sensible

adj.

1. Perceptible by the senses or by the mind.
2. Readily perceived; appreciable.
3. Having the faculty of sensation; able to feel or perceive.
4. Having a perception of something; cognizant: "I am sensible that a good deal more is still to be done" (Edmund Burke). See synonyms at aware.
5. Acting with or exhibiting good sense: a sensible person; a sensible choice.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin sēnsibilis, from sēnsus, sense. See sense.]

sensibleness sen'si·ble·ness n.
sensibly sen'si·bly adv.

adjective

1. Composed of or relating to things that occupy space and can be perceived by the senses: concrete, corporeal, material, objective, phenomenal, physical, substantial, tangible. See body/spirit, matter.
2. Capable of being noticed or apprehended mentally: appreciable, detectable, discernible, distinguishable, noticeable, observable, palpable, perceivable, perceptible, ponderable. See knowledge/ignorance.
3. Able to receive and respond to external stimuli: impressible, impressionable, responsive, sensitive, sentient, susceptible, susceptive. See awareness/unawareness.
4. Marked by comprehension, cognizance, and perception: alive, awake, aware, cognizant, sentient, wise¹. Slang hip. Idioms: on to. See knowledge/ignorance.
5. Possessing, proceeding from, or exhibiting good judgment and prudence: balanced, commonsensible, commonsensical, judicious, levelheaded, prudent, rational, reasonable, sagacious, sage, sane, sapient, sound², well-founded, well-grounded, wise¹. See reason/unreason, sane/insane.

adj

Definition: realistic, reasonable
Antonyms: foolish, indiscreet, senseless, unrealistic, unreasonable, unwise

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Perceptible to the senses; capable of sensation.

IN BRIEF: adj. - Showing reason or sound judgment; Able to feel or perceive.

We think very few people sensible, except those who are of our opinion. — Duc de La Rochefoucauld Source: Réflexions ou Sentences et Maximes Morales

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - fornuftig, mærkbar, fintmærkende

Nederlands (Dutch)
zinnig, verstandig, doordacht, redelijk, aanzienlijk, merkbaar

Français (French)
adj. - raisonnable, sensé, judicieux, intelligent, pratique, sensible/perceptible, conscient de qch, sensible à qch

Deutsch (German)
adj. - merklich, vernünftig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αισθητός, αντιληπτός, λογικός, εύλογος, γνωστικός, συνετός

Italiano (Italian)
ponderato, sensato, sensibile, pratico

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - sensível

Русский (Russian)
разумный, ощутимый, понимающий, чувствующий, в сознании

Español (Spanish)
adj. - cuerdo, razonable, acertado, sensato, prudente, perceptible, visible, práctico

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - förståndig, förnuftig, klok, medveten, märkbar

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
有感觉的, 明智的, 有判断力的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 有感覺的, 明智的, 有判斷力的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 분별 있는, 깨닫고, 느낄 수 있는 정도의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 分別のある, 気のきいた, 感じられる, 目立つほどの, 感じやすい
n. - 知覚できるもの

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) كبير, مدرك, محسوس,‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮הגיוני, נבון, נתפס בחושים, ניכר, משמעותי, מעשי, מודע ל-, חש‬

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