sense
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a general conscious awareness
a sense of security
Types & categories
- knowingness hypernym
- sense of direction hyponym
- sense of responsibility hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 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 3 noun
the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted
the dictionary gave several senses for the word
Types & categories
- meaning hypernym
- word meaning hyponym
Sense 4 verb
detect some circumstance or entity automatically
This robot can sense the presence of people in the room
Types & categories
- notice hypernym
Related & opposite
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
Sense 6 verb
become aware of not through the senses but instinctively
I sense his hostility
Types & categories
- perceive hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 7 noun
sound practical judgment
Common sense is not so common
Types & categories
- sagacity hypernym
- logic hyponym
- nous hyponym
- road sense hyponym
Related & opposite
- sense derivation
- commonsense derivation
Sense 8 verb
comprehend
I sensed the real meaning of his letter
Types & categories
- understand hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 9 noun
a natural appreciation or ability
a keen musical sense
Types & categories
- appreciation hypernym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sensitize |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | smell out |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | knowingness |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sense of direction |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sense of responsibility |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sensing |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | detector |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | tactile property |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sentiency |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sensation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | feeling |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sensible |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sensible |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sensitive |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | feel |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | perceive |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | meaning |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | word meaning |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | sentiency |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | sensitive |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | notice |
| 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 |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | sense |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | sensible |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | sensitive |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | perceive |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | sense |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | commonsense |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | sagacity |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | logic |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | nous |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | road sense |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | gumption |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | sensitive |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | understand |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | appreciation |