sense

Speech parts

1. sense - Noun

2. sense - Verb

Meaning

A faculty, possessed by animals, of perceiving external objects by means of impressions made upon certain organs (sensory or sense organs) of the body, or of perceiving changes in the condition of the body; as, the senses of sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch. See Muscular sense, under Muscular, and Temperature sense, under Temperature.

Perception by the sensory organs of the body; sensation; sensibility; feeling.

Perception through the intellect; apprehension; recognition; understanding; discernment; appreciation.

Sound perception and reasoning; correct judgment; good mental capacity; understanding; also, that which is sound, true, or reasonable; rational meaning.

That which is felt or is held as a sentiment, view, or opinion; judgment; notion; opinion.

Meaning; import; signification; as, the true sense of words or phrases; the sense of a remark.

Moral perception or appreciation.

One of two opposite directions in which a line, surface, or volume, may be supposed to be described by the motion of a point, line, or surface.

To perceive by the senses; to recognize.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

reason understanding sensation common sense meaning logic feel feeling significance perception consciousness judgment import insight smell
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Antonyms

greek creole bosh abracadabra enigma swill
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Hypernyms

find meaning hold understand detect significance

Hyponyms

logic sensitivity sensibility modality nous acceptation

Phrases with the word

make sense sense of humour sixth sense in a sense in the Biblical sense no sense no feeling

Derivatives

sensed sensing

Anagrams

Essen

Examples

Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears. Marcus Aurelius

The word love has by no means the same sense for both sexes, and this is one cause of the serious misunderstandings that divide them. Simone de Beauvoir

The purpose of human life and the sense of happiness is to give the maximum what the man is able to give. Alexander Alekhine

One pound of learning requires ten pounds of common sense to apply it. Persian Proverb

There is no fool who has not his own kind of sense. Irish Proverb

A man with a sense of humor is never at a loss for words or action. Somali Proverb

Close letter words and terms

sensatorial sensatory sensawunda sense 1 sense amplifier sense body