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sense Definition:
- A sense is a physiological capacity of organisms that provides data for perception. The senses and their operation, classification, and theory are overlapping topics studied by a variety of fields, most notably neuroscience, cognitive psychology , and philosophy of perception. The nervous system has a specific sensory system or organ, dedicated to each sense.
| Common sense () See Common sense, under Sense. |
| Sense (v. t.) 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 |
| Sense (v. t.) Perception by the sensory organs of the body |
| Sense (v. t.) Perception through the intellect |
| Sense (v. t.) Sound perception and reasoning |
| Sense (v. t.) That which is felt or is held as a sentiment, view, or opinion |
| Sense (v. t.) Meaning |
| Sense (v. t.) Moral perception or appreciation. |
| Sense (v. t.) 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. |
| Sense (v. t.) To perceive by the senses |
| humor humour sense of humor / sense of humour the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous, "she didn't appreciate my humor", "you can't survive in the army without a sense of humor" |
| purposefulness / sense of purpose the quality of having a definite purpose |
| sense organ / sensory receptor / receptor an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation |
| common sense / good sense / gumption / horse sense / sense mother wit sound practical judgment, "Common sense is not so common", "he hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples", "fortunately she had the good sense to run away" |
| road sense good judgment in avoiding trouble or accidents on the road |
| sense sensation sentience / sentiency / sensory faculty 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" |
| modality / sense modality / sensory system a particular sense |
| sight / vision visual sense / visual modality the ability to see, the visual faculty |
| touch sense of touch / skin senses / touch modality / cutaneous senses the faculty by which external objects or forces are perceived through contact with the body (especially the hands), "only sight and touch enable us to locate objects in the space around us" |
| hearing / audition / auditory sense / sense of hearing / auditory modality the ability to hear, the auditory faculty, "his hearing was impaired" |
sense Synonyme:
| sense IQ absorb acceptation admissibility affect affection affective meaning air anticipate appreciate appreciation appreciation of differences appreciativeness apprehend apprehension artistic judgment assimilate atmosphere aura awareness balance be aware of be conscious of be sensible of be with one bearing believe brains burden caliber capacity catch catch on center climate cognizance coherence coloring common sense comprehend comprehension conceive conception connoisseurship connotation consciousness consequence consider cool head coolheadedness coolness core credit critical niceness criticalness deductive power deem delicacy denotation descry detect dig digest discern discernment discretion discriminating taste discriminatingness discrimination discriminativeness distinguish divine drift due sense of effect emotion emotional charge emotional shade esemplastic power espy essence experience extension faculty fastidiousness fathom feel feel deeply feel intuitively feeling feeling tone fine palate finesse focus follow force foreboding foresight get get hold of get the drift get the idea get the picture gist good sense grammatical meaning grasp gumption gut reaction have have a feeling have a hunch have a sensation have it taped have the impression hear heartthrob hold horse sense idea ideation identify impact implication import impression integrative power intellect intellectual grasp intellectual power intellectualism intellectuality intelligence intelligence quotient intelligibility intendment intension intuit intuition judgement judgment judiciousness just know justifiability justness ken know knowledge learn level head levelheadedness lexical meaning literal meaning logic logicality logicalness lucidity make out making distinctions marbles master matter meaning meat mental age mental capacity menta |
| senseless abiotic abnormal absonant absurd aimless amorphous anesthetized apish asinine asleep azoic batty befooled beguiled benumbed bereft of reason besotted brainless brainsick buffoonish capricious casual cataleptic catatonic cockeyed cold comatose contradictory contrary to reason crackbrained cracked crazed crazy credulous daffy daft dazed dead deadened deluded demented deprived of reason deranged designless desultory dippy disarticulated discontinuous disjunct disordered disoriented dispersed disproportionate distraught dizzy doped doting drugged dumb empty empty-headed erratic exanimate fallacious fatuitous fatuous faulty fitful flaky flawed flighty fond fool foolheaded foolish formless frivolous fuddled futile gaga garbled goofy gratuitous gulled half-conscious hallucinated haphazard headless hit-or-miss idiotic ignorant ill-advised ill-considered ill-contrived ill-devised ill-gauged ill-judged illogical imbecile imbecilic immethodical impolitic importless imprudent inadvisable inane inanimate inanimated inauthentic inchoate incoherent inconclusive incongruous inconsequent inconsequential inconsiderate inconsistent indiscreet indiscriminate inept inert inexpedient infatuated injudicious insane insensate insensible insensitive insentient insignificant invalid irrational irregular kooky lackbrained lean-minded lean-witted lifeless loco loony loose ludicrous lunatic mad maddened manic maudlin mazed meaningless mental mentally deficient meshuggah mindless misadvised misguided misshapen moon-struck moronic mute myopic narcotized nirvanic nitwitted non compos non compos mentis nonconnotative nonconscious nondenotative nonliving nonscientific nonsensical nonsymmetrical nonsystematic nonuniform not all there not bright not following not right null numbed nutty oblivious odd of little b |
| senses balance chromesthesia color hearing consciousness contact with reality faculties five senses healthy mind hearing intellectual gifts intellectuals lucid interval lucidity mental balance mental equilibrium mental health mental hygiene mental poise normalcy normality normalness parts phonism photism rationality reason reasonableness receptor right mind sanemindedness saneness sanity sense organ sensillum sensorium sensory organ sight sixth sense smell sober senses sobriety sound mind soundness soundness of mind synesthesia taste touch wholesomeness wits |