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sense
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- pronunciation:
- sens
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- features:
- Homophone Note, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
A sense is a way your body and brain get information about the world outside your body. Human beings have five senses. They are touch, smell, taste, sight, and hearing.
Jackie lost her sense of smell while she was sick.Victor has a better sense of hearing than his grandfather. |
| definition 2: |
A sense is a feeling. If you have a sense of burning in your feet, your feet feel as if they are on fire.
After Alana came in from playing in the snow, she felt a sense of tingling in her fingers as they got warm.- synonyms:
- sensation
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| definition 3: |
If you have sense, or good sense, you have the ability to think well and make good decisions.
Jazmin's little sister doesn't have much sense about crossing streets. She doesn't know that she has to look both ways before going across.- antonyms:
- stupidity
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| definition 4: |
When you have a sense of what your sick dog needs, you have an understanding of what your dog needs.
My mom has a sense of what my baby brother needs when he cries. |
| definition 5: |
Sense is something with good reason or good thinking behind it. If something makes sense, it seems right and logical. When something does not make sense, you can't understand it, or the idea seems wrong. If somebody says that a fish is a kind of dog, it doesn't make sense. If you brush your teeth before you eat candy, it doesn't make sense.
Sometimes my sister talks while she's sleeping, but what she says usually doesn't make any sense. |
| definition 6: |
A sense of a word is the particular meaning of a word. Some words have many senses.
Which sense of "orange" do you mean? The color or the fruit?- synonyms:
- meaning
- similar words:
- definition, point
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| definition 7: |
If there is no sense in doing something, it means there is no good reason to do it.
My mom says there is no sense in having the TV on if nobody is watching it.- synonyms:
- point, purpose
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| related words: |
image, instinct, intelligence, knowledge, mind, thought, wisdom |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
senses, sensing, sensed |
| definition 1: |
When you sense something, you know it is there and you can tell it is there by using one or more of your senses.
Kiara sensed the cold air as soon as Martin opened the door.- synonyms:
- perceive
- similar words:
- detect, feel
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| definition 2: |
When you sense something, you understand it or have some idea about it. If you sense what someone needs, you understand what someone needs.
The dog can sense when its owner is feeling sad.Our dad doesn't say much when he's angry, but we can usually sense it.- synonyms:
- perceive
- similar words:
- appreciate, comprehend, get, grasp, note, realize, see, understand
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| related words: |
hear, taste |
The words sense, cent(s)s, and scent(s)s sound alike but have different meanings.
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absence of certain senses |
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blind, deaf, numb |
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body parts involved with sensing |
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brain, ears, eyes, nerve, nervous system, nose, skin, tongue |
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some activities of sensing |
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experience, feel, hear, listen, look, perceive, see, smell, sniff, taste, touch, watch |
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some descriptions of senses |
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beautiful, bitter, bright, cold, delicious, dull, foul, harsh, hot, icy, loud, mild, plain, rough, salty, sharp, shrill, smooth, sour, stale, sticky, strong, sweet, tart, ugly, warm |
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some examples of senses |
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sight, smell, taste, touch |
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some kinds of senses |
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visual |
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some qualities of senses |
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dim, dull, sensitive, sharp, strong, weak |
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some results of sensing |
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awareness, enjoyment, pain, vision |
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some things that affect someone's senses |
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blindness, deafness, diet, disease, health, illness |
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some things that are sensed |
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matter, odor, pain, pressure, scent, sights, sound, temperature |
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