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
Show 46 more words
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
Show 77 more words
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
Show 134 more words
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
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.