Sensible

Adjective

 * 1)  Perceptible by the senses.
 * 2) * 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Folio Society 2008, p. 45:
 * It has been vouchsafed, for example, to very few Christian believers to have had a sensible vision of their Saviour.
 * 1) Easily perceived; appreciable.
 * 2) Able to feel or perceive.
 * 3) Of or pertaining to the senses; sensory.
 * 4) Cognizant; having the perception of something; aware of something.
 * 5) Acting with or showing good sense; able to make good judgements based on reason.
 * 6) * 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 230b.
 * They ask questions of someone who thinks he's got something sensible to say on some matter when actually he hasn't.
 * 1) Characterized more by usefulness or practicality than by fashionableness, especially of clothing.
 * 2) * 1999, Neil Gaiman, Stardust (2001 Perennial Edition), p. 8,
 * They would walk, on fair evenings, around the village, and discuss the theory of crop rotation, and the weather, and other such sensible matters.

Related terms

 * sense
 * sensory
 * sensual
 * sensuous
 * supersensible

Adverbs for Sensible
undoubtedly; scarcely; financially; economically; practicably; solidly; profoundly; usually; stolidly; soundly; substantially; particularly; honestly; thoughtfully; wisely; instinctively; crudely; cruelly; serenely; shrewdly; curiously; dully; imperturbably; pleasantly; painfully; dismally; eminently; remarkably; sincerely; apparently; palpably; evidently; manifestly; highly; altogether; entirely; commendably; laudably; admirably; delightfully; refreshingly; inherently; naturally; innately; discreetly; sagely; gravely; stodgily; odiously; oppressively.

Thesaurus
acknowledging, acquainted with, admissible, alive to, all there, all-knowing, apperceptive, appercipient, appreciable, appreciative, appreciative of, apprehending, apprehensible, apprehensive, apprised of, ascertainable, awake to, aware, aware of, balanced, behind the curtain, behind the scenes, beholden, bright, budget, cheap, clearheaded, clearminded, cogent, cognizable, cognizant, cognizant of, commonsense, compos mentis, comprehending, conceptive, conceptual, concrete, conscious, conscious of, considerable, cool, coolheaded, corporeal, credible, crediting, delicate, detectable, discernible, discreet, discursive, down-to-earth, earthy, easy, economic, economy, emotionable, evident, feeling, frugal, good, grateful, gross, hardheaded, healthy-minded, hep to, ideational, impressible, impressionable, impressive, in the know, in the secret, indebted to, inexpensive, informed of, insightful, intellectual, intelligent, judicious, just, justifiable, knowing, knowledgeable, legitimate, let into, levelheaded, live, logical, low, low-priced, lucid, manageable, manifest, material, matter-of-fact, mentally sound, mindful, mindful of, moderate, modest, much obliged, no stranger to, noetic, nominal, normal, not so dumb, noticeable, objective, obliged, observable, obvious, of sound mind, omniscient, on to, palpable, passible, patent, perceivable, perceptible, perceptive, percipient, perspicacious, phenomenal, philosophical, physical, plausible, ponderable, positivistic, practical, practical-minded, pragmatic, prehensile, privy to, prudent, rational, real, realist, realistic, reasonable, reasoned, receptive, recognizable, respectable, responsive, right, sagacious, sage, sane, sane-minded, scientific, scientistic, secular, seeable, seized of, sensational, sensible of, sensible to, sensile, sensitive, sensitive to, sentient, shabby, shoddy, shrewd, significant, sober, sober-minded, soft, softhearted, solid, sophic, sound, sound-minded, sound-thinking, straight-thinking, streetwise, strong-minded, substantial, substantive, susceptible, susceptive, sympathetic, tangible, tender, tenderhearted, thankful, together, token, undeceived, under obligation, understanding, unexpensive, unideal, unidealistic, unromantic, unsentimental, visible, warmhearted, weighable, well-argued, well-balanced, well-founded, well-grounded, well-thought-out, wholesome, wise, wise to, within means, worldly, worth the money

Etymology
From sensibilis: < sentire:, past participle sensus:.

Translations

 * Dutch: waarneembaar, merkbaar
 * German:


 * Lithuanian: suvokiamas protu
 * Romanian: perceptibil, observabil, sesizabil


 * Dutch: merkbaar, aanzienlijk, aanwijsbaar
 * Finnish: ymmärrettävä
 * German:


 * Lithuanian: lengvai suvokiamas
 * Romanian: considerabil, apreciabil, mare


 * Dutch:
 * Kurdish:


 * Lithuanian: pajėgus pajusti ar suvokti
 * Romanian: simțitor, sensibil


 * Dutch: (zich) bewust
 * Finnish: tietoinen


 * Romanian: rațional, conștient, inteligent


 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: järkevä, järjellinen
 * French: sensé
 * German:
 * Polish:


 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: rezonabil, rațional
 * Scottish Gaelic:, glic
 * Spanish: ,


 * Dutch: praktisch, functioneel
 * Finnish: käytännöllisyys


 * Romanian: practic, logic, chibzuit

Adjective

 * 1) sensitive

Etymology
From sensibilis.

Related terms

 * sensibilité
 * sensiblement

Adjective

 * 1) sensitive

Antonyms

 * insensible

Related terms

 * sensiblemente