sense

sense is a 5-letter English word with 18 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A faculty, possessed by animals, of perceiving external objects by means of impressions made upon certain organs (sensory or sense organs) of the body, or of perceiving changes in the condition of the body; as, the senses of sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch. See Muscular sense, under Muscular, and Temperature sense, under Temperature. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 6 · 18 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. A faculty, possessed by animals, of perceiving external objects by means of impressions made upon certain organs (sensory or sense organs) of the body, or of perceiving changes in the condition of the body; as, the senses of sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch. See Muscular sense, under Muscular, and Temperature sense, under Temperature.
2. transitive verb. Perception by the sensory organs of the body; sensation; sensibility; feeling.
3. transitive verb. Perception through the intellect; apprehension; recognition; understanding; discernment; appreciation.
4. transitive verb. Sound perception and reasoning; correct judgment; good mental capacity; understanding; also, that which is sound, true, or reasonable; rational meaning.
5. transitive verb. That which is felt or is held as a sentiment, view, or opinion; judgment; notion; opinion.
6. transitive verb. Meaning; import; signification; as, the true sense of words or phrases; the sense of a remark.
7. transitive verb. Moral perception or appreciation.
8. transitive verb. One of two opposite directions in which a line, surface, or volume, may be supposed to be described by the motion of a point, line, or surface.
9. transitive verb. To perceive by the senses; to recognize.
10. noun. sound practical judgment

    "Common sense is not so common"

    "he hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples"

    Synonyms: gumption

11. noun. the faculty through which the external world is apprehended

    "in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing"

    Synonyms: sensation, sentience, sentiency

12. noun. a general conscious awareness

    "a sense of security"

    "a sense of happiness"

13. noun. a natural appreciation or ability

    "a keen musical sense"

    "a good sense of timing"

14. noun. the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted

    "the dictionary gave several senses for the word"

    "in the best sense charity is really a duty"

    Synonyms: signified

15. verb. comprehend

    "I sensed the real meaning of his letter"

16. verb. become aware of not through the senses but instinctively

    "I sense his hostility"

    "i smell trouble"

    Synonyms: smell

17. verb. perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles

    "He felt the wind"

    "She felt an object brushing her arm"

    Synonyms: feel

18. verb. detect some circumstance or entity automatically

    "This robot can sense the presence of people in the room"

    "particle detectors sense ionization"

Synonyms

gumption, sensation, sentience, sentiency, signified, smell, feel

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in sense:

esnes, essen, senes

Common word forms

sensed, senses, sensing, senseful, senseless

Words from these letters

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