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

New players haven’t sensed any wariness from the loss or felt a Super Bowl hangover. — Chad Graff, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026

When news broke that Mark Walter’s insurance businesses were under federal investigation and that the Lakers and Dodgers owner might be in financial trouble, Josh Kushner sensed a business opportunity. — Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026

Spaces for refuge and companionship University student Iris Wang from neighboring Guangdong sensed tighter control over Hong Kong. — Kanis Leung, Christian Science Monitor, 30 Aug. 2026

O’Neal sensed a similar opportunity with the NBA Slam Dunk Contest. — Marlow Stern, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026

Falwell correctly sensed vulnerability in the uneasy alliance between rationalism and Christianity that had prevailed since the eighteenth-century Enlightenment. — Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2026

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