Meaning & use
level-headed person
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Meaning
nouncountable
A person who stays calm and thinks clearly, especially in difficult or stressful situations.
Grammar: Countable noun phrase; takes a singular or plural verb. You can say 'a level-headed person' or 'level-headed people'.
Patterns
- a level-headed person
- be a level-headed person
- seem like a level-headed person
She is a level-headed person who never panics when things go wrong.
The team needed a level-headed person to make the final decision.
Even during the crisis, he remained a level-headed person everyone could trust.
Word forms
| plural | level-headed people |
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Common combinations
- a level-headed person
- A level-headed person would check the facts before reacting.
- remain a level-headed person
- Despite the pressure, she remained a level-headed person.
- seem like a level-headed person
- He seems like a level-headed person who can handle responsibility.
- a calm and level-headed person
- We need a calm and level-headed person to lead the discussion.
Synonyms and how they differ
- sensible person
- Focuses on good judgment rather than calmness under stress; a sensible person makes wise choices but may still feel nervous.
- balanced person
- Suggests emotional stability and fairness, often over time, not just in a single stressful moment.
- unflappable person
- Stronger and more informal; means someone who never gets upset or excited, even in a crisis.
Opposites
Word family
- level-headed adjective
- Calm and sensible; describes the quality itself.
- level-headedness noun
- The quality of being calm and sensible.
Commonly confused: level-headed person or levelheaded?
level-headed person vs levelheaded
Same meaning; some writers spell it as one word without a hyphen, but the hyphenated form is more common.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'level-headed person' correctly?
Choose one answer.
Option 0 uses the phrase correctly as a countable noun with the article 'a'. Option 1 is wrong because 'person of the team' is not natural; we say 'member of the team'. Option 2 has a plural subject 'they' with singular 'person', which does not agree. Option 3 is ungrammatical because 'for to solve' is not correct English.
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