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
• smelled
• heard
• perceived
• tasted
• realized
• expected
• noted
• discerned
• discovered
• anticipated
• learned
• remarked
• scented
• observed
• witnessed
• ascertained
• looked (at)
• suspected
• spied
• viewed
• guessed
• regarded
• beheld
• foresaw
• assumed
• sighted
• surmised
• distinguished
• supposed
• eyed
• presumed
• espied
• speculated
• found out
• 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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sensed

Jacalyn Lee first sensed something was off with her daughter, Isla, just before her first birthday. — Brad Quick, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2026

Luwi and the other highland boys sometimes attended Gajdusek’s lectures about kuru, and Luwi sensed that their presence gave him more credibility. — Rachel Aviv, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026

As far back as 2017, OpenAI identified a sentiment neuron—a particular node in an AI model’s deep learning network that sensed whether the bias in an online Amazon review was positive or negative. — Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2026

Published in late 2018—the very moment the Andy Rubin scandal broke and sparked the Google Walkout—this book gave us language for something many of us had sensed but couldn’t yet articulate. — Literary Hub, 10 Aug. 2026

But the wiser part of me has always sensed that eventually a stroke of fate would lead me to reembrace my roots. — Megan O’Sullivan, Vogue, 6 Aug. 2026

Even a hundred meters below, Rey sensed the planet bend subtly toward her. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 27 July 2026

But Bleecker sensed the audience for such a show regardless, especially one that’s been captured well. — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 27 July 2026

That night, my mother’s own beloved sister sensed my despair. — Thao Thai, PEOPLE, 25 July 2026