senses

Meaning of senses

plural noun
  1. a faculty by which the body perceives an external stimulus; one of the faculties of sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch.
    the bear has a keen sense of smell which enables it to hunt at dusk
  2. a feeling that something is the case.
    she had the sense of being a political outsider
    you can improve your general health and sense of well-being
  3. a sane and realistic attitude to situations and problems.
    he earned respect by the good sense he showed at meetings
  4. a way in which an expression or a situation can be interpreted; a meaning.
    it is not clear which sense of the word ‘characters’ is intended in this passage
  5. a property (e.g. direction of motion) distinguishing a pair of objects, quantities, effects, etc. which differ only in that each is the reverse of the other.
    the cord does not become straight, but forms a length of helix in the opposite sense
verb, 3rd person present
  1. perceive by a sense or senses.
    with the first frost, they could sense a change in the days
  2. (of a machine or similar device) detect.
    an optical fibre senses a current flowing in a conductor

late Middle English (as a noun in the sense ‘meaning’): from Latin sensus ‘faculty of feeling, thought, meaning’, from sentire ‘feel’. The verb dates from the mid 16th century.

Information about senses

  • The singular form of senses is: sense.
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Hyphenation of senses

senses

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
  • senses is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

senses synonyms

Meaning an emotional state or reaction:

feeling

Meaning an inexplicable awareness or impression:

sensation

Meaning awareness of something through the senses:

perception

Meaning the faculty or power of seeing:

sight

Meaning the faculty of perceiving sounds:

hearing

Meaning an act of touching someone or something:

touch

Meaning the sensation of flavour perceived in the mouth and throat on contact with a substance:

taste

Meaning the faculty or power of perceiving odours or scents by means of the organs in the nose:

smell

Meaning the quality of being able to appreciate and respond to complex emotional or aesthetic influences; sensitivity:

sensibility

Meaning knowledge or perception of a situation or fact:

awareness

Meaning the state of being aware of and responsive to one's surroundings:

consciousness

Meaning identification of someone or something or person from previous encounters or knowledge:

recognition

Meaning the quality of having experience, knowledge, and good judgement; the quality of being wise:

wisdom

Meaning the quality or state of being practical:

practicality

Meaning the quality of being sagacious:

sagacity

Meaning the quality or state of being sharp:

sharpness

Meaning the ability to judge well:

discernment

Meaning the capacity for inventive thought and quick understanding; keen intelligence:

wit

Meaning the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills:

intelligence

Meaning the quality of being clever; intelligence or shrewdness:

cleverness

Meaning the quality of having or showing good powers of judgement:

shrewdness

Meaning the ability to make considered decisions or come to sensible conclusions:

judgement

Meaning the power of abstract thought; intellect:

understanding

Meaning what is right, practical, or possible; common sense:

reason

Meaning the quality of being justifiable by reason:

logic

Meaning intellectual capacity:

brain, brains

Meaning shrewd or spirited initiative and resourcefulness:

gumption

Meaning common sense; practical intelligence:

nous

Meaning shrewdness and practical knowledge; the ability to make good judgements:

savvy

Meaning a quantity of bread that is shaped and baked in one piece and usually sliced before being eaten:

loaf

Meaning a piece of open land for public use:

common

Meaning sharp stinging pain:

smarts

Meaning what is meant by a word, text, concept, or action:

meaning

Meaning an exact statement or description of the nature, scope, or meaning of something:

definition

Meaning the implicit meaning or significance of something:

import

Meaning the literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests:

denotation

Meaning the representation or conveying of meaning:

signification

Meaning the meaning to be found in words or events:

significance

Meaning the meaning or sense of something, typically a document or speech:

purport

Meaning the conclusion that can be drawn from something although it is not explicitly stated:

implication

Meaning a thing intended; an aim or plan:

intention

Meaning a subtle difference in or shade of meaning, expression, or sound:

nuance

Meaning the general intention or meaning of an argument or someone's remarks:

drift

Meaning the substance or general meaning of a speech or text:

gist

Meaning the principal purpose or theme of a course of action or line of reasoning:

thrust

Meaning a singing voice between baritone and alto or countertenor, the highest of the ordinary adult male range:

tenor

Meaning the main theme or gist of a speech, book, or argument:

burden

Meaning the subject of a talk, piece of writing, exhibition, etc.; a topic:

theme

Meaning a significant political, social, or moral point that is being conveyed by a film, speech, etc:

message

Meaning the intrinsic nature or indispensable quality of something, especially something abstract, which determines its character:

essence

Meaning the non-physical part of a person which is the seat of emotions and character; the soul:

spirit

Meaning the subject matter of a text, speech, or work of art, especially as contrasted with the form or style in which it is presented:

substance

Meaning recognize or find out:

discern

Meaning be aware of (a person or object) through touching or being touched:

feel

Meaning notice or perceive (something) and register it as being significant:

observe

Meaning become aware of:

notice

Meaning identify (someone or something) from having encountered them before; know again:

recognize

Meaning communicate information to someone in spoken or written words:

tell

Meaning recognize or treat (someone or something) as different:

distinguish

Meaning discover or perceive by chance or unexpectedly:

find

Meaning establish or indicate who or what (someone or something) is:

identify

Meaning grasp mentally; understand:

comprehend

Meaning arrest (someone) for a crime:

apprehend

Meaning perceive with the eyes; discern visually:

see

Meaning find unexpectedly or during a search:

discover

Meaning gain or acquire knowledge of or skill in (something) by study, experience, or being taught:

learn

Meaning recognize the full worth of:

appreciate

Meaning become fully aware of (something) as a fact; understand clearly:

realize

Meaning have an idea or impression of the existence, presence, or truth of (something) without certain proof:

suspect

Meaning of or like God or a god:

divine

Meaning understand or work out by instinct:

intuit

Meaning create (an embryo) by fertilizing an egg:

conceive

Meaning a slender woody shoot growing from a branch or stem of a tree or shrub:

twig

Meaning know or become aware of:

cognize

senses antonyms

Meaning behaviour that shows a lack of good sense or judgement:

stupidity

Anagrams of senses

nesses

Words that rhyme with senses

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