Synonyms of the word

sense

• n. Any of the manners by which living beings perceive the physical world: for humans sight, smell, hearing,…
• n. Perception through the intellect; apprehension; awareness.
• n. Sound practical or moral judgment.
• n. The meaning, reason, or value of something.
• n. A natural appreciation or ability.
• n. (pragmatics) The way that a referent is presented.
• n. (semantics) A single conventional use of a word; one of the entries for a word in a dictionary.
• n. (mathematics) One of two opposite directions in which a vector (especially of motion) may point. See also…
• n. (mathematics) One of two opposite directions of rotation, clockwise versus anti-clockwise.
• n. (biochemistry) referring to the strand of a nucleic acid that directly specifies the product.
• v. To use biological senses: to either smell, watch, taste, hear or feel.
• v. To instinctively be aware.
• v. To comprehend.

appreciation

• n. A fair valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence.
• n. Accurate perception; true estimation.
• n. A rise in value.

awareness

• n. The state or level of consciousness where sense data can be confirmed by an observer.
• n. The state or quality of being aware of something.

cognisance

• n. Alternative spelling of cognizance.

cognizance

• n. An emblem, badge or device, used as a distinguishing mark by the body of retainers of a royal or noble…
• n. Notice or awareness.

comprehend

• v. (now rare) To include, comprise; to contain.
• v. To understand or grasp fully and thoroughly.

consciousness

• n. The state of being conscious or aware; awareness.

detect

• v. to discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing.
• adj. (obsolete) Detected.

discernment

• n. The ability to distinguish; judgement.
• n. Discrimination.
• n. The ability to distinguish between things.
• n. The ability to perceive differences that exist.
• n. The condition of understanding.
• n. Aesthetic discrimination; taste, appreciation.
• n. Perceptiveness.
• n. The ability to make wise judgements; sagacity.
• n. Discretion in judging objectively.

discover

• v. To find or learn something for the first time.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To remove the cover from; to uncover (a head, building etc.).
• v. (transitive, now rare) To expose, uncover.
• v. (transitive, chess) To create by moving a piece out of another piece's line of attack.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To reveal (information); to divulge, make known.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To reconnoitre, explore (an area).
• v. (obsolete) To manifest without design; to show; to exhibit.

faculty

• n. The scholarly staff at schools, colleges or universities, as opposed to the students or support staff.
• n. A division of a university (e.g. a Faculty of Science or Faculty of Medicine).
• n. An ability, skill, or power, often plural.
• n. A power, authority or privilege conferred by a higher authority.

feel

• v. (heading) To use the sense of touch.
• v. (heading) To sense or think emotionally or judgmentally.
• v. (transitive) To be or become aware of.
• v. (transitive) To experience the consequences of.
• v. (copulative) To seem (through touch or otherwise).
• v. (transitive, US, slang) To understand.
• n. A quality of an object experienced by touch.
• n. A vague mental impression.
• n. An act of fondling.
• n. A vague understanding.
• n. An intuitive ability.
• n. (chiefly US, slang) Alternative form of feeling.
• pron. (dialectal or obsolete) Alternative form of fele.
• adj. (dialectal or obsolete) Alternative form of fele.
• adv. (dialectal or obsolete) Alternative form of fele.

find

• v. (transitive) To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon.
• v. (transitive) To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate.
• v. (transitive) To discover by study or experiment direct to an object or end.
• v. (transitive) To gain, as the object of desire or effort.
• v. (transitive) To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire.
• v. (transitive) To point out.
• v. (transitive) To decide that, to discover that, to form the opinion that.
• v. (transitive) To arrive at, as a conclusion; to determine as true; to establish.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To supply; to furnish.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To provide for.
• v. (intransitive, law) To determine or judge.
• v. (intransitive, hunting) To discover game.
• n. Anything that is found (usually valuable), as objects on an archeological site or a person with talent.
• n. The act of finding.

grasp

• v. To grip; to take hold, particularly with the hand.
• v. To understand.
• v. To take advantage of something, to seize, to jump at a chance.
• n. Grip.
• n. Understanding.
• n. That which is accessible; that which is within one's reach or ability.

gumption

• n. (Britain) common sense, initiative, resourcefulness.
• n. (US) Energy of mind and body, enthusiasm.
• n. (US) Boldness of enterprise; initiative or aggressiveness, guts; spunk; initiative.

hold

• adj. (obsolete) Gracious; friendly; faithful; true.
• v. (transitive) To grasp or grip.
• v. (transitive) To contain or store.
• v. (heading) To maintain or keep to a position or state.
• v. (heading) To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.
• v. (tennis, transitive, intransitive) To win one's own service game.
• v. To take place, to occur.
• v. To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
• v. (archaic) To derive right or title.
• n. A grasp or grip.
• n. A place where animals are held for safety.
• n. An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
• n. Something reserved or kept.
• n. Power over someone or something.
• n. The ability to persist.
• n. The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
• n. (wrestling) A position or grip used to control the opponent.
• n. (exercise (sport)) An exercise involving holding a position for a set time.
• n. (gambling) The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
• n. (gambling) The wager amount, the total hold.
• n. (tennis) An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
• n. The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
• n. A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
• n. (video games, dated) A pause facility.
• n. The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when…
• n. (nautical, aviation) The cargo area of a ship or aircraft, (often cargo hold).

import

• n. (countable) Something brought in from an exterior source, especially for sale or trade.
• n. (uncountable) The practice of importing.
• n. (uncountable) Significance, importance.
• v. (transitive) To bring (something) in from a foreign country, especially for sale or trade.
• v. (transitive) To load a file into a software application from another version or system.
• v. (intransitive) To be important; to be significant; to be of consequence.
• v. (transitive) To be of importance to (someone or something).
• v. (transitive) To be incumbent on (someone to do something).
• v. (transitive) To be important or crucial to (that something happen).
• v. (transitive) To mean, signify.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To express, to imply.

judgement

• n. Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa spelling of judgment. Sometimes found in the…

judgment

• n. The act of judging.
• n. The power or faculty of performing such operations; especially, when unqualified, the faculty of judging…
• n. The conclusion or result of judging; an opinion; a decision.
• n. (law) The act of determining, as in courts of law, what is conformable to law and justice; also, the determination,…
• n. (theology) The final award; the last sentence.

knowingness

• n. The quality or state of being knowing.

meaning

• n. The symbolic value of something.
• n. The significance of a thing.
• n. (semantics) The objects or concept that a word or phrase denotes, or that which a sentence says.
• n. (obsolete) Intention.
• v. present participle of mean.
• adj. Having a (specified) intention.
• adj. Expressing some intention or significance; meaningful.

module

• n. A self-contained component of a system, often interchangeable, which has a well-defined interface to the…
• n. (architecture) A standard unit of measure used for determining the proportions of a building.
• n. (computing) A section of a program; a subroutine or group of subroutines.
• n. A unit of education covering a single topic.
• n. A pre-prepared adventure scenario with related materials for a role-playing game.
• n. (mathematics) An abelian group.
• n. (mathematics) An algebraic structure which behaves just like a vector space over a field F, except that…
• n. (fractal geometry, mathematics) A fractal element.
• n. (computing) A file containing a music sequence that can be played in a tracker (called also mod or music…
• n. (hydraulics) A contrivance for regulating the supply of water from an irrigation channel.
• n. (astronautics) An independent self-contained unit of a spacecraft.

notice

• n. (chiefly uncountable) The act of observing; perception.
• n. (countable) A written or printed announcement.
• n. (countable) A formal notification or warning.
• n. (chiefly uncountable) Advance notification of termination of employment, given by an employer to an employee…
• n. (countable) A published critical review of a play or the like.
• n. (uncountable) Prior notification.
• n. (dated) Attention; respectful treatment; civility.
• v. (transitive) To acknowledge the presence of; observe.
• v. (transitive) To detect; to perceive with the mind.

observe

• v. (transitive) To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail.
• v. (transitive) To follow or obey the custom, practice, or rules (especially of a religion).
• v. (intransitive) To comment on something; to make an observation.

perceive

• v. To see, to be aware of, to understand.

sagaciousness

• n. The state of being sagacious; an acuteness of perception or discernment.

sagacity

• n. (obsolete) Keen sense of smell.
• n. The quality of being sage, wise, or able to make good decisions; the quality of being perceptive, astute…

sensation

• n. A physical feeling or perception from something that comes into contact with the body; something sensed.
• n. A widespread reaction of interest or excitement.

sentience

• n. The state or quality of being sentient; possession of consciousness or sensory awareness.

sentiency

• n. The property of having sensation; sentience.

significance

• n. The extent to which something matters; importance.
• n. Meaning.

signification

• n. The act of signifying, or something that is signified; significance.
• n. Evidence for the existence of something.
• n. A meaning of a word.

signified

• n. (linguistics, structuralism) The concept or idea evoked by a sign.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of signify.

understand

• v. (transitive) To be aware of the meaning of.
• v. To believe, based on information.
• v. To impute meaning, character etc. that is not explicitly stated.
• v. (obsolete, rare, humorous) To stand under; to support.