  • funds
  • gestes
  • gests
  • grounds
  • guests
  • guises
  • hagglers
  • hero worships
  • hesitations
  • histories
  • hoards
  • holds
  • homages
  • honors
  • idolatries
  • imagines
  • impetuses
  • incentives
  • indebtedness
  • indecisions
  • infatuations
  • inspirations
  • instigations
  • interests
  • interpretations
  • introspections
  • investment
  • invoices
  • journals
  • justifications
  • kitties
  • ledgers
  • liability
  • likes
  • lionizations
  • logbooks
  • logs
  • loves
  • meditations
  • memoirs
  • minutes
  • money
  • money management
  • motives
  • narrations
  • narratives
  • nest eggs
  • obligation
  • occasions
  • partialities
  • passions
  • patrons
  • performances
  • petty cashes
  • pin money
  • pleas
  • pocket moneys
  • pocketbooks
  • pools
  • praises
  • preferences
  • prejudices
  • premeditations
  • pretences
  • pretenses
  • pretexts
  • prices
  • props
  • prospects
  • punters
  • purchasers
  • rates
  • rationales
  • rationalizations
  • readings
  • reasons
  • receipts
  • recitals
  • recitations
  • reckonings
  • reckons
  • records
  • reflections
  • regards
  • regulars
  • relishes
  • renditions
  • reports
  • reserves
  • respects
  • reverences
  • romances
  • ruminations
  • sagas
  • savings
  • savings accounts
  • scores
  • senses
  • sets down
  • shines
  • shoppers
  • spending moneys
  • statements
  • stimuli
  • stories
  • studies
  • subjects
  • tabs
  • takes for
  • tales
  • tallies
  • tastes
  • testaments
  • testimonials
  • testimonies
  • thinks
  • thoughts
  • tolls
  • treasures
  • users
  • uses
  • variations
  • vendees
  • venerations
  • versions
  • views
  • vindications
  • wherefores
  • whys
  • window-shoppers
  • witnesses
  • wonderments
  • wonders
  • worships
  • yarns

keystones

  • anchorages
  • assumptions
  • backbones
  • bases
  • basic idea
  • basis
  • bedrocks
  • beds
  • bottoms
  • braces
  • bulwarks
  • buttresses
  • center
  • centers
  • core
  • cores
  • cornerstone
  • cornerstones
  • criterion
  • crown
  • crux
  • essences
  • eyes
  • foci
  • focuses
  • footings
  • foundation
  • foundations
  • frameworks
  • gist
  • grounds
  • groundworks
  • headstone
  • heart
  • hearts
  • hubs
  • idea
  • infrastructures
  • justifications
  • kernel
  • kernels
  • linchpin
  • mainspring
  • mainstay
  • marrow
  • measure
  • motive
  • mounts
  • nub
  • nuclei
  • nucleuses
  • pith
  • premises
  • premisses
  • presumptions
  • presuppositions
  • principle
  • props
  • quintessences
  • rationales
  • root
  • roots
  • seats
  • shores
  • souls
  • source
  • spring
  • standard
  • stays
  • substance
  • substrata
  • substructures
  • support
  • supports
  • suppositions
  • theories
  • theses
  • touchstones
  • underpinnings
  • warp and woofs
  • warps
  • warrants
  • wedge

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