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

But Haugset, sensing the danger, stood on her pedals to stay ahead and managed to increase her lead again, finishing 1 minute 24 seconds ahead of Kopecky. — ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026

The nozzle is designed with a small sensing hole near its tip that helps detect when gasoline reaches the appropriate level in your vehicle’s filler neck. — Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2026

Force sensing could also help the robot respond more carefully when physical interaction occurs. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026

True innovation and scarce capital are found in hard-moat technologies, such as Epicore Biosystems' sweat-sensing wearables, offering unique value beyond simple powders. — Josipa Majic Predin, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Human eyes don’t register the infrared portion of the light spectrum because infrared photons don’t carry enough energy to trigger the signaling pathway inside our light-sensing cells. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 31 July 2026

Chili introduces capsaicin, which activates nerves responsible for sensing heat rather than taste. — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026

That’s what researchers concluded after flying a plane equipped with remote sensing instruments over an approximately 4,497-square-kilometer (1,736-square-mile) region in Brazil. — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 29 July 2026

The systems are intended to support detection and tracking across a range of threats and missions, strengthening the sensing capabilities available to ships at sea. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 July 2026