levelheaded
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of levelheaded
Explanation
If you're levelheaded, you're rational and calm. When two people are arguing bitterly, they often need someone who's unbiased and levelheaded to help them come to a reasonable compromise. A levelheaded decision is one that you make after calm and judicious consideration, and if a company is looking for a levelheaded person to work in a hectic office environment, they want someone who stays unruffled even under pressure. Levelheaded dates from 1869, from the "balanced" sense of level.
Vocabulary lists containing levelheaded
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
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And Then There Were None
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Example Sentences
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The House Ethics Committee exists, then, to take justice away from hotheads and into a fair process typically run by more levelheaded members, in total privacy.
From Slate • Apr. 16, 2026
Fitting, then, that in “Sentimental Value” she plays the quiet, levelheaded sister serving as the mediator between impulsive Nora and egotistical Gustav.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2026
She explains the science behind game day stress and how to stay levelheaded even as the stakes get higher.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 4, 2024
No levelheaded person should expect these entities to inject legitimacy into this black hole of self-congratulation.
From Salon • Dec. 12, 2023
Jason had a talent for staying levelheaded in a crisis, and he’d gotten Leo out of plenty of bad scrapes.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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