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

At that perilous moment, the players put football in perspective and sensed the historical implications of failing to acknowledge the event’s gravity. — Michael Silver, New York Times, 11 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