sentient
Other forms: sentiently
Someone sentient is able to feel things, or sense them. Sentient usually occurs in phrases like "sentient beings" and "sentient creatures," making it clear that things that don’t have life don’t have feelings. Explain that to a pet rock.
Sentient comes from the Latin sentient-, "feeling," and it describes things that are alive, able to feel and perceive, and show awareness or responsiveness. Having senses makes something sentient, or able to smell, communicate, touch, see, or hear. Whether or not plants and living things other than animals and people are sentient depends on whom you ask.
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endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness“"the living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage"- T.E.Lawrence”synonyms: animatesensatehaving physical sensationantonyms:insentientdevoid of feeling and consciousness and animationunfeelingdevoid of feeling or sensation
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consciously perceiving“sentient of the intolerable load”“"a boy so sentient of his surroundings"- W.A.White”synonyms:consciousknowing and perceiving; having awareness of surroundings and sensations and thoughts
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Vocabulary lists containing sentient
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All of the words on this list derive from the Latin verb sentire, "to feel." Here are links to the complete set of Common Senses lists: Hearing: Phon / Aud / Son Sight: Vid, Vis / Spec, Spect, Spic / Op, Ops, Opt Touch: Path / Sent, Sens / Tact, Tang