perception

perception is a 10-letter English word with 9 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of perceiving; cognizance by the senses or intellect; apperhension by the bodily organs, or by the mind, of what is presented to them; discernment; apperhension; cognition. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 20 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of perceiving; cognizance by the senses or intellect; apperhension by the bodily organs, or by the mind, of what is presented to them; discernment; apperhension; cognition.
2. noun. The faculty of perceiving; the faculty, or peculiar part, of man's constitution by which he has knowledge through the medium or instrumentality of the bodily organs; the act of apperhending material objects or qualities through the senses; -- distinguished from conception.
3. noun. The quality, state, or capability, of being affected by something external; sensation; sensibility.
4. noun. An idea; a notion.
5. noun. becoming aware of something via the senses

   Synonyms: sensing

6. noun. the process of perceiving
7. noun. knowledge gained by perceiving

   "a man admired for the depth of his perception"

8. noun. a way of conceiving something

   "Luther had a new perception of the Bible"

9. noun. the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept

   Synonyms: percept

Synonyms

sensing, percept

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in perception:

preception

Common word forms

perceptions, perceptional

Words from these letters

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