sense of direction

Noun

Meaning

an awareness of your orientation in space

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

position direction location orientation adaptation bearing coordination assimilation acclimatization familiarization settling in bearings ability to orient sense of orientation direction detection

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Antonyms

topographagnosia inability to orient oneself no sense of direction topographical disorientation inability to orient poor sense of direction

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Hypernyms

sense

Examples

An election cannot give a country a firm sense of direction if it has two or more national parties which merely have different names but are as alike in their principles and aims as two peas in the same pod. Franklin D. Roosevelt

All my life I have entirely missed the point; and the turning, as I also have no sense of direction. This long period of uncertainty in the twilight land of the fuddled (it is now more than sixty years) has taken its toll. Tom Baker

I have a good sense of direction. Anwar Robinson

When you're young, you don't really know quite what you're aiming at. You're very impulsive and acting on impulse, which is very important and valuable. But you're kind of swimming in a blind sea. When you get older, you have more of a sense of direction. Sinead O'Connor

Where would I be without my sense of direction. Ashleigh Brilliant

A man loses his sense of direction after four drinks; a woman loses hers after four kisses. H. L. Mencken

Close letter words and terms

sense of balance sense of bearings sense of craft sense of duty sense of equilibrium sense of exile