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
• suspecting
• viewing
• discerning
• remarking
• regarding
• guessing
• eyeing
• beholding
• distinguishing
• sighting
• eying
• 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