Are you more of a feeler or more of a thinker?
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Feeler
//ˈfiːləɹ//
Synonyms for "feeler" (76 found)
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7 entriesTranslations
48 translations across 27 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- voeler noun (an antenna or appendage used to feel, as on an insect)
Armenian
1 entries- շոշափուկ noun (an antenna or appendage used to feel, as on an insect)
Bulgarian
3 entries- антена noun (an antenna or appendage used to feel, as on an insect)
- намек noun (Something ventured to test other's feelings)
- пипалце noun (an antenna or appendage used to feel, as on an insect)
Czech
1 entries- tykadlo noun (an antenna or appendage used to feel, as on an insect)
Danish
4 entries- følehorn noun (an antenna or appendage used to feel, as on an insect)
- føler noun (Something ventured to test other's feelings)
- føletråd noun (an antenna or appendage used to feel, as on an insect)
- prøveballon noun (Something ventured to test other's feelings)
Dutch
4 entries- proefballon noun (Something ventured to test other's feelings)
- voeldraad noun (an antenna or appendage used to feel, as on an insect)
- voelhoorn noun (an antenna or appendage used to feel, as on an insect)
- voelspriet noun (an antenna or appendage used to feel, as on an insect)
Esperanto
1 entries- anteno noun (an antenna or appendage used to feel, as on an insect)
Finnish
1 entries- tuntosarvi noun (an antenna or appendage used to feel, as on an insect)
German
2 entries- Fühler noun (someone or something that feels)
- Fühler noun (an antenna or appendage used to feel, as on an insect)
Hindi
1 entries- शृंगिका noun (an antenna or appendage used to feel, as on an insect)
Hungarian
1 entries- csáp noun (an antenna or appendage used to feel, as on an insect)
Icelandic
2 entries- fálmari noun (an antenna or appendage used to feel, as on an insect)
- þreifari noun (an antenna or appendage used to feel, as on an insect)
Irish
1 entries- adharcán noun (an antenna or appendage used to feel, as on an insect)
Japanese
1 entries- 触角 noun (an antenna or appendage used to feel, as on an insect)
Latin
1 entries- palpus noun (an antenna or appendage used to feel, as on an insect)
Māori
2 entries- hihi noun (an antenna or appendage used to feel, as on an insect)
- pūhihi noun (an antenna or appendage used to feel, as on an insect)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- føletråd noun (an antenna or appendage used to feel, as on an insect)
Old English
1 entries- lim noun (an antenna or appendage used to feel, as on an insect)
Persian
1 entries- شاخک noun (an antenna or appendage used to feel, as on an insect)
Polish
1 entries- czułek noun (an antenna or appendage used to feel, as on an insect)
Portuguese
3 entries- palpo noun (an antenna or appendage used to feel, as on an insect)
- sensor noun (an antenna or appendage used to feel, as on an insect)
- sentidor noun (someone or something that feels)
Russian
4 entries- анте́нна noun (an antenna or appendage used to feel, as on an insect)
- сяжо́к noun (an antenna or appendage used to feel, as on an insect)
- у́сик noun (an antenna or appendage used to feel, as on an insect)
- щу́пальце noun (an antenna or appendage used to feel, as on an insect)
Spanish
1 entries- antena noun (an antenna or appendage used to feel, as on an insect)
Swedish
3 entries- försöksballong noun (Something ventured to test other's feelings)
- känselspröt noun (an antenna or appendage used to feel, as on an insect)
- trevare noun (Something ventured to test other's feelings)
Tajik
1 entries- шохак noun (an antenna or appendage used to feel, as on an insect)
Ukrainian
3 entries- анте́на noun (an antenna or appendage used to feel, as on an insect)
- ву́сик noun (an antenna or appendage used to feel, as on an insect)
- щу́пальце noun (an antenna or appendage used to feel, as on an insect)
Vietnamese
1 entries- xúc giác noun (an antenna or appendage used to feel, as on an insect)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
I sent out some feelers but they didn't seem interested.
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This survey is designed to get a feeler about how the citizens feel about the proposed new highway.
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In 1905, the Russo-Japanese war fought itself to a standstill, and with the destruction of Rozhiestvensky's fleet at Tsushima, the Japanese, for financial reasons, had to put out feelers for peace.
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