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sense

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of sense

1 an indefinite physical response to a stimulus
  • a strange sense of discomfort brought on by the room's strong colors
Synonyms of sense

feel, feeling, sensation
Words Related to sense

impression, perception

hint, suggestion, touch
2 the ability to learn and understand or to deal with problems
  • Although he has little formal education, he is a man of considerable practical sense.
Synonyms of sense

brain(s), brainpower, gray matter, headpiece, intellect, intellectuality, intelligence, mentality, reason
Words Related to sense

eggheadedness, highbrowism, intellectualism

braininess, brilliance

acumen, alertness, apprehension, astuteness, discernment, discriminability, insight, judgment (or judgement), perception, percipience, perspicacity

common sense, horse sense, mother wit

aptitude, talent

sagacity, sapience, wisdom, wit

head, mind, skull
Near Antonyms of sense

denseness, density, doltishness, dopiness, dullness (also dulness), dumbness, fatuity, feeblemindedness, foolishness, half-wittedness, idiocy, imbecility, senselessness, simpleness, slowness, stupidity
3 the ability to make intelligent decisions especially in everyday matters
  • You have the sense to handle anything that comes up.
Synonyms of sense

common sense, discreetness, discretion, gumption [chiefly dialect], horse sense, levelheadedness, policy, prudence, sensibleness, wisdom, wit
Words Related to sense

street smarts

farsightedness, forehandedness, foresight, foresightedness, forethoughtfulness, judgment (or judgement)

brains, gray matter, intelligence

logicality, logicalness, practicality, rationality, rationalness

discernment, discrimination, insight, sagacity, sapience

acumen, astuteness, clearheadedness, keenness, penetration, perspicacity, shrewdness

care, caution, circumspection, precaution, premeditation
Near Antonyms of sense

shortsightedness

brainlessness, foolishness, half-wittedness, idiocy, senselessness, stupidity

carelessness, heedlessness

unreasonableness
Antonyms of sense

imprudence, indiscretion
4 the idea that is conveyed or intended to be conveyed to the mind by language, symbol, or action
  • I got the general sense of the poem.
Synonyms of sense

content, denotation, drift, import, intent, intention, meaning, purport, significance, signification
Words Related to sense

connotation

clue, cue, hint, implication, indication, inkling, intimation, suggestion

message, tenor, theme

bottom, essence, essentiality, nature, soul, spirit, stuff

acceptance, acceptation, definition

burden, crux, gist

core, heart, kernel, marrow, nub, nucleus, pith, point, quick
5 the thought processes that have been established as leading to valid solutions to problems
  • Your argument simply shows no sense.
Synonyms of sense

intellection, logic, ratiocination, reason, reasoning
Words Related to sense

cogency, coherence, logicality, logicalness, rationality, rationalness

convincingness, persuasiveness

syllogism, synthesis

analysis, dissection

deduction, induction

argumentation, disputation
Near Antonyms of sense

illogic, incoherence

absurdity, brainlessness, insanity, irrationality, nonsensicalness, preposterousness, senselessness

Synonym Discussion of sense

sense, common sense, judgment, wisdom mean ability to reach intelligent conclusions. sense implies a reliable ability to judge and decide with soundness, prudence, and intelligence.
    • a choice showing good sense
common sense suggests an average degree of such ability without sophistication or special knowledge.
    • common sense tells me it's wrong
judgment implies sense tempered and refined by experience, training, and maturity.
    • they relied on her judgment for guidance
wisdom implies sense and judgment far above average.
    • a leader of rare wisdom

sense

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of sense

1 to have a vague awareness of
  • The deer seemed to sense danger.
Synonyms of sense

feel, perceive, scent, see, smell, taste
Words Related to sense

behold, descry, discern, distinguish, espy, eye, look (at), note, notice, observe, perceive, regard, remark, sight, spy, view, witness

ascertain, catch on (to), discover, find out, hear, learn, realize

anticipate, divine, expect, foreknow, foresee

assume, conjecture, guess, presume, speculate, suppose, surmise, suspect
2 to have a clear idea of
  • I did not sense the full meaning of his cryptic warning until much later.
Synonyms of sense

appreciate, apprehend, assimilate, behold, catch, catch on (to), cognize, compass, comprehend, conceive, cotton (to or on to), decipher, decode, dig, discern, get, grasp, intuit, know, make, make out, perceive, recognize, register, savvy, see, seize, tumble (to), twig, understand
Words Related to sense

absorb, digest, take in

realize

fathom, penetrate, pierce
Phrases Synonymous with sense

pick up on
Near Antonyms of sense

misapprehend, misconceive, misconstrue, misinterpret, misperceive, misread, mistake, misunderstand
Antonyms of sense

miss

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