sensation
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an unelaborated elementary awareness of stimulation
a sensation of touch
Types & categories
- perception hypernym
- limen hyponym
- masking hyponym
- visual sensation hyponym
- smell hyponym
- taste hyponym
- auditory sensation hyponym
- synesthesia hyponym
Related & opposite
- sense derivation
Sense 2 noun
someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
Types & categories
- expert hypernym
- track star hyponym
Related & opposite
- star derivation
- ace derivation
- expert derivation
- consummate derivation
Sense 3 noun
a general feeling of excitement and heightened interest
anticipation produced in me a sensation somewhere between hope and fear
Types & categories
- stir hypernym
Sense 4 noun
a state of widespread public excitement and interest
the news caused a sensation
Types & categories
- excitation hypernym
Sense 5 noun
the faculty through which the external world is apprehended
in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing
Types & categories
- module hypernym
- sensory system hyponym
- sensitivity hyponym
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sense |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | perception |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | limen |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | masking |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | visual sensation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | smell |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | taste |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | auditory sensation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | synesthesia |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | star |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ace |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | expert |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | consummate |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | expert |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | track star |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | stir |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | excitation |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | sensitize |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | sense |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | sense |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | sensuous |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | sentient |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | sensorial |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | module |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | sensory system |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | sensitivity |