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: esthesis, sensation, sense datum, sense experience, sense impression, aesthesis
Definition: an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation
Usage: a sensation of touch
Similar words: perception
Definition: the process of perceiving
Synonyms: sensation
Definition: a general feeling of excitement and heightened interest
Usage: anticipation produced in me a sensation somewhere between hope and fear
Similar words: stir
Definition: emotional agitation and excitement
Synonyms: ace, adept, superstar, champion, sensation, star, genius, whiz, whizz, virtuoso, wiz, wizard, maven, mavin, hotshot
Definition: someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
Similar words: expert
Definition: a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully
Synonyms: sensation
Definition: a state of widespread public excitement and interest
Usage: the news caused a sensation
Similar words: fervor, fervour, excitation, excitement, inflammation
Definition: the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up
Usage: his face was flushed with excitement and his hands trembled; he tried to calm those who were in a state of extreme inflammation