sense - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

sound practical judgment

Synonyms

• common sense
• good sense
• gumption
• horse sense
• mother wit
• sense

More generic

• discernment
• judgement
• judgment
• sagaciousness
• sagacity

More specific

• logic
• nous
• road sense

Noun

the faculty through which the external world is apprehended

Synonyms

• sensation
• sense
• sensory faculty
• sentience
• sentiency

More generic

• faculty
• mental faculty
• module

More specific

• modality
• sense modality
• sensibility
• sensitiveness
• sensitivity
• sensory system

Noun

a general conscious awareness

Synonyms

• sense

More generic

• awareness
• cognisance
• cognizance
• consciousness
• knowingness

More specific

• sense of direction
• sense of responsibility

Noun

a natural appreciation or ability

Synonyms

• sense

More generic

• appreciation
• grasp
• hold

Noun

the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted

Synonyms

• sense
• signified

More generic

• import
• meaning
• significance
• signification

More specific

• acceptation
• word meaning
• word sense

Verb

comprehend

Synonyms

• sense

More generic

• understand

Verb

become aware of not through the senses but instinctively

Synonyms

• sense
• smell
• smell out

More generic

• perceive

Verb

perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles

Synonyms

• feel
• sense

More generic

• comprehend
• perceive

Related

• feel

Verb

detect some circumstance or entity automatically

Synonyms

• sense

More generic

• detect
• discover
• find
• notice
• observe

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