Synonyms of senses

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noun

plural of sense

1

as in feelings

an indefinite physical response to a stimulus

a strange sense of discomfort brought on by the room's strong colors

Synonyms & Similar Words

• feelings
• feels
• sensations
• perceptions
• impressions
• suggestions
• touches
• hints

2

as in meanings

the idea that is conveyed or intended to be conveyed to the mind by language, symbol, or action

got the general sense of the poem

Synonyms & Similar Words

• meanings
• contents
• intentions
• intents
• imports
• significances
• connotations
• definitions
• themes
• messages
• implications
• drifts
• significations
• natures
• cues
• denotations
• suggestions
• indications
• topics
• spirits
• clues
• essences
• stuff
• purports
• motives
• intimations
• souls
• hints
• subjects
• hearts
• inklings
• questions
• matters
• burdens
• points
• acceptances
• kernels
• essentialities
• acceptations
• nuclei
• tenors
• motifs
• bottoms
• cores
• nucleuses
• piths
• nubs
• marrows
• gists
• cruces
• quicks
• cruxes

senses

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verb

present tense third-person singular of sense

1

as in smells

to have a vague awareness of

the deer seemed to sense danger

Synonyms & Similar Words

• smells
• feels
• sees
• perceives
• notices
• tastes
• hears
• scents
• eyes
• sights
• realizes
• expects
• witnesses
• notes
• looks (at)
• anticipates
• discerns
• learns
• remarks
• beholds
• suspects
• discovers
• views
• spies
• guesses
• observes
• distinguishes
• regards
• foresees
• supposes
• finds out
• descries
• espies
• ascertains
• presumes
• assumes
• speculates
• divines
• surmises
• catches on (to)
• foreknows
• conjectures

2

as in knows

to have a clear idea of

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• knows
• understands
• comprehends
• grasps
• deciphers
• recognizes
• sees
• appreciates
• perceives
• discerns
• realizes
• apprehends
• intuits
• gets
• conceives
• beholds
• assimilates
• seizes
• cognizes
• registers
• tumbles (to)
• makes
• decodes
• twigs
• catches
• catches on (to)
• digs
• compasses
• savvies
• groks
• picks up on
• makes out
• cottons (to or on to)
• absorbs
• digests
• penetrates
• takes in
• fathoms
• pierces

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• misses
• mistakes
• misunderstands
• misreads
• misconceives
• misconstrues
• misinterprets
• misapprehends
• misperceives