sentient

sentient is a 8-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Having a faculty, or faculties, of sensation and perception. Specif. (Physiol.), especially sensitive; as, the sentient extremities of nerves, which terminate in the various organs or tissues. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Having a faculty, or faculties, of sensation and perception. Specif. (Physiol.), especially sensitive; as, the sentient extremities of nerves, which terminate in the various organs or tissues.
2. noun. One who has the faculty of perception; a sentient being.
3. adjective. endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness- T.E.Lawrence

   "the living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage"

   Synonyms: animate

4. adjective. consciously perceiving- W.A.White

   "sentient of the intolerable load"

   "a boy so sentient of his surroundings"

Synonyms

animate

Common word forms

sentients, sentiently

Words from these letters

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