SENSED Synonyms: 85 Similar and Opposite Words

sensed

verb

past tense of sense

as in felt

to have a vague awareness of the deer seemed to sense danger

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as in understood

to have a clear idea of I did not sense the full meaning of his cryptic warning until much later

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Recent Examples of sensed 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 Reaching mainstream heights was once unthinkable for this radical, uncompromising act, but Paul sensed new horizons in the recording studio. — Steve Appleford, SPIN, 20 July 2026 Fiji had never beaten Scotland at Murrayfield but would have sensed the chance of making history by halftime. — ABC News, 18 July 2026 The four-time All-Star sensed the frustration Baldwin was carrying. — Jesús Cano, New York Times, 10 July 2026 Leviticus writer-director Adrian Chiarella sensed a shift in the world’s acceptance and tolerance toward the LGBTQIA+ community. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 22 June 2026 This remark by a North Carolina journalist in 1848 neatly distilled what many sensed was overtaking American life. — David S. Reynolds, The New York Review of Books, 6 June 2026

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Verb

Villa felt Roma were leading the pursuit of Garnacho this summer, though Emery pushed to convince the player to move to the Midlands.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 22 July 2026
An inaudible heartbeat reverberates through the space at a frequency below human hearing, producing vibrations that can be felt by those standing nearby.

— Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 21 July 2026

Definition of felt

Verb

Thomas Jefferson, that most infuriatingly complex of our nation’s founders, understood this.

— Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 26 July 2026
Manufacturers often continue specifying virgin materials because their performance is well understood, while comparable data for recycled alternatives remain limited.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 26 July 2026

Definition of understood

Verb

The suit alleges those employees knew the warehouse constructed on the property in 2022 would be used for fireworks storage and operations but did not enforce applicable safety and environmental requirements.

— Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 25 July 2026
When the requests started piling up into the 100s, Vraa knew he on to something.

— Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 25 July 2026

Definition of knew

Verb

One participant noticed the subtle Native American influences woven through my writing — something most of my other clients had never picked up on.

— Laurel Donnellan, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Most Americans, however, have never really noticed the impact of the Jones Act.

— James Surowiecki, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026

Definition of noticed

Verb

The free festival blends nationally recognized performers, local artists, youth musicians, international food, art and community activities into a celebration of the people and traditions that have shaped American music.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026
Anthropic said the earliest incident of its models breaching another organization was from April, and that none of the organizations recognized they had been hacked.

— Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 31 July 2026

Definition of recognized

Verb

Its successor script, Linea B, was also a mystery until it was deciphered in 1952 by an amateur linguist and cryptographer Michael Ventris with the help of classicist John Chadwick, both building on patterns in the script first identified by classicist Alice Kober.

— Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 23 June 2026
The signature was deciphered with the help of AI, and specialists at auction house Lyon & Turnbull were able to confirm that Cadell was the artist.

— Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 20 June 2026

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