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, 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.

   • 2026 February 16, @CultClassicCage, X‎^[1] (post), archived from the original on 17 February 2026:

     I'm very happy that the community around me is relatively level headed and usually within reason.

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)
• Norwegian: besindig
• 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)