Synonyms of sensed

sensed

verb

past tense of sense

1

as in felt

to have a vague awareness of

the deer seemed to sense danger

Synonyms & Similar Words

• felt
• saw
• noticed
• perceived
• heard
• smelled
• realized
• tasted
• smelt
• noted
• expected
• anticipated
• discerned
• discovered
• observed
• remarked
• scented
• witnessed
• learned
• suspected
• ascertained
• looked (at)
• viewed
• spied
• foresaw
• assumed
• regarded
• beheld
• guessed
• sighted
• distinguished
• surmised
• presumed
• eyed
• espied
• speculated
• found out
• supposed
• descried
• divined
• conjectured
• caught on (to)
• foreknew

2

as in understood

to have a clear idea of

I did not sense the full meaning of his cryptic warning until much later

Synonyms & Similar Words

• understood
• knew
• recognized
• saw
• deciphered
• grasped
• comprehended
• appreciated
• realized
• discerned
• perceived
• got
• conceived
• apprehended
• seized
• intuited
• beheld
• made
• assimilated
• registered
• dug
• decoded
• caught
• twigged
• made out
• cognized
• tumbled (to)
• caught on (to)
• picked up on
• grokked
• compassed
• savvied
• absorbed
• cottoned (to or on to)
• digested
• fathomed
• penetrated
• took in
• pierced

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• missed
• misunderstood
• misinterpreted
• misread
• mistook
• misconstrued
• misconceived
• misapprehended
• misperceived