Synonyms: sense, good sense, horse sense, gumption, mother wit, common sense
Definition: sound practical judgment
Usage: Common sense is not so common; he hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples; fortunately she had the good sense to run away
Similar words: discernment, sagaciousness, sagacity, judgement, judgment
Definition: the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations
Synonyms: sensation, sense, sensory faculty, sentience, sentiency
Definition: the faculty through which the external world is apprehended
Usage: in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing
Similar words: faculty, mental faculty, module
Definition: one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind
Synonyms: sense
Definition: a general conscious awareness
Usage: a sense of security; a sense of happiness; a sense of danger; a sense of self
Similar words: awareness, knowingness, cognisance, cognizance, consciousness
Definition: having knowledge of
Usage: he had no awareness of his mistakes; his sudden consciousness of the problem he faced; their intelligence and general knowingness was impressive
Synonyms: sense
Definition: a natural appreciation or ability
Usage: a keen musical sense; a good sense of timing
Similar words: hold, grasp, appreciation
Definition: understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something
Usage: he has a good grasp of accounting practices
Definition: the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted
Usage: the dictionary gave several senses for the word; in the best sense charity is really a duty; the signifier is linked to the signified
Similar words: significance, signification, meaning, import
Definition: the message that is intended or expressed or signified
Usage: what is the meaning of this sentence; the significance of a red traffic light; the signification of Chinese characters; the import of his announcement was ambiguous
Synonyms: sense
Definition: comprehend
Usage: I sensed the real meaning of his letter
Similar words: understand
Definition: know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
Usage: She did not understand her husband; I understand what she means
Synonyms: sense, smell, smell out
Definition: become aware of not through the senses but instinctively
Usage: I sense his hostility; i smell trouble; smell out corruption
Similar words: perceive
Definition: become conscious of
Usage: She finally perceived the futility of her protest
Definition: perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles
Usage: He felt the wind; She felt an object brushing her arm; He felt his flesh crawl; She felt the heat when she got out of the car
Similar words: comprehend, perceive
Definition: to become aware of through the senses
Usage: I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon
Synonyms: sense
Definition: detect some circumstance or entity automatically
Usage: This robot can sense the presence of people in the room; particle detectors sense ionization
Similar words: find, notice, observe, detect, discover
Definition: discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of
Usage: She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water; We found traces of lead in the paint