Synonyms of sensing

sensing

verb

present participle of sense

1

as in feeling

to have a vague awareness of

the deer seemed to sense danger

Synonyms & Similar Words

• feeling
• seeing
• smelling
• perceiving
• noticing
• hearing
• tasting
• realizing
• anticipating
• scenting
• expecting
• discovering
• learning
• noting
• ascertaining
• looking (at)
• spying
• observing
• witnessing
• foreseeing
• viewing
• suspecting
• discerning
• remarking
• regarding
• guessing
• eyeing
• beholding
• distinguishing
• sighting
• supposing
• divining
• finding out
• espying
• assuming
• speculating
• presuming
• descrying
• surmising
• conjecturing
• catching on (to)
• foreknowing

2

as in knowing

to have a clear idea of

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• knowing
• understanding
• recognizing
• deciphering
• grasping
• seeing
• comprehending
• appreciating
• perceiving
• realizing
• getting
• intuiting
• discerning
• apprehending
• cognizing
• making
• assimilating
• conceiving
• decoding
• seizing
• beholding
• digging
• registering
• compassing
• tumbling (to)
• catching
• twigging
• making out
• grokking
• catching on (to)
• savvying
• absorbing
• picking up on
• cottoning (to or on to)
• fathoming
• digesting
• penetrating
• taking in
• piercing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• missing
• misreading
• misunderstanding
• misinterpreting
• mistaking
• misconstruing
• misperceiving
• misconceiving
• misapprehending

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sensing

Researchers also aim to integrate the sensing-actuation loop directly into soft robots, enabling instinctive responses, while using its rich force signals to improve perception and interaction in complex environments. — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 13 July 2026

As The Verge reports, a bill that’s coming up for a vote this year would require fully autonomous vehicles to use both cameras and at least two other sensing technologies — in most cases, lidar and radar. — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 9 July 2026

The league also will implant contact-sensing computer chips in each basketball to aid officials with out-of-bounds replays. — Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 9 July 2026

Van Buren, a Democrat, perhaps sensing the electorate’s dissatisfaction with him amid difficult economic times, had a plan to paint Harrison’s Whig Party as politically corrupt. — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 July 2026

In his system, two neutron sensing panels called scintillators are installed between synthetic crystal diamond devices. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 8 July 2026

The mice that were prevented from scratching and those lacking the itch-sensing neuron experienced less inflammation. — Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026

In writing its founding narrative, Crymes speaks to the value of both working within the fraught systems of today and sensing beyond them to more flourishing possibilities for the future. — Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

The rash was much milder in mice bred with defective itch-sensing nerve cells. — ABC News, 27 June 2026