sensible

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Acting with or showing good sense; able to make good judgements based on reason or wisdom, or reflecting such ability.
Characterized more by usefulness, practicality, or comfort than by attractiveness, formality, or fashionableness, especially of clothing.
Able to be sensed by the senses or the psyche; able to be perceived.
Able to feel or perceive.
Liable to external impression; easily affected; sensitive.
Of or pertaining to the senses; sensory.
Cognizant; having the perception of something; aware of something.

noun

/ˈsɛn.sɪ.bəl/ [ˈsɛn.sɪ.bl̩] /ˈsɛn.sə.bəl/ [ˈsɛn.sə.bl̩] en-us-sensible.ogg /ˈsen.sɪ.bəl/ [ˈsen.sɪ.bl̩]

sensible more sensible most sensible sensiblest sensibles

From Latin sēnsibilis (“perceptible by the senses, having feeling, sensible”), from sentiō (“to feel, perceive”).

reasonable perceptible appreciable detectable

insensible imperceptible unappreciable undetectable

sense sensitive sensory sensual sensuous supersensible

commonsensible electrosensible extrasensible nonsensible oversensible sensibilization sensibleness sensibly subsensible suprasensible unsensible

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