Feel

//fil//

Synonyms for "feel" (259 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (52)

Strong matches (78)

Related words (129)

How these synonyms differ

  • experience - 'Experience' is broader and more objective, you experience events, conditions, and sensations, not just emotions.
  • notice - 'Notice' is about attention, you notice something external, while you feel something internal.
  • perceive - 'Perceive' is intellectual, it's about interpretation and awareness rather than raw emotional response.
  • sense - 'Sense' implies perception without certainty, you sense danger before you can name it. Less emotional than 'feel.'

Related word relations

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14 relation types

Translations

366 translations across 98 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • voel verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)

Albanian

4 entries
  • ndiej verb (transitive: to sense by touch)
  • ndiej verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)
  • ni verb (transitive: to sense by touch)
  • ni verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ψηλαφάω verb (intransitive: to search by touching)

Arabic

4 entries
  • تحسس verb (intransitive: to search by touching)
  • حس verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)
  • حَسَّ verb (transitive: to sense by touch)
  • حَسّ verb (transitive: to sense by touch)

Armenian

4 entries
  • զգալ verb (transitive: to sense by touch)
  • զգալ verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)
  • համարել verb (transitive: to think or believe)
  • շոշափել verb (transitive: to sense by touch)

Aromanian

3 entries
  • simtu verb (transitive: to sense by touch)
  • simtu verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)
  • sãmtu verb (transitive: to sense by touch)

Asturian

2 entries
  • sentir verb (transitive: to sense by touch)
  • sentir verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • duymaq verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)
  • hiss etmək verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)

Bashkir

3 entries
  • тойоу verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)
  • һиҙеү verb (transitive: to sense by touch)
  • һиҙеү verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • адчу́ць verb (transitive: to sense by touch)
  • адчу́ць verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)
  • адчува́ць verb (transitive: to sense by touch)
  • адчува́ць verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)

Bengali

1 entries
  • বোধ করা verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • усещане noun (mental impression)
  • усещане noun (vague understanding)
  • чувство noun (intuitive ability)
  • опи́пвам verb (transitive: to sense by touch)

Burmese

2 entries
  • ခံစား verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)
  • စမ်းသပ် verb (intransitive: to search by touching)

Catalan

4 entries
  • creure verb (transitive: to think or believe)
  • sentir verb (transitive: to sense by touch)
  • sentir verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)
  • sentir-se verb (intransitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᎠᏒᏂᎭ verb (transitive: to sense by touch)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 感到 verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)
  • 感覺 /感觉 verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)
  • 感覺 /感觉 verb (transitive: to think or believe)
  • verb (transitive: to sense by touch)

Czech

3 entries
  • cítit verb (transitive: to sense by touch)
  • cítit verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)
  • cítit verb (transitive: to think or believe)

Dalmatian

2 entries
  • senter verb (transitive: to sense by touch)
  • senter verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)

Danish

3 entries
  • føle verb (transitive: to sense by touch)
  • føle verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)
  • mærke verb (transitive: to sense by touch)

Dutch

2 entries
  • voelen verb (transitive: to sense by touch)
  • voelen verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • palpi verb (transitive: to sense by touch)
  • senti verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)

Estonian

2 entries
  • tundma verb (transitive: to sense by touch)
  • tundma verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)

Finnish

4 entries
  • aavistus noun (vague understanding)
  • kosketus noun (act of fondling)
  • tuntuma noun (quality)
  • tuntuma noun (mental impression)

French

4 entries
  • sensibilité noun (vague understanding)
  • palper verb (transitive: to sense by touch)
  • penser verb (transitive: to think or believe)
  • se sentir verb (intransitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state)

Friulian

3 entries
  • sintî verb (transitive: to sense by touch)
  • sintî verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)
  • tastâ verb (transitive: to sense by touch)

Galician

4 entries
  • apalpar verb (transitive: to sense by touch)
  • apalpar verb (intransitive: to search by touching)
  • coidar verb (transitive: to think or believe)
  • pensar verb (transitive: to think or believe)

Georgian

1 entries
  • გრძნობა verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)

German

4 entries
  • Eindruck noun (mental impression)
  • Gefühl noun (mental impression)
  • Gespür noun (mental impression)
  • Haptik noun (quality)

Greek

4 entries
  • αισθάνομαι verb (transitive: to sense by touch)
  • αισθάνομαι verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)
  • νιώθω verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)
  • νιώθω verb (intransitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • santi verb (transitive: to sense by touch)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • הִרְגִּישׁ verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)

Hindi

1 entries
  • महसूस करना verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • az az érzése van verb (transitive: to think or believe)
  • együttérez verb (intransitive: to sympathise)
  • kitapogat verb (intransitive: to search by touching)
  • tapint verb (transitive: to sense by touch)

Iban

1 entries
  • megai verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)

Icelandic

3 entries
  • finna verb (transitive: to sense by touch)
  • finna verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)
  • snerta verb (transitive: to sense by touch)

Ido

1 entries
  • sentar verb (transitive: to sense by touch)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • berasa verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)
  • merasa verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)

Irish

4 entries
  • airigh verb (transitive: to sense by touch)
  • airigh verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)
  • airigh verb (intransitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state)
  • airigh verb (copulative: to seem)

Italian

3 entries
  • pensare verb (transitive: to think or believe)
  • sentire verb (transitive: to sense by touch)
  • sentire verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 思う verb (transitive: to think or believe)
  • 感じる verb (transitive: to sense by touch)
  • 感じる verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)
  • 触れる verb (transitive: to sense by touch)

Kabuverdianu

4 entries
  • palpa verb (transitive: to sense by touch)
  • palpa verb (intransitive: to search by touching)
  • palpá verb (transitive: to sense by touch)
  • palpá verb (intransitive: to search by touching)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • сезу verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)

Khmer

1 entries
  • មានអារម្មណ៍ verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)

Korean

2 entries
  • ᆯ 것 같다 verb (transitive: to think or believe)
  • 느끼다 verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • сезүү verb (transitive: to sense by touch)
  • сезүү verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)

Ladino

3 entries
  • rigritar (Monastir) verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)
  • sentir verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)
  • sintir verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)

Lao

1 entries
  • ຮູ້ສຶກ verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)

Latgalian

2 entries
  • just verb (transitive: to sense by touch)
  • pajust verb (transitive: to sense by touch)

Latin

3 entries
  • sentio verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)
  • sentio verb (transitive: to think or believe)
  • tempto verb (transitive: to sense by touch)

Latvian

4 entries
  • aptaustīt verb (transitive: to sense by touch)
  • domāt verb (transitive: to think or believe)
  • izjust verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)
  • just verb (transitive: to sense by touch)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • jausti verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)
  • pajusti verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)

Livonian

2 entries
  • maņņõ verb (transitive: to sense by touch)
  • mȯjjõ verb (transitive: to sense by touch)

Lower Sorbian

3 entries
  • cuś verb (transitive: to sense by touch)
  • cuś verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)
  • cuś se verb (intransitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • чувствува verb (transitive: to sense by touch)
  • чувствува verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)

Malay

1 entries
  • berasa verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • мэдэрхүй verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)
  • үзэх verb (intransitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state)

Nanai

1 entries
  • уйнгэ verb (transitive: to sense by touch)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries
  • udjihisi verb (intransitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state)

Norman

2 entries
  • senti verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)
  • senti verb (transitive: to think or believe)

North Frisian

1 entries
  • feel verb (transitive: to sense by touch)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • seh kirin verb (transitive: to sense by touch)

Norwegian

4 entries
  • føle verb (transitive: to sense by touch)
  • føle verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)
  • føle verb (transitive: to think or believe)
  • føle verb (intransitive: to search by touching)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • berøring noun (quality)
  • følelse noun (mental impression)

Occitan

2 entries
  • sentir verb (transitive: to sense by touch)
  • sentir verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)

Old Church Slavonic

1 entries
  • чоути verb (transitive: to sense by touch)

Old Czech

1 entries
  • cútiti verb (transitive: to sense by touch)

Old English

4 entries
  • efnþrōwian verb (intransitive: to sympathise)
  • grāpian verb (intransitive: to search by touching)
  • hrīnan verb (intransitive: to search by touching)
  • weġan verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)

Old Irish

2 entries
  • airigidir verb (transitive: to sense by touch)
  • ceta·bí verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)

Persian

2 entries
  • احساس کردن verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)
  • حس کردن verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)

Polish

4 entries
  • czuć verb (transitive: to sense by touch)
  • czuć verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)
  • czuć verb (intransitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state)
  • czuć się verb (intransitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • tato noun (quality)
  • apalpar verb (transitive: to sense by touch)
  • palpar verb (intransitive: to search by touching)
  • parecer verb (copulative: to seem)

Quechua

1 entries
  • kullay verb (transitive: to sense by touch)

Romanian

2 entries
  • simți verb (transitive: to sense by touch)
  • simți verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)

Romansch

4 entries
  • santeir verb (transitive: to sense by touch)
  • santeir verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)
  • santir verb (transitive: to sense by touch)
  • santir verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)

Russian

4 entries
  • ду́мать verb (transitive: to think or believe)
  • нащу́пывать verb (intransitive: to search by touching)
  • ощу́пывать verb (intransitive: to search by touching)
  • ощути́ть verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)

Sardinian

2 entries
  • sentire verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)
  • sentiri verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries
  • fairich verb (transitive: to sense by touch)
  • fairich verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)
  • fairich verb (intransitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • osetiti verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)
  • osećati verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)
  • osjetiti verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)
  • osjećati verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • දැනෙනවා verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)

Slovak

2 entries
  • cítiť verb (transitive: to sense by touch)
  • cítiť verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)

Slovene

2 entries
  • čutiti verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)
  • čutiti verb (intransitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state)

Spanish

4 entries
  • aspecto noun (mental impression)
  • caricia noun (act of fondling)
  • idea noun (vague understanding)
  • tacto noun (quality)

Swedish

4 entries
  • beröring noun (act of fondling)
  • känsla noun (quality)
  • känsla noun (mental impression)
  • känsla noun (vague understanding)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • maramdaman verb (transitive: to sense by touch)
  • maramdaman verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)

Tajik

1 entries
  • ҳис кардан verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)

Tamil

1 entries
  • தோன்று verb (transitive: to think or believe)

Tatar

3 entries
  • сизәргә verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)
  • тоярга verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)
  • хис итәргә verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)

Thai

4 entries
  • คลำ verb (intransitive: to search by touching)
  • คิด verb (transitive: to think or believe)
  • รู้สึก verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)
  • รู้สึก verb (intransitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state)

Turkish

4 entries
  • duymak verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)
  • hissetmek verb (transitive: to sense by touch)
  • hissetmek verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)
  • sezmek verb (transitive: to sense by touch)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • duýmak verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • відчу́ти verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)
  • відчува́ти verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)
  • почу́ти verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)
  • почува́ти verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)

Unami

1 entries
  • amàlsi verb (intransitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries
  • čuć verb (transitive: to sense by touch)

Urdu

1 entries
  • محسوس کرنا verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • qilmoq verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • cảm thấy verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)
  • verb (intransitive: to search by touching)

Welsh

1 entries
  • teimlo verb (transitive: to experience an emotion or other mental state about)

ǃXóõ

1 entries
  • ta̰ã verb (transitive: to sense by touch)

Sample sentences

46 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

For some reason I feel more alive at night.

Source: tatoeba (1332)

Stop it! You're making her feel uncomfortable!

Source: tatoeba (1479)

"I feel like playing cards." "So do I."

Source: tatoeba (1527)

"How do you feel?" he inquired.

Source: tatoeba (1595)

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.