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Sensible

Capable of being perceived by the senses; apprehensible through the bodily organs; hence, also, perceptible to the mind; making an impression upon the sense, reason, or understanding; ////// heat; sensible resistance.

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Similar meaning 16

Aware 84% connected

Watchful; vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.

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Aware 84% connected

Watchful; vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.

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Cognizant 84% connected

Having cognizance or knowledge. (of).

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Cognizant 84% connected

Having cognizance or knowledge. (of).

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Commonsense 84% connected

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Commonsense 84% connected

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Healthy 84% connected

Being in a state of health; enjoying health; hale; sound; free from disease; as, a healthy chid; a healthy plant.

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Healthy 84% connected

Being in a state of health; enjoying health; hale; sound; free from disease; as, a healthy chid; a healthy plant.

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Intelligent 84% connected

Endowed with the faculty of understanding or reason; as, man is an intelligent being.

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Intelligent 84% connected

Endowed with the faculty of understanding or reason; as, man is an intelligent being.

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Perceptible 84% connected

Capable of being perceived; cognizable; discernible; perceivable.

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Perceptible 84% connected

Capable of being perceived; cognizable; discernible; perceivable.

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Sound 84% connected

The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.

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Sound 84% connected

The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.

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Tenable 84% connected

Capable of being held, naintained, or defended, as against an assailant or objector, or againts attempts to take or process; as, a tenable fortress,…

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Tenable 84% connected

Capable of being held, naintained, or defended, as against an assailant or objector, or againts attempts to take or process; as, a tenable fortress,…

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Derivationally related 10

Aesthesia 74% connected

Perception by the senses; feeling; -- the opposite of anaesthesia.

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Aesthesia 74% connected

Perception by the senses; feeling; -- the opposite of anaesthesia.

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Sense 74% connected

A faculty, possessed by animals, of perceiving external objects by means of impressions made upon certain organs (sensory or sense organs) of the bod…

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Sense 74% connected

A faculty, possessed by animals, of perceiving external objects by means of impressions made upon certain organs (sensory or sense organs) of the bod…

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Sensibleness 74% connected

The quality or state of being sensible; sensibility; appreciation; capacity of perception; susceptibility.

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Sensibleness 74% connected

The quality or state of being sensible; sensibility; appreciation; capacity of perception; susceptibility.

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Sensitivity 74% connected

The quality or state of being sensitive; -- used chiefly in science and the arts; as, the sensitivity of iodized silver.

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Sensitivity 74% connected

The quality or state of being sensitive; -- used chiefly in science and the arts; as, the sensitivity of iodized silver.

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Smell 74% connected

To perceive by the olfactory nerves, or organs of smell; to have a sensation of, excited through the nasal organs when affected by the appropriate ma…

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Smell 74% connected

To perceive by the olfactory nerves, or organs of smell; to have a sensation of, excited through the nasal organs when affected by the appropriate ma…

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Aware 66% connected

Watchful; vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.

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Aware 66% connected

Watchful; vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.

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Cognizant 66% connected

Having cognizance or knowledge. (of).

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Cognizant 66% connected

Having cognizance or knowledge. (of).

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Conscious 66% connected

Possessing the faculty of knowing one's own thoughts or mental operations.

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Conscious 66% connected

Possessing the faculty of knowing one's own thoughts or mental operations.

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Fair 66% connected

Free from spots, specks, dirt, or imperfection; unblemished; clean; pure.

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Fair 66% connected

Free from spots, specks, dirt, or imperfection; unblemished; clean; pure.

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Just 66% connected

Conforming or conformable to rectitude or justice; not doing wrong to any; violating no right or obligation; upright; righteous; honest; true; -- sai…

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Just 66% connected

Conforming or conformable to rectitude or justice; not doing wrong to any; violating no right or obligation; upright; righteous; honest; true; -- sai…

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Logical 66% connected

Of or pertaining to logic; used in logic; as, logical subtilties.

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Logical 66% connected

Of or pertaining to logic; used in logic; as, logical subtilties.

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Rational 66% connected

Relating to the reason; not physical; mental.

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Rational 66% connected

Relating to the reason; not physical; mental.

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Sensitive 66% connected

Having sense of feeling; possessing or exhibiting the capacity of receiving impressions from external objects; as, a sensitive soul.

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Sensitive 66% connected

Having sense of feeling; possessing or exhibiting the capacity of receiving impressions from external objects; as, a sensitive soul.

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Valid 66% connected

Strong; powerful; efficient.

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Valid 66% connected

Strong; powerful; efficient.

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Reasonable 92% connected

Having the faculty of reason; endued with reason; rational; as, a reasonable being.

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Sensitive 92% connected

Having sense of feeling; possessing or exhibiting the capacity of receiving impressions from external objects; as, a sensitive soul.

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Antonym 2

Insensible 94% connected

Destitute of the power of feeling or perceiving; wanting bodily sensibility.

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Insensible 94% connected

Destitute of the power of feeling or perceiving; wanting bodily sensibility.

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