Best Alternative Words for SENSE
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apprehension | nounn | |||||||
noun • fearful expectation or anticipation • the cognitive condition of someone who understands • painful expectation • the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal) | ||||||||
awareness | nounn | |||||||
noun • having knowledge of • state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness | ||||||||
comprehension | nounn | |||||||
noun • an ability to understand the meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result) • the relation of comprising something | ||||||||
consciousness | nounn | |||||||
noun • an alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation • having knowledge of | ||||||||
discernment | nounn | |||||||
noun • the cognitive condition of someone who understands • delicate discrimination (especially of esthetic values) • perception of that which is obscure • the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations • the trait of judging wisely and objectively | ||||||||
feeling | nounn | |||||||
noun • the experiencing of affective and emotional states • a vague idea in which some confidence is placed • the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people • a physical sensation that you experience • the sensation produced by pressure receptors in the skin • an intuitive understanding of something | ||||||||
insight | nounn | |||||||
noun • clear or deep perception of a situation • a feeling of understanding • the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation • grasping the inner nature of things intuitively | ||||||||
intelligence | nounn | |||||||
noun • the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience • a unit responsible for gathering and interpreting information about an enemy • secret information about an enemy (or potential enemy) • information about recent and important events • the operation of gathering information about an enemy | ||||||||
knowledge | nounn | |||||||
noun • the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning | ||||||||
perception | nounn | |||||||
noun • the representation of what is perceived; basic component in the formation of a concept • a way of conceiving something • the process of perceiving • knowledge gained by perceiving • becoming aware of something via the senses | ||||||||
realization | nounn | |||||||
noun • coming to understand something clearly and distinctly • making real or giving the appearance of reality • a musical composition that has been completed or enriched by someone other than the composer • a sale in order to obtain money (as a sale of stock or a sale of the estate of a bankrupt person) or the money so obtained • the completion or enrichment of a piece of music left sparsely notated by a composer • something that is made real or concrete | ||||||||
recognition | nounn | |||||||
noun • the state or quality of being recognized or acknowledged • the process of recognizing something or someone by remembering • approval • coming to understand something clearly and distinctly • (biology) the ability of one molecule to attach to another molecule that has a complementary shape • the explicit and formal acknowledgement of a government or of the national independence of a country • an acceptance (as of a claim) as true and valid • designation by the chair granting a person the right to speak in a deliberative body | ||||||||
understanding | nounn | |||||||
noun • the cognitive condition of someone who understands • the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises • an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion • the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination adjective satellite • characterized by understanding based on comprehension and discernment and empathy | ||||||||
wisdom | nounn | |||||||
noun • accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment • an Apocryphal book consisting mainly of a meditation on wisdom; although ascribed to Solomon it was probably written in the first century BC • the trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight • ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight • the quality of being prudent and sensible | ||||||||
feel | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • an intuitive awareness • the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people • a property perceived by touch • manual stimulation of the genital area for sexual pleasure verb • undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind • come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds • perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles • be conscious of a physical, mental, or emotional state • have a feeling or perception about oneself in reaction to someone's behavior or attitude • undergo passive experience of • be felt or perceived in a certain way • grope or feel in search of something • examine by touch • examine (a body part) by palpation • find by testing or cautious exploration • produce a certain impression • pass one's hands over the sexual organs of | ||||||||
gumption | nounn | |||||||
noun • sound practical judgment • fortitude and determination | ||||||||
sensation | nounn | |||||||
noun • an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation • someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field • a general feeling of excitement and heightened interest • a state of widespread public excitement and interest • the faculty through which the external world is apprehended | ||||||||
sentience | nounn | |||||||
noun • state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness • the faculty through which the external world is apprehended • the readiness to perceive sensations; elementary or undifferentiated consciousness | ||||||||
sentiency | nounn | |||||||
noun • the faculty through which the external world is apprehended | ||||||||
signified | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
noun • the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted | ||||||||