English Pronunciation Audio (General Australian):(file) Noun horse sense (uncountable) Common sense, especially with a connotation of folk wisdom that trumps formal education. Synonym: gumption Translations common sense — see also common sense Bulgarian: здрав разум m (zdrav razum) Dutch: boerenverstand (nl) n Finnish: maalaisjärki (fi) French: gros bon sens (fr) m Polish: chłopski rozum m, zdrowy rozsądek (pl) m Further reading “horse sense”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “horse sense”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present. “horse sense” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.