sentient

(sĕn'shənt, -shē-ənt)
adj.

1. Having sense perception; conscious: "The living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage" (T.E. Lawrence).
2. Experiencing sensation or feeling.

[Latin sentiēns, sentient-, present participle of sentīre, to feel.]

sentiently sen'tient·ly adv.

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adjective

1. Marked by comprehension, cognizance, and perception: alive, awake, aware, cognizant, sensible, wise¹. Slang hip. Idioms: on to. See knowledge/ignorance.
2. Able to receive and respond to external stimuli: impressible, impressionable, responsive, sensible, sensitive, susceptible, susceptive. See awareness/unawareness.

Able to feel; sensitive.

For a list of words related to sentient, see:

• Active, Lively, Awake, or Limber

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See words rhyming with "sentient."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - som kan opfattes med sanserne, sansende, fornemmende

Nederlands (Dutch)
bewust

Français (French)
adj. - doué de sensations
n. - hypersensibilité

Deutsch (German)
adj. - empfindungsfähig
n. - empfindendes Wesen

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ευαίσθητος, αισθανόμενος, αισθητήριος
n. - αισθανόμενο ον, ον με αισθήσεις

Italiano (Italian)
cosciente

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - sensível
n. - ente seciente (m), mente (f)

Русский (Russian)
существо, наделенное чувствами, разумное существо, интеллект, сознание, чувствующий, наделенный сознанием

Español (Spanish)
adj. - sensible, sensitivo
n. - ser sensible, mente, conciencia

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - kännande, förnimmande, sinnes-
n. - kännande, förnimmande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
有感觉力的, 感觉灵敏的, 有感情的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 有感覺力的, 感覺靈敏的, 有感情的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 의식이 있는, 유정의, 느낄 수 있는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 直覚力のある, 気づいて

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) واعي, ذو حس, محس (الاسم) شخص أو شىء حساس, او ذو حساسيه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מרגיש, חש‬

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