English Explanatory Dictionary

sentient

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Experiencing sensation, thought, or feeling.
  2. Able to consciously perceive through the use of sense faculties.
  3. Possessing human-like awareness and intelligence.
noun
  1. Lifeform with the capability to feel sensation, such as pain.
  2. An intelligent, self-aware being.

Pronunciation

/ˈsɛn.ti.ənt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sentient.wav /ˈsɛn.ʃi.ənt/ /ˈsɛn.ʃənt/

Word forms

sentient more sentient most sentient sentients

Etymology

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

Synonyms

aware sensate sapient intelligent sentient self-aware intelligence sophont

Antonyms

insensate automaton

Related words

conscient self-aware

Derived words

cosentient hypersentient insentient nonsentient omnisentient presentient pseudosentient semisentient sentiently unsentient
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