Blind people sometimes develop a compensatory ability to sense the proximity of objects around them.
Source: tatoeba (1965)
Sense
//sɛns//
Synonyms for "sense" (335 found)
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Closest matches (67)
common sensefeelmeaningabsorbacceptationadmissibilityaffectaffectionaffective meaningairamountanticipateappreciateappreciationappreciation of differencesappreciativenessapprehendapprehensionartistic judgmentassimilate
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atmosphereauraawarenessbalancebe aware ofbe conscious ofbe sensible ofbe with onebearingbelievebodybrainbrainsburdencalibercalibratecapacitycatchcatch oncenterclimatecognizancecoherencecoloringcomprehendcomprehensionconceiveconceptionconnoisseurshipconnotationconsciousnessconsequenceconsidercool headcoolheadednesscoolnesscorecreditcritical nicenesscriticalnessdeductive powerdeemdefinitiondelicacydenotation
Verb(1 words)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (101)
depthdescrydetectdigdigestdiscerndiscernmentdiscretiondiscriminating tastediscriminatingnessdiscriminationdiscriminativenessdistinguishdivinedriftdue sense ofeffectemotionemotional chargeemotional shade
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esemplastic powerespyessenceestimateexpectexperienceextensionfacultyfastidiousnessfathomfeel 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 knowjustifiabilityjustnesskenknowknowledge
Verb(1 words)
Noun(3 words)
Related words (167)
learnlevel headlevelheadednesslexical meaningliteral meaningloaflogiclogicalitylogicalnessluciditymake outmaking distinctionsmarblesmastermattermeatmental agemental capacitymental graspmental ratio
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mentalitymessagemilieumindmoodmother 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 experiencesentimentshortsightsignificancesignificancysignificationsignificatumsignifiesmartssmellsober-mindednesssobernesssobrietysound sensesoundnessspan of meaningspiritspotspystrengthstructural meaningsubstancesubtletysumsum and substancesurmisesuspectsweet reasonsymbolic meaningtacttactfulnesstaketake intastetenorthinkthinking powerthrusttonetotality of associationstouchtransferred meaningtwigunadorned meaningundercurrentunderstandunderstandingundertoneupshotvaluewisdomwit
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28 entriesShowing 16 of 28 words.
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19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
Antonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
33 entriesShowing 16 of 33 words.
derived
48 entriesShowing 16 of 48 words.
has context
4 entriesholonym
2 entriesis a
5 entriesmanner of
3 entriesrelated to
38 entriesShowing 16 of 38 words.
similar
1 entriesTranslations
468 translations across 82 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- sintuig noun (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
Albanian
1 entries- NI Ndienje noun (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
Ancient Greek
3 entries- αἴσθησις noun (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
- αἴσθησις noun (conscious awareness)
- αἰσθάνομαι verb (use biological senses)
Arabic
4 entries- إِحْسَاس noun (conscious awareness)
- احساس noun (conscious awareness)
- حاسة noun (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
- حَاسَّة noun (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
Armenian
4 entries- զգացողություն noun (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
- զգացում noun (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
- իմաստ noun (meaning or reason)
- իմաստ noun (semantics term)
Asturian
4 entries- aceición noun (semantics term)
- acepción noun (semantics term)
- sentíu noun (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
- sentíu noun (sound judgement)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- sezmək verb (to instinctively be aware)
Bashkir
2 entries- тойғо noun (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
- хис noun (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
Basque
1 entries- zentzumen noun (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
Belarusian
4 entries- змысл noun (meaning or reason)
- значэ́нне noun (meaning or reason)
- пачуццё noun (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
- пачуццё noun (conscious awareness)
Breton
1 entries- skiant noun (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
Bulgarian
4 entries- значе́ние noun (meaning or reason)
- сетиво́ noun (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
- сми́съл noun (meaning or reason)
- съзна́ние noun (conscious awareness)
Burmese
1 entries- အာရုံ noun (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
Catalan
4 entries- accepció noun (semantics term)
- enteniment noun (sound judgement)
- sentit noun (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
- sentit noun (meaning or reason)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 意義 /意义 noun (meaning or reason)
- 意義 /意义 noun (semantics term)
- 感覺 /感觉 noun (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
- 感覺 /感觉 noun (conscious awareness)
Czech
4 entries- pocit noun (conscious awareness)
- smysl noun (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
- smysl noun (meaning or reason)
- smysl noun (semantics term)
Danish
2 entries- fornemmelse noun (conscious awareness)
- sans noun (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
Dutch
4 entries- aanleg noun (natural ability)
- betekenis noun (semantics term)
- gevoel noun (conscious awareness)
- gewaarwording noun (conscious awareness)
Esperanto
2 entries- senso noun (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
- sentumo noun (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
Estonian
1 entries- meel noun (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
Finnish
4 entries- aisti noun (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
- järkevyys noun (sound judgement)
- järki noun (sound judgement)
- järki noun (meaning or reason)
French
4 entries- acception noun (semantics term)
- sens noun (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
- sens noun (conscious awareness)
- sens noun (sound judgement)
Galician
4 entries- acepción noun (semantics term)
- senso noun (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
- senso noun (conscious awareness)
- senso noun (natural ability)
Georgian
1 entries- გრძნობა noun (conscious awareness)
German
4 entries- Bedeutung noun (semantics term)
- Gefühl noun (conscious awareness)
- Sinn noun (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
- Sinn noun (conscious awareness)
Greek
4 entries- έννοια noun (meaning or reason)
- αίσθηση noun (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
- αίσθηση noun (conscious awareness)
- αίσθηση noun (natural ability)
Hebrew
4 entries- הגיון noun (sound judgement)
- חוּשׁ noun (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
- חוּשׁ noun (natural ability)
- מובן noun (semantics term)
Hungarian
4 entries- értelem noun (sound judgement)
- értelem noun (meaning or reason)
- értelem noun (semantics term)
- érzet noun (conscious awareness)
Icelandic
4 entries- gáfa noun (natural ability)
- merking noun (meaning or reason)
- skilningarvit noun (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
- skynsemi noun (sound judgement)
Ido
4 entries- senco noun (meaning or reason)
- senso noun (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
- senso noun (conscious awareness)
- sinso noun (math: direction of a vector)
Indonesian
4 entries- arti noun (semantics term)
- bakat noun (natural ability)
- budi noun (conscious awareness)
- indra noun (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
Irish
4 entries- ciall noun (conscious awareness)
- ciall noun (sound judgement)
- ciall noun (meaning or reason)
- ciall noun (natural ability)
Italian
4 entries- accezione noun (semantics term)
- coscienza noun (conscious awareness)
- sensazione noun (conscious awareness)
- senso noun (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
Japanese
4 entries- 分別 noun (sound judgement)
- 意味 noun (meaning or reason)
- 意味 noun (semantics term)
- 意識 noun (conscious awareness)
Kabuverdianu
2 entries- sintí verb (use biological senses)
- xinti verb (use biological senses)
Khmer
4 entries- ន័យ noun (meaning or reason)
- វិញ្ញាណ noun (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
- សុភនិច្ឆ័យ noun (sound judgement)
- សំនួន noun (meaning or reason)
Korean
4 entries- 감각 noun (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
- 감각 noun (conscious awareness)
- 감각 noun (semantics term)
- 뜻 noun (meaning or reason)
Latgalian
4 entries- jutūne noun (conscious awareness)
- jāga noun (meaning or reason)
- nūjauta noun (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
- pajauta noun (conscious awareness)
Latin
1 entries- sentiō verb (use biological senses)
Latvian
3 entries- jēga noun (meaning or reason)
- maņa noun (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
- sajūta noun (conscious awareness)
Lithuanian
4 entries- jausmas noun (conscious awareness)
- jutimas noun (conscious awareness)
- nuojauta noun (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
- prasmė noun (meaning or reason)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- wóznam noun (semantics term)
Luxembourgish
4 entries- Bedeitung noun (meaning or reason)
- Gefill noun (conscious awareness)
- Gespier noun (natural ability)
- Sënn noun (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
Macedonian
4 entries- свест noun (conscious awareness)
- сетило noun (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
- смисла noun (meaning or reason)
- усет noun (natural ability)
Malay
4 entries- deria noun (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
- erti noun (meaning or reason)
- erti noun (semantics term)
- indera noun (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
Manx
4 entries- ennaghtyn noun (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
- keeall noun (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
- keeall noun (conscious awareness)
- keeall noun (sound judgement)
Mongolian
2 entries- утга noun (meaning or reason)
- ᠤᠳᠬ ᠠ noun (meaning or reason)
Māori
3 entries- parangēki noun (conscious awareness)
- tairongo noun (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
- rongo verb (use biological senses)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- hest noun (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
- hest noun (conscious awareness)
Norwegian
1 entries- sans noun (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- ane verb (to instinctively be aware)
Norwegian Nynorsk
4 entries- betyding noun (semantics term)
- fornuft noun (sound judgement)
- meining noun (meaning or reason)
- sinne noun (conscious awareness)
Occitan
3 entries- sens noun (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
- sens noun (sound judgement)
- sentit noun (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
Old Church Slavonic
1 entries- чоути verb (use biological senses)
Old Czech
1 entries- čuch noun (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
Old English
4 entries- andġiet noun (meaning or reason)
- andġiet noun (semantics term)
- ġewitt noun (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
- ġewitt noun (conscious awareness)
Old Irish
4 entries- cíall noun (meaning or reason)
- síans noun (meaning or reason)
- airigidir verb (use biological senses)
- ceta·bí verb (use biological senses)
Persian
2 entries- حس noun (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
- چم noun (meaning or reason)
Polish
4 entries- kierunek noun (math: direction of a vector)
- kierunek obrotu noun (math: direction of rotation)
- poczucie noun (conscious awareness)
- sens noun (meaning or reason)
Portuguese
4 entries- acepção noun (semantics term)
- aceção noun (semantics term)
- juízo noun (sound judgement)
- sensação noun (conscious awareness)
Romanian
4 entries- sens noun (meaning or reason)
- sens noun (semantics term)
- sens noun (math: direction of a vector)
- sens noun (math: direction of rotation)
Romansch
4 entries- sen noun (meaning or reason)
- senn noun (meaning or reason)
- ancorscher verb (to instinctively be aware)
- encorscher verb (to instinctively be aware)
Russian
4 entries- здра́вый смысл noun (sound judgement)
- значе́ние noun (meaning or reason)
- значе́ние noun (semantics term)
- направле́ние noun (math: direction of a vector)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- brìgh noun (conscious awareness)
- brìgh noun (meaning or reason)
- ceudfath noun (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
- ciall noun (conscious awareness)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- smȋsao noun (meaning or reason)
- òsjet noun (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
- о̀сјет noun (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
- сми̑сао noun (meaning or reason)
Sicilian
2 entries- sensu noun (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
- senzu noun (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
Slovak
4 entries- význam noun (meaning or reason)
- zmysel noun (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
- zmysel noun (conscious awareness)
- zmysel noun (meaning or reason)
Slovene
4 entries- občutek noun (conscious awareness)
- pomen noun (semantics term)
- smisel noun (meaning or reason)
- čut noun (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
Spanish
4 entries- acepción noun (semantics term)
- sensación noun (conscious awareness)
- sentido noun (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
- sentido noun (sound judgement)
Swedish
4 entries- bemärkelse noun (meaning or reason)
- betydelse noun (semantics term)
- förnuft noun (sound judgement)
- förstånd noun (sound judgement)
Tagalog
3 entries- damdam noun (conscious awareness)
- dandam noun (conscious awareness)
- pandama noun (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
Telugu
1 entries- స్పృహ noun (conscious awareness)
Tocharian B
1 entries- yälloñ noun (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
Turkish
4 entries- aklıselimlik noun (sound judgement)
- algı noun (conscious awareness)
- anlam noun (meaning or reason)
- anlam noun (semantics term)
Ukrainian
4 entries- відчуття́ noun (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
- відчуття́ noun (conscious awareness)
- зна́чення noun (meaning or reason)
- зна́чення noun (semantics term)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- woznam noun (semantics term)
Venetan
4 entries- senso noun (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
- senso noun (conscious awareness)
- senso noun (sound judgement)
- senso noun (meaning or reason)
Vietnamese
3 entries- nghĩa noun (meaning or reason)
- ý nghĩa noun (meaning or reason)
- ý nghĩa noun (semantics term)
Volapük
1 entries- sien noun (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
Welsh
4 entries- pwyll noun (conscious awareness)
- pwyll noun (sound judgement)
- synnwyr noun (manner by which living beings perceive the physical world)
- synnwyr noun (sound judgement)
Woiwurrung
1 entries- yurlendj noun (sound judgement)
Yiddish
2 entries- שׂכל noun (sound judgement)
- שפּירן verb (to instinctively be aware)
Sample sentences
24 total sentences available.
You have no sense of direction.
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You have a good sense of humor.
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Can you make sense of this poem?
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