Blind people sometimes develop a compensatory ability to sense the proximity of objects around them.
Source: tatoeba (1965)
Sense
/sɛns/
Synonyms for "sense" (371 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (75)
Noun(8 words)
absorbacceptationadmissibilityaffectaffectionaffective meaningairamountanticipateappreciateappreciationappreciation of differencesappreciativenessapprehendapprehensionartistic judgmentassimilateatmosphereauraawareness
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balancebe aware ofbe conscious ofbe sensible ofbe with onebearingbelievebodybrainbrainsburdencalibercalibratecapacitycatchcatch oncenterclimatecognizancecoherencecoloringcommon sensecomprehendcomprehensionconceiveconceptionconnoisseurshipconnotationconsciousnessconsequenceconsidercool headcoolheadednesscoolnesscorecreditcritical nicenesscriticalnessdeductive powerdeemdefinitiondelicacydenotationdepthdescrydetect
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (111)
Noun(11 words)
digdigestdiscerndiscernmentdiscretiondiscriminating tastediscriminatingnessdiscriminationdiscriminativenessdistinguishdivinedriftdue sense ofeffectemotionemotional chargeemotional shadeesemplastic powerespyessence
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estimateexpectexperienceextensionfacultyfastidiousnessfathomfeelfeel deeplyfeel intuitivelyfeelingfeeling tonefine palatefinesseflavorfocusfollowforceforebodingforesightforethoughtgetget hold ofget the driftget the hang ofget the ideaget the picturegistgood sensegrammatical meaninggraspgripgumptiongut reactionhavehave a feelinghave a hunchhave a sensationhave it tapedhave the impressionhearheartthrobholdhorse senseideaideationidentifyimpactimplicationimportimpressionintegrative powerintellectintellectual graspintellectual powerintellectualismintellectualityintelligenceintelligence quotientintelligibilityintendmentintensionintentintuitintuitioniqjudgementjudgmentjudiciousnessjust knowjustifiabilityjustnesskenknowknowledgelearnlevel head
Adjective(1 words)
icelandic meina
Related words (185)
levelheadednesslexical meaningliteral meaningloaflogiclogicalitylogicalnessluciditymake outmaking distinctionsmarblesmastermattermeaningmeatmental agemental capacitymental graspmental ratiomentality
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messagemilieumindmoodmother witnative witniceness of distinctionnicetynotenoticenousnuancenucleusovertonepalatepassionpenetratepenetrationperceiveperceptperceptionpertinencepick uppithplain senseplausibilitypointpower of mindpractical consequencepractical mindpractical wisdompracticalitypresentimentprofound senseprudencepurportqualityquick-wittednessquicknessrange of meaningrationalityreactionreadreal meaningrealizereasonreasonabilityreasonablenessreasoning powerreceive an impressionrecognitionrecognizereferencereferentrefined discriminationrefined palaterefinementrelationrelevancerespondrespond to stimuliresponseresponse to stimulisagacitysanenesssanitysavorsavvyscentscopescope of mindseeseizeseize the meaningselectivenesssemantic clustersemantic fieldsensationsense impressionsense perceptionsensibilitysensiblenesssensitivitysensory experiencesentimentshortsignificancesignificancysignificationsignificatumsignifiesmartssmellsober-mindednesssobernesssobrietysound sensesoundnessspan of meaningspiritspotspystrengthstructural meaningsubstancesubtletysumsum and substancesuspectsweet reasonsymbolic meaningtacttactfulnesstaketake intastetenorthinkthinking powerthrusttonetotality of associationstouchtransferred meaningtwigunadorned meaningundercurrentunderstandunderstandingundertoneupshotvaluewisdomwit
Adjective(3 words)
lexical item meaninglinguistic significationradiant energy detected
Noun(22 words)
Determiner(2 words)
most feelingmost linguistic concept
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: sensory faculty, absorb, acceptation, admissibility, affect.
- Sentence evidence is available for sense, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from wordnet, opengloss, moby, derived_reverse, and related lexical sources.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "sense".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "sense"
Keep "sense" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "sense" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "sense", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "sense" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
34 entriesShowing 16 of 34 words.
More specific
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
Collocations
11 entriescommon senselexical sensesense a changesense a patternsense dangersense datasense experiencesense moodsense of proportionsense opportunitysense organs
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
7 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
77 translations across 50 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- معنى noun (meaning or reason)
- مَعْنًى noun (meaning or reason)
Armenian
1 entries- իմաստ noun (meaning or reason)
Asturian
1 entries- sentíu noun (meaning or reason)
Belarusian
3 entries- змысл noun (meaning or reason)
- значэ́нне noun (meaning or reason)
- сэнс noun (meaning or reason)
Bulgarian
2 entries- значе́ние noun (meaning or reason)
- сми́съл noun (meaning or reason)
Catalan
2 entries- sentit noun (meaning or reason)
- seny noun (meaning or reason)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 意義 /意义 noun (meaning or reason)
Czech
2 entries- smysl noun (meaning or reason)
- význam noun (meaning or reason)
Dutch
1 entries- zin noun (meaning or reason)
Finnish
2 entries- järki noun (meaning or reason)
- merkitys noun (meaning or reason)
French
1 entries- sens noun (meaning or reason)
Galician
1 entries- sentido noun (meaning or reason)
German
1 entries- Sinn noun (meaning or reason)
Greek
1 entries- έννοια noun (meaning or reason)
Hungarian
1 entries- értelem noun (meaning or reason)
Icelandic
1 entries- merking noun (meaning or reason)
Ido
1 entries- senco noun (meaning or reason)
Irish
1 entries- ciall noun (meaning or reason)
Italian
2 entries- senso noun (meaning or reason)
- significato noun (meaning or reason)
Japanese
1 entries- 意味 noun (meaning or reason)
Khmer
2 entries- ន័យ noun (meaning or reason)
- សំនួន noun (meaning or reason)
Korean
2 entries- 뜻 noun (meaning or reason)
- 의미 noun (meaning or reason)
Latgalian
2 entries- jāga noun (meaning or reason)
- zeimeiba noun (meaning or reason)
Latvian
1 entries- jēga noun (meaning or reason)
Lithuanian
1 entries- prasmė noun (meaning or reason)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Bedeitung noun (meaning or reason)
Macedonian
1 entries- смисла noun (meaning or reason)
Malay
3 entries- erti noun (meaning or reason)
- makna noun (meaning or reason)
- maksud noun (meaning or reason)
Manx
1 entries- keeall noun (meaning or reason)
Mongolian
2 entries- утга noun (meaning or reason)
- ᠤᠳᠬ ᠠ noun (meaning or reason)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- meining noun (meaning or reason)
Old English
1 entries- andġiet noun (meaning or reason)
Old Irish
2 entries- cíall noun (meaning or reason)
- síans noun (meaning or reason)
Persian
1 entries- چم noun (meaning or reason)
Polish
1 entries- sens noun (meaning or reason)
Portuguese
1 entries- sentido noun (meaning or reason)
Romanian
1 entries- sens noun (meaning or reason)
Romansch
2 entries- sen noun (meaning or reason)
- senn noun (meaning or reason)
Russian
2 entries- значе́ние noun (meaning or reason)
- смысл noun (meaning or reason)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- brìgh noun (meaning or reason)
- ciallachadh noun (meaning or reason)
- seagh noun (meaning or reason)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- smȋsao noun (meaning or reason)
- сми̑сао noun (meaning or reason)
Slovak
2 entries- význam noun (meaning or reason)
- zmysel noun (meaning or reason)
Slovene
1 entries- smisel noun (meaning or reason)
Spanish
1 entries- sentido noun (meaning or reason)
Swedish
2 entries- bemärkelse noun (meaning or reason)
- mening noun (meaning or reason)
Turkish
2 entries- anlam noun (meaning or reason)
- mana noun (meaning or reason)
Ukrainian
3 entries- зна́чення noun (meaning or reason)
- сенс noun (meaning or reason)
- смисл noun (meaning or reason)
Venetan
2 entries- senso noun (meaning or reason)
- sènso noun (meaning or reason)
Vietnamese
2 entries- nghĩa noun (meaning or reason)
- ý nghĩa noun (meaning or reason)
Welsh
1 entries- ystyr noun (meaning or reason)
Sample sentences
24 total sentences available.
You have no sense of direction.
Source: tatoeba (8390)
You have a good sense of humor.
Source: tatoeba (16344)
Can you make sense of this poem?
Source: tatoeba (16691)
Showing 4 of 24 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "sense"?
Closest matches include sensory faculty, absorb, acceptation, admissibility, affect.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "sense"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.