sentient

Meaning

Adj

1. Experiencing sensation, thought, or feeling.
2. Able to consciously perceive through the use of sense faculties.
3. (broadly) Possessing human-like awareness and intelligence.

Noun

1. Lifeform with the capability to feel sensation, such as pain.
2. (broadly) An intelligent, self-aware being.

Opposite of

insensate

Synonyms

animate

sensitive

feeling

sensible

conscious

living

aware

perceptive

alive

privy

queasy

rational

responsive

sensate

sensuous

susceptible

temperamental

touchy

well-read

witting

aesthetic

thin skinned

alert

cognisant

cognizant

delicate

emotional

impressionable

knowing

mushy

Translations

sensible

empfindend

sensitiu

duygulu

sezgili

duygun

senciente

empfindungsfähig

ευαίσθητος

حسّاس

sensível

consciente

sensitivo

con sentidos

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɛn.ti.ənt/

Etymology

From Latin sentiēns (“feeling, perceiving”), present active participle of sentiō.