feel
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- adjective
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an intuitive awareness
he has a feel for animals
Types & categories
- knowingness hypernym
Related & opposite
- feel derivation
Sense 2 verb
undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
She felt resentful
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- pity also see
- feeling derivation
- experience derivation
- experience derivation
- feelings derivation
Sense 3 noun
the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
the feel of the city excited him
Types & categories
- atmosphere hypernym
- Hollywood hyponym
- Zeitgeist hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds
I feel that he doesn't like me
Types & categories
- reason hypernym
Related & opposite
- feel derivation
- impression derivation
- rule verb group
Sense 5 noun
a property perceived by touch
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 6 verb
perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles
He felt the wind
Types & categories
- perceive hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 7 noun
manual stimulation of the genital area for sexual pleasure
the girls hated it when he tried to sneak a feel
Types & categories
- foreplay hypernym
Related & opposite
- feel derivation
Sense 8 verb
be conscious of a physical, mental, or emotional state
My cold is gone--I feel fine today
Types & categories
- be hypernym
- feel like a million hyponym
- suffocate hyponym
Sense 9 verb
have a feeling or perception about oneself in reaction to someone's behavior or attitude
She felt small and insignificant
Types & categories
- think hypernym
Related & opposite
- feelings derivation
Sense 10 verb
undergo passive experience of:
We felt the effects of inflation
Types & categories
- experience hypernym
Related & opposite
- flavor derivation
Sense 11 verb
be felt or perceived in a certain way
The ground feels shaky
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 12 verb
grope or feel in search of something
He felt for his wallet
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- tactile property derivation
- touch entails
- finger verb group
- feel verb group
- palpate verb group
Sense 13 verb
examine by touch
Feel this soft cloth!
Related & opposite
- fingering derivation
- feeler derivation
- barbel derivation
- tactile property derivation
- finger derivation
- tactual sensation derivation
- touch entails
- feel verb group
Sense 14 verb
examine (a body part) by palpation
The nurse palpated the patient's stomach
Types & categories
- touch hypernym
Related & opposite
- palpation derivation
- tactile property derivation
- palpatory derivation
- practice of medicine domain topic
- feel verb group
Sense 15 verb
find by testing or cautious exploration
He felt his way around the dark room
Types & categories
- regain hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 16 verb
produce a certain impression
It feels nice to be home again
Types & categories
- appear hypernym
Related & opposite
- flavor derivation
Sense 17 verb
pass one's hands over the sexual organs of
He felt the girl in the movie theater
Types & categories
- touch hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | feel |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | knowingness |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | pity |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | feeling |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | experience |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | experience |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | feelings |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | incline |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | recapture |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | pride |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | smoulder |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | harbor |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cool off |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | see red |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | chafe |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | suffer |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | fume |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | rue |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | sadden |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | joy |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | sympathize |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | take pride |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | burn |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | die |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | fly high |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | glow |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | glow |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | spirit |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | spiritize |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | feel |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | appear |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | feel |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | feel |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | atmosphere |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Hollywood |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | Zeitgeist |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | feel |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | impression |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | rule |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | reason |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | finger |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | palpate |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | sense |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | feel |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | property |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | touch |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | texture |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | sensing |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | detector |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | tactile property |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | sentiency |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | sensation |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | feeling |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | sensible |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | sensible |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | sensitive |
| 6 | verb group | Related & opposite | feel |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | perceive |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | feel |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | foreplay |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | be |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | feel like a million |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | suffocate |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | feelings |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | think |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | flavor |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | experience |
| 11 | derivation | Related & opposite | flavor |
| 11 | verb group | Related & opposite | sense |
| 11 | hypernym | Types & categories | appear |
| 11 | hyponym | Types & categories | crawl |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | tactile property |
| 12 | entails | Related & opposite | touch |
| 12 | verb group | Related & opposite | finger |
| 12 | verb group | Related & opposite | feel |
| 12 | verb group | Related & opposite | palpate |
| 12 | hypernym | Types & categories | search |
| 12 | hyponym | Types & categories | scrabble |
| 13 | derivation | Related & opposite | fingering |
| 13 | derivation | Related & opposite | feeler |
| 13 | derivation | Related & opposite | barbel |
| 13 | derivation | Related & opposite | tactile property |
| 13 | derivation | Related & opposite | finger |
| 13 | derivation | Related & opposite | tactual sensation |
| 13 | entails | Related & opposite | touch |
| 13 | verb group | Related & opposite | feel |
| 14 | derivation | Related & opposite | palpation |
| 14 | derivation | Related & opposite | tactile property |
| 14 | derivation | Related & opposite | palpatory |
| 14 | domain topic | Related & opposite | practice of medicine |
| 14 | verb group | Related & opposite | feel |
| 14 | hypernym | Types & categories | touch |
| 15 | derivation | Related & opposite | feeler |
| 15 | derivation | Related & opposite | barbel |
| 15 | hypernym | Types & categories | regain |
| 16 | derivation | Related & opposite | flavor |
| 16 | hypernym | Types & categories | appear |
| 17 | derivation | Related & opposite | feel |
| 17 | domain usage | Related & opposite | jargon |
| 17 | verb group | Related & opposite | feel |
| 17 | hypernym | Types & categories | touch |